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16th Annual Halloween Festival Returns to Fort Greene Park
The free Halloween festival in Fort Green Park starts Saturday, Oct. 29, at 11:30 a.m., with a costume contest for dogs and their owners.
FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — The Fort Greene Park Conservancy is hosting its 16th annual Halloween Festival in Fort Green Park at the end of October, with a host of free family and children-friendly activities.
The Halloween festivities kick off on Saturday Oct. 29 at 11: 30 a.m., and end at 3:00 p.m., at Fort Greene Park (near the entrance at DeKalb Avenue at Washington Park).
"The Great PUPkin," a costume contest for dogs and their owners, will take place at 11:30 a.m. and is sponsored by Fort Greene PUPS, a local dog-owners organization.
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The contest is being held at the base of the Monument Steps near the the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, organizers said.
This year's Halloween Festival activities include:
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- Pumpkin patch and 1,000 free pumpkins that attendees can decorate
- Train rides
- Assortment of games and prizes
- Temporary tattoo stand from Tattly,
- Face-painting
- Stilt-walkers
- Costume parade]
- live music
- Pop-up cemetery
- Bounce houses
Lead image courtesy of Martin Brigden/Flickr.
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