Things To Do in NYC This Weekend: Boo at the Zoo, Atlantic Antic, Chile Peppers

Get into the Halloween spirit with Boo at the Zoo, every weekend in October at the Bronx Zoo. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher for the Wildlife Conservation Society
Get into the Halloween spirit with Boo at the Zoo, every weekend in October at the Bronx Zoo. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher for the Wildlife Conservation Society
9/25/19 - By Drew Kristofik

New York City kids itching to get into the "spirit" of Halloween early are in luck: This weekend, the Bronx Zoo launches its revamped, month-long Boo at the Zoo, you can commune with Spooky Pumpkins at the Bronx's Botanical Garden, the 53rd Annual Ragamuffin Parade offers an opportunity to test-drive this year's costumes, Luna Park unleashes Halloween Harvest festivities, and Queens County Farm Museum invites you to get lost in its Amazing Maize Maze.

Feeling extra festive-al? On Saturday, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates one of autumn's hottest seasonal crops at its annual Chile Pepper Festival, Wyckoff Farmhouse hosts the 8th Annual Breukelen Country Fair, and kids can dive into Hudson River Park's Marine Science fest. On Sunday, head to Pelham Bay Park for the Bronx Native American Festival, to Brooklyn for the 45th Annual Atlantic Antic, or joust gallup up to Inwood for Fort Tryon Park's annual, amazing, Medieval Festival.

All that, plus the opening of the new LEGO exhibit in Queens, the Parade of Trains at Brighton Beach, the last Hans Christian Andersen tale of the year in Central Park, and an outdoor free screening of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (complete with free pretzels, popcorn, and face painting) make this a weekend for the books. Rest up in advance, and then dig in.

Hungry for more? Check out our guide to the city's best harvest fests, pumpkin patches and hayrides. Don't forget to pair our Fall Fun Guide with our event calendar when you make your weekend plans.

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