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Halloween in New York

Sixth Avenue on the 31st, the Bronx Zoo for six weekends, and seven thousand carved pumpkins an hour up the river — each date as the organiser gave it, and a link to where we read it.

Where to go for Halloween

2026 dates

Rows of small amber lantern discs, each with a carved face, hung close together against a dark ground

Halloween

The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze 2026

Van Cortlandt Manor · Croton-on-Hudson

An arch of overlapping paper leaves in amber, ochre and cream above a pale band carrying three animal paw prints

Halloween

Boo at the Zoo 2026

Bronx Zoo · New York

A row of brownstone houses with pumpkins on their stoops behind a striped barrier closing the street to cars, under an orange sky

Halloween

Trick-or-Streets 2026: Halloween open streets

Open Streets and plazas in all five boroughs · New York City

A stone arched bridge over dark water in front of a large amber disc, with a bare twisted tree at the left and a small red lantern hanging from its trunk

Halloween

Halloween in Sleepy Hollow 2026

Philipsburg Manor · Sleepy Hollow

Five small dogs in costumes, the first in a witch's hat, walking in a line past a row of autumn trees with a pumpkin among them, on a dark brown ground

Halloween

Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2026

Avenue B and Tompkins Square Park, East Village · New York City

A long avenue between rows of brownstones lined with glowing pumpkins and paper lanterns, a large jack-o'-lantern face in a starry night sky

Halloween

Park Slope Halloween Parade 2026

Seventh Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn · New York City

Paper lanterns strung along a curve under a crescent moon

Halloween

Village Halloween Parade 2026

Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village · New York City

Halloween news

A flat overhead map of city blocks with small orange pumpkins lined along an empty street

Halloween

160 car-free Halloween streets

New York's Department of Transportation hands a record 160 Open Streets and plazas to Halloween this October, with free trick-or-treating, costume contests and one signature party in each borough.

Six carved jack-o'-lanterns lined up on a spit of shore beside a dark, empty lake, with a thin crescent moon high above

Halloween

No Pumpkin Flotilla this year

New York's Pumpkin Flotilla will not cross the Harlem Meer this Halloween: the Central Park Conservancy says the free event drew more people than its setup could safely handle. No replacement in 2026.

Five paper pumpkins of slightly different sizes standing in a row on a ledge against a dark brown wall

Halloween

A billion dollars of pet costumes

The National Retail Federation's most recent survey puts total Halloween spending at a record $13.1 billion — and $1 billion of that on costumes for animals. The most popular one is a pumpkin.