Top 20 October family events in Brooklyn

We're back to bring you some of the top 20 family events in October including Maker Faire, Brooklyn Circus, Atlantic Antic, Mural Festival, rescheduled Brooklyn Dribble, Block Parties, Fall festivals, Halloween parties, and more – happy October!

1. Coney Island Maker Faire

Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 | 11am-5pm | $15 kids, $25 adults | Coney Island

Maker Faire Coney Island is an interactive event that celebrates, shares, and showcases the work of inventors, creators, and DIY enthusiasts of all ages. Attend competitions, exhibitions, classes, and panels to spotlight and celebrate the great minds and makers from New York, and from around the world. The event features hands-on exhibits, demonstrations, and workshops in fields such as robotics, crafts, engineering, art, music, 3D printing, and future technologies, designed by students, teachers, and independent folks who build interesting things.

2. Brooklyn Circus at Brooklyn Children's Museum

Saturday, October 4 | 11:30am and 2:30pm sessions | $15 | Crown Heights

Step right up for high-flying circus thrills where kids join the act! Watch in awe as ABCirque‘s talented performers juggle, flip, and soar through the air with breathtaking aerial acrobatics on our rooftop. Then, the fun really begins—it’s YOUR turn to join in! After the show, enjoy playtime with the pros: swing in an aerial hammock, master juggling and hula hooping, test your balance, take a spin on a gigantic wheel, and strike a pose with the stars for a picture-perfect memory. This one-of-a-kind experience lets families SEE and TRY the magic of the circus all in one amazing visit.

3. Children's Harvest Festival at Saratoga Farm

Saturday, October 4 | 1pm-5pm | FREE | Bed-Stuy

Come out The Campaign Against Hunger's Children's Harvest Festival in Brooklyn for a day filled with fun activities, delicious treats, and lots of laughter! From arts and crafts to face-painting, there's something for every little one to enjoy. Don't miss out on this exciting event where kids can embrace the autumn spirit and make unforgettable memories.

4. 50th Annual Atlantic Antic on Atlantic Avenue

Sunday, October 5 | 12pm-6pm | FREE | Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn

The Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation will be celebrating five incredible decades of the Annual Atlantic Antic on Sunday, October 5th. A Brooklyn institution, this year’s event will feature over 300 vendors, live performances, local eats, vintage finds, handmade goods, family fun, and more surprises than ever before!

5. Annual Bed-Stuy Walls Mural Festival and Block Party

Saturday, October 11 | 10am-6pm | FREE | Bed-Stuy

Live painting, live music, DJ, performances, kids activities and community engagement!

6. Fall Festival at Atlantic Terminal Plaza

Saturday, October 11 | 11am-2pm | FREE | Downtown Brooklyn

Atlantic Terminal and Brooklyn Bridge Parents are hosting a FREE family-friendly fall festival on Atlantic Terminal’s outdoor plaza and car-free Fort Greene Place with mini pumpkin patch, pumpkin decorating, haunted trucks, live music, soccer, Pokemon Trading Station, and a costume dance party – free and fun for all ages. Kids are encouraged to come in costumes. Bring your Pokemon collection and trade with other Pokemon fans at the Pokemon Trading Station!

7. Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day at Brooklyn Children's Museum

Sunday, October 12 and Monday, October 13 | 10am-5pm | $15, free for babies under 1 | Crown Heights

Join Brooklyn Children’s Museum for a day of traditional dance, interactive storytelling, and cooking, pottery, and art-making workshops, together with the North American Indigenous Center of New York. Featuring performances by the Northeastern Haudenosaunee Dance Troupe and interactive storytelling sessions. Plus, take part in hands-on food demonstrations, art-making workshops including beadwork, screen printing, and terra cotta pottery making, and a Native artisan vendor marketplace.

8. Harvest Festival at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Saturday, October 18 | 11am-3pm | FREE | Brooklyn Heights

Celebrate the changing of the seasons at the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s annual Harvest Festival! Don’t miss their kick-off procession, arts and crafts, storytelling, lawn games and more—including their signature pumpkin patch.

