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Saturday Oct. 25, 2025

Halloween Spooktacular Fall 5K

8:30 – 11:30 am

Halloween Spooktacular Fall 5K

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Halloween

Planting Fields ArboretumOyster Bay

Outrun the Stigma 5K RunWalk

8:30 am – noon

Outrun the Stigma 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

RACE SITEMassapequa Park

Marianne Volpe 5K & Pumpkin Fun Run

9 am – noon

Marianne Volpe 5K & Pumpkin Fun Run

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Baldwin Harbor ParkBaldwin

SBFD Engine Company Monster Dash 5K RunWalk

9 am – noon

SBFD Engine Company Monster Dash 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Halloween

Stony Brook Fire DepartmentStony Brook

Floral Park Knights of Columbus Presents Rhatigan’s Run 5K Run Walk

9 am – noon

Floral Park Knights of Columbus Presents Rhatigan’s Run 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Halloween

Floral Park Knights of Columbus CouncilFloral Park

10 am – 8 pm

Staten Island Spook-tacular Craft and Vendor Market

Ages: All
Free

Empire OutletsSaint George

10 am – noon

Halloween Monster Mash!

Ages: 13 and up
Attractions
Community

Flight Adventure ParkRonkonkoma

Jolly Roger Flag -Pic Only

11 am – 4 pm

Jolly Roger Scavenger Hunt

Ages: 3 and up
Attractions
Free

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

The Grandest Princess Ball Ever at Carmine’s

Ages: 8 and under

Carmine’s Italian Restaurant – Times SquareNew York City

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Noon – 6 pm

Fall Festival at The Mount

Ages: All

Mount LorettoStaten Island

Noon – 4 pm

FREE Brooklyn RISE Fall Harvest Festival

Ages: 3 and up
Festivals
Free

Brooklyn RISE Charter SchoolBrooklyn

12:30 – 1:50 pm

The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D

Ages: 9 and up
Christmas
Film

Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NY

Unknown

1 – 3 pm

Rebel Stencil – Street Art Workshop at the Banksy Museum

Ages: 5 and up
Art
Classes

banksy museumnew york

1 – 5 pm

3rd Annual DVAM Skate Meetup & Fundraiser 💜🛼

Ages: 9 and up
Classes
Community

Lincoln Terrace ParkBrooklyn

Broadway Magic Hour with Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio

2 – 3 pm

Broadway Magic Hour

Ages: 3 and up
Theater

Broadway Comedy Clubnew york

Lightning 400 x 400

2 pm

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Ages: All
Film
Theater

On Your Mark PlayhouseStaten Island

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3 – 4 pm

EVC Intergenerational Choir

Ages: 5 and up
Classes
Community

Union Theological SeminaryHarlem

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3 – 5 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Olympics

Ages: 3 and up
Food & Drink
Free

Dakota’sBronx

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4 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Halloween Costume Party Flyer-eventbrite

4 – 5 pm

Queer Halloween Costume Party

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Free

Sugar MouseManhattan

2025-10-MG-Halloween-Kiosk

6 – 9 pm

Parent’s Night Out Halloween Party

Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter RockManhasset

Lightning 400 x 400

7 pm – midnight

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Ages: All
Film
Theater

On Your Mark PlayhouseStaten Island

MadameMorbid2

7 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

7 – 10 pm

Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: 13 and up
Art
Attractions

The Gateway PACSCBellport

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9 pm

Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours

madame morbidBrooklyn

Sunday Oct. 26

Anne Frank (1)

9:30 am – 7:30 pm

Anne Frank The Exhibition

Center for Jewish HistoryManhattan

The Elizabeth Ferris Memorial 5K RunWalk

9:30 am – 12:30 pm

The Elizabeth Ferris Memorial 5K Run/Walk

Ages: 5 and up
Fundraisers
Sports

Heckscher State Park Field 1East Islip

10 am

Undergraduate Open House – The College of Staten Island

Ages: 13 and up
Free

College of Staten IslandStaten Island

JPlay!

10 am – noon

JPlay!

Ages: 4 and under
Community

The Senesh SchoolBrooklyn

Halloween 2024, web, photo credit Winston Williams-Brooklyn Children’s Museum-001

10 am – 6:30 pm

Celebrate Halloween

Ages: 12 and under
Animals
Art

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

11 am – 3 pm

Haunted Boo-seum

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Attractions

The Whaling Museum & Education CenterCold Spring Harbor

11 am – 3 pm

Halloween Kiddie Disco!

Ages: 8 and under
Caribbean
Dance

Friends of FirefightersBrooklyn

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