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East Harlem Halloween 2025

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East Harlem kicks off Halloween 2025 near El Barrio and the city center with macabre happenings and theatrical scares across colorful streets. Discover haunted festivities, October celebrations and eerie adventures from community parades to family-friendly haunted walks and storytelling nights.

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East Harlem Halloween

East Harlem Family-Friendly Fall Activities

Halloween on the Harlem Meer Pumpkin Flotilla in New York
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Halloween on the Harlem Meer Pumpkin Flotilla (New York, NY)

Thursday, October 30, 2025
📍 Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
(0.7 mi from East Harlem)

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💰 Budget: FREE
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⚡ Energy: Moderate

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Central Park hosts a spooktacular Halloween celebration on the Harlem Meer. Families can enjoy crafts, live music, and a costume parade. The highlight is the signature pumpkin flotilla, where attendees can contribute their own carved pumpkins to create a dazzling display on the water. It's a free, enchanting evening for all ages.

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Three cartoon children in Halloween costumes are gathered around pumpkins and a tombstone, with a spooky, festive atmosphere.
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Spooky City Halloween at the Museum of the City of New York (New York, NY)

Friday, October 31, 2025
📍 Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029
(0.7 mi from East Harlem)

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💰 Budget: $$
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⚡ Energy: Moderate

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Spooky City returns to the Museum of the City of New York for a frightfully fun Halloween celebration. Families can explore the galleries on a special scavenger hunt, get creative with Halloween-themed crafts, and enjoy harvest games. A dedicated storytime session is perfect for little ones, while the "Grave" rubbing activity offers a unique historical art experience.

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A festive Halloween street scene with stalls decorated with pumpkins and lights, featuring mannequins and blurred figures of people in the background.
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Asphalt Screams Halloween Event (New York, NY)

Friday, October 24, 2025
📍 Asphalt Green
555 E. 90th St., New York, NY 10128
(1.3 mi from East Harlem)

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💰 Budget: FREE
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⚡ Energy: Moderate

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Asphalt Screams transforms the Upper East Side into a Halloween wonderland! This annual bash promises a night of spooky delights and family-friendly frights. Explore a vibrant street fair, brave a thrilling haunted maze, and enjoy rides and activities at Litwin Field. A special sensory-friendly hour offers a calmer experience for those with sensitivities.

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Halloween Near East Harlem

Astoria Halloween

Halloween Harvest Festival in Queens
Queens
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Halloween Harvest Festival (Queens)

📍 Socrates Sculpture Park
Oct 25, 2025
(2.0 mi from East Harlem)
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Halloween on Steinway Street at Connect Sports Lounge in Astoria
Astoria
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Halloween on Steinway Street at Connect Sports Lounge (Astoria)

📍 Connect Sports Lounge
Nov 1, 2025
(2.8 mi from East Harlem)
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Hells Kitchen Halloween

New York Comic Con 2026 in New York
New York
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New York Comic Con 2026 (New York)

📍 Javits Center
Oct 8, 2026
(4.2 mi from East Harlem)
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Three friends in costumes are dancing at a Halloween masquerade ball. A man in a white tuxedo and black bowtie smiles as he dances with two women, one in a red dress with devil horns and the other in a purple witch costume with a mask.
New York
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Monster Ball NYC @ HK HALL (New York)

📍 HK Hall
Oct 25, 2025
(3.7 mi from East Harlem)
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East Village Halloween

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New York
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New York City Village Halloween Parade (New York)

📍 Sixth Avenue
Oct 31, 2025
(5.1 mi from East Harlem)
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Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2025 in New York
New York
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Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade 2025 (New York)

📍 Tompkins Square Park
Oct 18, 2025
(5.2 mi from East Harlem)
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Financial District Halloween

A diverse family is picking pumpkins in a pumpkin patch with houses and autumn trees in the background.
New York
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Governors Island Pumpkin Point 2025 (New York)

📍 Governors Island
Oct 25, 2025
(7.5 mi from East Harlem)
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New York
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Sinister Secrets of the Seaport Walking Tour (New York)

📍 South Street Seaport Museum
(7.0 mi from East Harlem)
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Jersey City Halloween

A group of four friends in cartoon style are celebrating, possibly at a party or event, with bright neon lights in the background. The person on the far left is holding a glowing science-like device, the person in the center is wearing a tiara and holding a glowing orb, and the person on the far right is holding several glowing sticks. Another person with devil horns is visible behind them.
Jersey City
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LSC After Dark: All Hallows' Eve (Jersey City)

📍 Liberty Science Center
Oct 30, 2025
(8.6 mi from East Harlem)
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The Official Halloween Bar Crawl - Jersey City in Jersey City
Jersey City
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The Official Halloween Bar Crawl - Jersey City (Jersey City)

📍 The Ashford
Nov 1, 2025
(7.6 mi from East Harlem)
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Park Slope Halloween

Park Slope Children's Halloween Parade in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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Park Slope Children's Halloween Parade (Brooklyn)

📍 Old Stone House/JJ Byrne Playground
Oct 31, 2025
(8.8 mi from East Harlem)
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Greenburgh Halloween

Three smiling people, two women and one man wearing a hat, are gathered around carved pumpkins in front of a large, ornate building. A dinosaur figure with its mouth open is visible in the background, adding a festive and slightly spooky atmosphere.
Croton
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The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze (Croton)

📍 Van Cortlandt Manor
Sep 12, 2025
(27.6 mi from East Harlem)
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Washington Irving's 'The Man Behind the Legend' at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow
Sleepy Hollow
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Washington Irving's 'The Man Behind the Legend' at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (Sleepy Hollow)

📍 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Oct 28, 2025
(21.2 mi from East Harlem)
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Hicksville Halloween

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Bayville
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Bayville Scream Park (Bayville)

📍 Bayville Scream Park
Sep 13, 2025
(20.2 mi from East Harlem)
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Restless Souls Haunted House Complex in Huntington Station
Huntington Station
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Restless Souls Haunted House Complex (Huntington Station)

📍 West Hills United Methodist Church
Oct 3, 2025
(27.0 mi from East Harlem)
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Parsippany Halloween

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Augusta
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Skylands Stadium Jack-O'-Lantern Experience (Augusta)

📍 Skylands Stadium
Sep 26, 2025
(46.4 mi from East Harlem)
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A terrifying robot with glowing red eyes chases three people down a dark, graffiti-covered hallway illuminated by eerie blue and red lights.
Wharton
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13th Hour Haunted House (Wharton)

📍 13th Hour Haunted House
Sep 20, 2025
(34.7 mi from East Harlem)
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Middletown Halloween

Two cartoon children, a boy and a girl, sit in the open trunk of a car filled with pumpkins and autumn leaves, smiling happily.
Leonardo
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Middletown Day 2025 (Leonardo)

📍 Croydon Hall
Oct 19, 2025
(27.3 mi from East Harlem)
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Jersey Devil Fable Fest Cryptid Commons in Asbury Park
Asbury Park
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Jersey Devil Fable Fest Cryptid Commons (Asbury Park)

📍 600 block of Mattison Avenue
(40.2 mi from East Harlem)
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