9. Labubu Pumpkin Fest at CityPoint in Downtown Brooklyn

Sunday, October 19 | 11am-1pm | FREE | Downtown Brooklyn

City Point and Brooklyn Bridge Parents kick off the spooky season with pumpkin decorating, fall crafts, and Labubu meet and greet. Costumes encouraged! Best for ages 2 to 10. The free event will take place on Sunday, October 19, from 11 am to 1 pm at City Point on the ground floor level next to Rumi. Highlights include:

Pumpkin decorating: take home a pumpkin (while supplies last)
Selfies with Labubu
Fall crafts and balloon twisting

10. Annual Fall Festival at Marsha P. Johnson State Park

Sunday, October 19 | 12-4pm | FREE | Williamsburg

Join us for a day of pumpkin painting, puppet shows, face painting, games, and more!

11. The Annual Great Pupkin Dog Costume Contest + Halloween Fest in Fort Greene Park

Saturday, October 25 | 12-4pm (dog contest 12-1:30pm) | FREE ($22 dog costume entry) | Fort Greene

Presented by Fort Greene PUPS, the Great PUPkin is Brooklyn's largest and most outrageous dog costume contest. Scads of dogs enter and ruthlessly compete for the coveted Great PUPkin rosettes for the top pups! Come in costume and stay for the Haunted Costume Ball at the Park's Halloween Fest! Enjoy spooky stories, face painting, haunted music, family-friendly games, and more.

12. Fall Harvest Festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Saturday, October 25 | 11am-4pm | FREE | Prospect Heights

Celebrate the fall season surrounded by some of Brooklyn’s most fabulous foliage. Enjoy live music, tractor rides, hands-on activities for families, a cider and beer garden, pumpkin-decorating, and more. Come dressed in your best flannel—or a costume for an afternoon parade!

13. The Brooklyn Dribble at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Saturday, October 25 | 1-4pm | FREE | Brooklyn Heights

Rescheduled from September! Join for a one-mile dribble parade around Brooklyn Bridge Park Piers 2 and 6, ending at a fan fest with NY Liberty performances, photobooth, facepainting, food trucks, and more!

14. Bay Ridge Halloween Festival

Saturday, October 25 | 4-7pm | FREE | Bay Ridge

Get ready for a spooktacular Halloween Fest full of tricks, treats, and haunted surprises on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge! Brooklyn Bridge Parents is partnering with the 5th Avenue BID to bring you Halloween Fest, a spooktacular free block party taking over 10 car-free blocks of 5th Avenue from 72nd to 85th Street. Celebrate the season with free kids activities, including a bouncy house, pumpkin decorating, “Trunk-or-Treat,” a puppet show, haunted trucks, music, crafts, and so much more! CityParks' PuppetMobile will feature Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking at 4pm, presented in tandem with the 80th anniversary of the beloved book and in association with the Astrid Lindgren Foundation. Kids and families will experience the incredible adventures of quick-witted and super-strong Pippi as she overcomes bullies and burglars, all while fending off social conventions that seek to keep her in check. Enjoy delicious bites from local restaurants representing flavors from around the world and stroll through the festively decorated side streets of Bay Ridge. Kids are encouraged to come in costumes.

15. Coney Island Children’s Halloween Festival and Parade at Maimonides Park

Saturday, October 25 | 10am-2pm, 10:45am Parade | FREE | Coney Island

Join The Alliance for Coney Island for their Annual Parade and Halloween Festival featuring Bubble Shows, Costume Contest, Face Painting, Inflatable Mazes, Food for Purchase…and more! Don’t miss out on this Halloween celebration perfect for the whole family. Come in costume and bring your spooky spirit!

16. Saint James Joy Halloween Block Party

Saturday, October 25 | 2-7pm | BYO Candy Donation | Clinton Hill

Father Son DJ Duo Saint James Joy brings you a Halloween Edition block party on Saint James Place between Gates and Greene! Simple: You bring the treats and community, they'll bring the beats.

17. Free Halloween concert with Suzi Shelton at Time Out Market NY

Sunday, October 26 | 10:15-11am | FREE | For ages 0-5 | DUMBO

Calling all local toddlers and babies! Macaroni KID Brooklyn NW has teamed up with Time Out Market New York to present a free concert featuring Brooklyn “kindie” favorite Suzi Shelton on Sunday, October 26th at 10:15am! As we head into the weekend before Halloween, let’s get festive together – costumes encouraged!

