These Are the Best Holiday Events in Queens

Holiday events in Queens

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Saturday Oct. 18, 2025

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Various

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail

New York Botanical GardenBronx

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Various

The Great Jack O’ Lantern Blaze: Hudson Valley

Van Cortlandt ManorCroton-on-Hudson

Manhattan Haunted Hues

Various

Color Factory NYC Haunted Hues

Color Factory New York

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Various

Halloween Harvest

Luna ParkBrooklyn

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Various

Cityside Pumpkin Patch

The Summer ClubLong Island City

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Various

Halloween House Long Island

Broadway CommonsHicksville

9:30 am – 5:30 pm

Halloween Big Weekend Event

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Family
Halloween

Westchester Children’s MuseumRye

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10 am – 4:30 pm

Heritage Farm & Garden 2025 Fall Festival

Heritage Farm & GardenMuttontown

Boo at the Zoo

10 am – 5:30 pm

Bronx Zoo Boo at the Zoo

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10 am – 7 pm

Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party

Ages: 3 – 12
Attractions
Family
Games

LEGOLAND Discovery Center WestchesterYonkers

10 am – 4 pm

Trick-or-Treat Weekend

LyndhurstTarrytown

10 am – 6 pm

Brick-or-Treat

LEGOLAND New York ResortGoshen

10 am – 5:30 pm

Spooktober

Prospect Park ZooBrooklyn

Sloomoooween

10 am – 6 pm

Sloomoooween

Sloomoo Institute

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10 am – 4 pm

Bats, Barnacles & Broomsticks Halloween Party

Long Island AquariumRiverhead

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10 – 11 am

Halloween in the Woods for Families

Ages: 3 – 8
Animals
Attractions
Family

Sheldrake Environmental CenterLarchmont

HAUNTEDPROPS.COM Presents Ghosts, Witches

10 am – 10 pm

HAUNTEDPROPS.COM Presents Ghosts, Witches

HAUNTEDPROPS.COMManorville

Spooktacular St. Paul and St. Andrew 10:18

10:30 – 11:15 am

Spooktacular!

Ages: 8 and under
Dance
Family
Halloween

St. Paul and St. Andrew ChurchUpper West Side

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11 am – 5 pm

TMS Makeup Shop NYC

Metropolitan PavilionChelsea

Brooklyn New York Aquarium Ascarium

11 am – 4 pm

New York Aquarium Ascarium

New York AquariumBrooklyn

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11 am – 4 pm

Annual Pumpkin Carve-Off

New York Botanical GardenBronx

Rock Center Halloween

11 am – 3 pm

Halloween at Rockefeller Center

Top of the Rock Observation Deck

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Halloween in the Woods for Families

Ages: 3 – 8
Animals
Attractions
Family

Sheldrake Environmental CenterLarchmont

Noon – 3 pm

Not So Scary Kids Adventure at Gateway’s Haunted Playhouse

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Gateway PACSCBellport

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Noon – 4:30 pm

Spooktoberfest

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Family
Festivals

Hart’s Brook ParkHartsdale

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Noon – 6 pm

Join Dare2Draw at Arts Gowanus Open Studios – Oct. 18 & 19! (12-6PM)

Ages: 9 and up
Art
Attractions
Family

Dare2Draw Studios @540 President St, GowanusNew York City, Brooklyn

12:30 – 10:30 pm

Dakota’s Pumpkin Patch

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

Dakota’sBronx

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1 – 3 pm

HALLOWEEN PARTY KIDS 10/ 18 & 10/ 25. Port Washington NY

Ages: 3 – 12
Community
Craft & DIY
Family

11 sintsink dr e port washibnton NY 11050Port Washington

2 – 5 pm

Halloween Carnival

Ages: All
Family
Free
Halloween

Nanuet Town CentreNanuet

2 – 5 pm

Sparkles and Steps- A Diwali Event

Ages: All
Community
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Children’s MuseumBrooklyn

2:30 – 7:30 pm

Spooktacular 2025

Staten Island ZooStaten Island

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3 pm

Cirque-tacular and DCA Productions presents “Spooktacular”

BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts CenterTribeca

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