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Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC: The Civic Council's Halloween Parade Marched Up 7th Avenue on Oct. 31
The Park Slope Civic Council's children's Halloween Parade, running since 1986, set off at 6:30 pm on Oct. 31 from 7th Avenue and 14th Street, heading north to the Old Stone House in Washington Park.
By NBT Editors · 2026-10-14
On Oct. 31, the Park Slope Civic Council staged its Halloween Parade in Brooklyn, a children's costume march that the organization describes as perhaps the largest of its kind. It has run every year since 1986.
The parade stepped off at 6:30 pm from 7th Avenue and 14th Street. Anyone who wanted to march was asked to arrive by 6 pm to line up, and the event was scheduled to wrap up at 8 pm.
The route ran through the heart of Park Slope: north on 7th Avenue to 3rd Street, then a left turn on 3rd, ending at the Old Stone House in Washington Park. The Old Stone House is a historic site tied to the Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn, set among the park's greenery, which made for a fitting finish line.
The Park Slope Civic Council is a neighborhood organization involved in historic district preservation, livable streets, sustainability and responsible development. Its calendar also includes house tours, civic sweeps, Super Stoop Day and Mulchfest, and the Halloween Parade is among its best-known annual events.
For Brooklyn families, the appeal is the scale and the setting. The march travels along 7th Avenue, a street lined with shops and restaurants that ordinarily serves as the neighborhood's everyday main drag, turning it for one evening into a stage for children in costume. Readers planning ahead for next year can follow the Civic Council's newsletter and social channels for future announcements.
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