18. Brooklyn FAM: Festival of Arts & Music in Prospect Park

Sunday, October 26 | 10am-3pm | FREE, suggested donation | Prospect Park Boathouse

Save the Date for Brooklyn FAM's 5th Annual Flagship Festival at the Prospect Park Boathouse! With goals including creating more ways to connect across our communities, tell our own stories, and build the resilience of us, this year’s festival celebrates African and Asian diasporic voices on the theme of “Nourish.” What roots us? Heals and grows us? Replenishes us? How do we nourish each other and our communities? Experience participatory puppet theatre, music, dance, community music-making, mixed media crafting, Malian & Japanese indigo dyeing, aromatherapy, and lots of giveaways—from limited-edition picnic blankets and event tote bags to *nourishing* snacks and aromatherapy rollerballs. This event is family-friendly, inter-generational, and FREE to all.

19. Court Street Spectacular Street Fair

Sunday, October 26 | 11am-6pm | FREE entry | Brooklyn Heights

Court Street Spectacular Street Fair – located between Atlantic Avenue and Joralemon Street – is Brooklyn's last big street festival of the year! Take a stroll down Court Street and visit the merchants and vendors, good eats, and kids' rides on Court Street.

20. Attend a Halloween Party in your neighborhood!

Pencil in one of these classic Brooklyn Halloween celebrations and flaunt your family's costumes before you head out for a glorious night of Trick-or-Treating on Halloween!

BKLYN Boo! at Abolitionist Place
Friday, October 31st | | 2-5pm | FREE | Downtown Brooklyn
Don your Halloween best and join Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and City Point for an afternoon of music, puppets, giveaways, and a special DJ Dance-off featuring Labubu!
McGhoulrick Halloween
Friday, October 31st | 3pm | Greenpoint
Join Friends of McGolrick and McGolrick Dog Run for the 3rd Annual McGhoulrick Halloween! Your favorite Halloween traditions are back: trick is back: Trick-or-treating , Games &amp; crafts , Costume parade, Dance party and more surprises!
Bed-Stuy Gateway BID Trick or Streets at Marcy Avenue Plaza and Bed-Stuy Annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat Blocks Maps 2025
Friday, October 31st | 3-7pm / 4:30-8pm | FREE | Bed-Stuy
Bring your family and friends to experience Bed-Stuy’s unforgettable trick-or-treat trail. Start at Marcy Avenue Plaza for lots of giveaways from neighborhood businesses! Then explore the community’s decorated homes, themed houses, spooky gardens, and special candy stops marked by orange and black balloons – treats await at every stop!
Cobble Hill Halloween Parade
Friday, October 31 | 3:30-4:30pm | FREE | Cobble Hill
The Cobble Hill Halloween Parade is ON – rain or shine. This year’s parade will once again be led by the incomparable Brass Queens. Music starts in Cobble Hill Park at 3:30 pm, and the parade leaves from the Congress Street entrance exactly at 4 pm. After the parade, stick around for some of the best trick-or-treating in Brooklyn!
BAMboo! Block Party at BAM
Friday, October 31 | 4-7pm | FREE | Fort Greene
Your family is invited to BAM’s frightfully fun annual Halloween block party, back for another autumn afternoon of candy giveaways, carnival games, arts and crafts, and more. Put on your costume and meet us outside the Peter Jay Sharp Building for a monstrously good time.
Dumboween Annual March to the Arch and Archway Party in DUMBO
Friday, October 31 | 4-7pm | FREE | DUMBO
A neighborhood tradition, DUMBOWEEN brings hundreds of costumed Dumbonians out for the Annual March to the Arch through Brooklyn Bridge Park with brass bands + puppets, followed by an Archway Party featuring crafts with Creatively WILD Art Studio, a photobooth and of course, candy! Plus, Trick-or-Treat at 50+ Dumbo small businesses!
Children’s Halloween Parade in Park Slope
Friday, October 31 | 6-8:30pm | Park Slope
The parade begins at 14th Street and 7th Avenue, then heads north on 7th Avenue, turning left on 3rd Street and ending in J.J. Byrne Playground at the Old Stone House. 6pm lineup, 6:30pm parade kickoff. FREE