Halloween Weekend 2023 in NYC: Trick-or-Treat and More Things To Do with Kids
Looking for the best things to do in New York City this Halloween weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for Halloween weekend.
We're in full spook mode at last, up to our eyeballs in Halloween activities! The Halloween weekend kicks off on Thursday with the Harlem Meer Pumpkin Flotilla, Asphalt Screams follows Friday, and then creepy doings proliferate all weekend long, including Saturday's Bklyn Boo!
Other top things to do in NYC this weekend include an Open House Family Day at the new David Geffen Hall and a turn on the Bryant Park skating rink, which re-opens Friday.
Tuesday's Halloween agenda includes the Jackson Heights Halloween Parade, BAMBoo!, Dumboween's March to the Arch, and the big Village Halloween Parade. Be sure to bookmark our list of NYC's best trick-or-treat neighborhoods so you know where to source the goodies!
Of course, all our top Halloween picks are laid out in our New York City Kids' Halloween Fun Guide, which is scarily stocked with a full rundown of Halloween costume parades and plenty more tricks and treats.
Even if you don't make Saturday's event, you can still enter the Mommy Poppins-City Point Brooklyn Halloween Photo Contest by sharing your best Halloween costume pics now through Halloween for a chance to win a $1,000 shopping spree or one of two second prizes. Post to your Instagram feed tagging @MommyPoppins and @CityPointBKLYN with #CityPointHalloween to enter. See all contest rules and prize details.
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Places featured in this article:
Dana Discovery Center, Central Park
Asphalt Green
Winter Village at Bryant Park
Kissena Corridor Park
Balloon Museum
7515 5th Avenue
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Socrates Sculpture Park
South Street Seaport
Sutton Place Park
Staten Island Children's Museum
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts
Washington Market Park
Kings Theatre
Pier 57
CityPoint
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Lobby and Lepercq Space
Jackson Heights
Washington Square Park Arch
Midtown East
Greenwich Village