Besides Trick or Treat – What to Do for Halloween in New York City
A guided tour through 13 chambers in the temporarily possessed Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center promises to unsettle visitors by skipping clich�©d visions of witches and goblins for rooms literally meant to embody your worst nightmares.
Date: Oct. 13-31, showtimes vary
Price: $15-$20
Halloween Ball Rumsey Playfield, at 72nd St. and Fifth Ave.; 212-310-6691
If you’re trying not to spend a lot of money, this may not be the Halloween event for you. But if you care about the Central Park Conservancy and have money to spare, book yourself a table at the Conservancy’s annual benefit dinner smack in the center of the park. Wear a costume for drinks, dinner, and dancing in the Sorcerers’ Tent. Prizes for Best Costume are given. Advanced tickets required.
Date: Oct. 26, 7 p.m.
Price: $500+
Blood Manor 524 W. 27th St., bet. Tenth and Eleventh Aves.; bloodmanor.com
A trip through Chelsea’s haunted mansion is not for the faint of heart. Descend into the pitch-black catacombs surrounded by zombies and unknown creatures. The masterminds behind this terrifying labyrinth claim that their diabolical creation “makes Freddy Krueger look like Leave it to Beaver.” It’s scary!
Gotham City Ghost Tour
For reservations and meeting place, call 212-465-3331
A tour of the historic, infamous and eerier landmarks in Greenwich Village with stops at the cemetery at St. Mark’s Church, a burial ground at Washington Square, the hanging elm (a 19th century public execution site), and Edgar Allan Poe’s home. Monday’s tour ends at the Halloween Parade site on Sixth Ave.
Date: Oct. 29, 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.; Oct. 30, 12:30 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.; and Oct. 31, 6 p.m.
Price $13
Central Park Conservancy: Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Sail
The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center at 110th St., bet. Fifth and Lenox Aves., 212-860-1370; centralparknyc.org
You’ll need to bring a carved jack-o’-lantern (10 pounds or less) to join the 14th annual holiday parade around the Harlem Meer. Prizes are awarded for the best costumes and the best jack-o’-lantern. The event culminates with candlelit pumpkins sailing across the meer.
Date: Oct. 29, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Price: Free
Pumpkin Picking at the Decker Farm
Historic Richmond Town: 441 Clarke Ave.; 718-351-1611, ext. 280; historicrichmondtown.org
After picking pumpkins, hop on a hayride or indulge in refreshments available for purchase.
Date: Oct. 1-30, Sat.-Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Price: $3-$10
An Evening with Poe
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum: 421 E. 61st St.; 212-838-6878; mvhm.org
In the museum’s candlelit Upper Hall, Edgar Allan Poe impersonator Kevin Mitchell Martin stars in this one-man play based on the life and writings of the master of the macabre. Wine will be served for the adults; kids ages 10 and up can enjoy cookies and cider. Preregistration required.
Date: Oct. 27-28, 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Price: $12-$15
NYC Horror Film Festival
Tribeca Cinemas: 54 Varick St., at Laight St.; 866-468-7619
Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist) and George Romero (Land of the Dead) are among the NYCHFF’s previous honorees. This year’s lineup of short- and full-length horror flicks includes groan-worthy titles such as Horror Business, Little Dead Girl and Newlybleds. For the finale, a new 35mm print of Steven Spielberg’s early blockbuster Jaws will be screened.
Date: Oct. 19-23
Price: $15 for three-film program
New York’s Village Halloween Parade
In New York’s Greenwich Village, on 6th Avenue South of Spring Street & above Canal right across from HERE Arts Center
This year marks the 33rd Annual New York’s Village Halloween Parade. Every year the Halloween parade in the Village is host to the craziest, scariest, and most impressive costumes. The Village Halloween Parade begins at 7 p.m. on 6th Avenue and Spring Street and continues up 6th Avenue to 21st Street. It is listed as one of the 100 Things to do Before You Die and rated is the nation’s largest public Halloween celebration. If you can’t make it to the village, you can catch the parade on television.
Date: October 31, 2006 Starts at 7 p.m.
Price: Free
The Endless Night Festival Element, is located at 225 E. Houston St. in New York City.
Founded in 1998 as an alternative to the Anne Rice Coven Ball in New Orleans by event coordinator, master fangsmith and Anne Rice fan Father Sebastiaan of Long Black Veil, New York’s premiere and longest running vampyre themed event. From October 26-30th, check out the Endless Night Festival, celebrating its second year in New York City, th Endless Night Festival is an “international gathering of Vampyres” and “thee place” for the who’s who of the Vampyre / vampire community to come together. The gates open at 9pm and the event continues into the wee hours of the morning with the doors closing around 4am. Throughout the Festival there are dozens of DJs, seminars on the darkside, live bands, performances, vendors and secret chambers throughout the venue. The bands and performers are announced as they
are booked.
Dates: Oct. 26th-31st
Price:$79-$89
Annual Halloween Festival and Costume Ball
The Theater for the New City hosts its Annual Halloween Festival and Costume Ball with dancing, tarot card readings, a costume contest and a scary room await guests at this East Village Halloween celebration. Tickets for the Halloween Festival and Costume Ball are
Date: Oct. 31st
Price: $20.
The 16th Annual Tompkins Square Dog Run Halloween Parade
www.FirstRunFriends.org
Dress up the dogs. The frightening fun and screams begin at noon. Over $5,000 in prizes will be awarded for “Best In Show,” “Best Costume – large & small breed,” “Best Dog with Kid,” “Best Dog Team Costume,” “Best Trick” and “Best Dog & Owner Combo.” Dog
First Run is located inside NYC’s Tompkins Square Park near the entrance at 9th St. and Ave. A.
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Noon (raindate: the following day)
Price: admission is a $5 raffle ticket sold at the door.
