On Saturday, October 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain or shine), Halloween Harvest Festival at Socrates Sculpture Park, at 32-01 Vernon Boulevard at Broadway in Long Island City. Free admission. For more information, call 718-956-1819 or visit: www.socratessculpturepark.org.
On Saturday, October 18, from noon to 4 p.m., Afternoon of Ghouls at the King Manor Museum, 170-03 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica. Ghoulish fun, with an historic twist! Costumes welcome - be prepared to be scared. For more information call 718-206-0545 or visit www.kingmanor.org.
On Saturday, October 25, at noon (rain date Sunday, October 26), Halloween Festival at Fort Totten Park in Bayside. Games, rides, craft projects, costume contest, hay rides, pumpkin patch, goodie bags and more. At 212th Street and the Cross Island Parkway. For more information, call 718-352-1769 or visit www.nyc.gov/parks.
On Saturday, October 25 and Sunday, October 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Haunted Lantern Tours. The Urban Park Rangers mix history with Halloween on a tour of the Water Battery at Fort Totten in Bayside, at 212th Street and the Cross Island Parkway. For more information, call 718-352-1769 or visit www.nyc.gov/parks.
On Monday, October 27 through Friday, October 31 from 4 to 7 p.m. (opens 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 29), Haunted House and Children’s Fall Festival at the Queens Farm Museum. Hayrides, sack races, treats, cider, pumpkins, pony rides, and petting zoo. Haunted House admission $4; hayrides $2. At 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park. Call 718-347-3276 or visit www.queensfarm.org for more information.
On Monday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Shocktoberfest free annual Halloween festival at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park - games, costume and dance contests, candy and fun for the kids. At the Playground For All Children, 111-01 Corona Avenue in Corona.
On Monday, October 27 and Tuesday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Boo at the Zoo at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The Queens Zoo, 53-51 111th Street in Corona - costume parade, face-painting, pumpkin painting, and a visit to the “extinct species spooky graveyard.” Free with regular zoo admission ($6 for adults, $2 for children). Call 718-271-1500 for information.
On Monday, October 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Family Fun Day Halloween- The Art of Fright at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161-04 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica. For more information, call 718-658-7400, Ext. 123 or visit www.jcal.org.
On Tuesday, October 28, at 6 p.m. Urban Park Rangers take a costume walk in Haunted Forest Park, at the Visitors Center, Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive. Call 718-846-2731 for information.
On Friday, October 31, from 3 to 6 p.m., 3rd Annual Safe Trick or Treat at Atlas Park, 8000 Cooper Avenue in Glendale. Open to all children up to the age of 12. For more information, visit www.theshopsatatlaspark.com.
