Brooklyn family events
Family-friendly events in Brooklyn, NYC: festivals, museum programs, storytimes, park events, performances.
Fri, Oct 16 to Sun, Oct 18
Fri, Oct 23 to Sun, Oct 25
Fri, Oct 30 to Sun, Nov 1
Fri, Nov 6 to Sun, Nov 8
Saturday, October 17
10am to 12pm
Green-Wood CemeteryFamily tour and workshop exploring LGBTQ+ history at Green-Wood. Price not published on the calendar page; RSVP through the Green-Wood calendar before going.
10am to 5:30pm, through Oct 18$10.95
Prospect Park ZooWeekend Halloween programming at the zoo: a spooky trail, extinct-animal tombstones in Sea Lion Court, spooky science, live performances, and costume photo areas. Free with zoo admission ($10.95 adults, $7.95 kids 3-12, $8.95 seniors, under 2 free); costumes encouraged.
11am to 3pmFree
Greenway Botanical Garden at the Naval Cemetery LandscapeCommunity fall festival in the native-plant meadow: a bluegrass jam, local food, kids' activities, a children's costume parade with prizes, zine assembly, and Brooklyn Public Library tables. Free.
11am to 3pmFree
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6The park's annual season-closing fall celebration: live music, arts and crafts, face painting, a mini pumpkin patch, kids' corn maze, lawn games, and education and horticulture activities. Costumes encouraged; free.
11am to 4pm, through Oct 18$29.95
New York AquariumFamily-friendly fall festival at the aquarium: marine-themed magic shows, Halloween crafts, face painting, Wildlife Theater shows, a costume parade, games, and aquatic animals. New this year: Sea of Illusions and Bubble Play. Included with aquarium admission (from $29.95; members free).
11am to 3pm, through Oct 18Free
Wyckoff House MuseumFall crafts, house tours (from 11:30am), and outdoor farm activities at the city's oldest house, joined by Open House New York with architectural tours of the 17th-century Dutch farmhouse. Free.
12 to 7pmFree
Weeksville Heritage CenterDay-long community experience rooted in Gullah Geechee heritage, cultural memory, and diaspora: cellist Jeffrey Zeigler's interdisciplinary music project with cello, electronics, and dance, plus teaching artist labs, drop-in textile and photography workshops, and a closing performance with Q&A. Free.
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