Tag: celebrations

Frightful fun: A guide to Halloween festivities in Brooklyn

Halloween house in Brooklyn

Oct. 23, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen Brooklynites have been buying costumes and carving pumpkins all month, and finally, Halloween is just a week away. The next eight days are full of frightful fun all over the borough — ghostly film screenings, costume contests (for those with four legs and two), parades, parties and more.…

Brooklyn prepares to get lit this holiday season with tree and menorah lightings

CHRISTMAS TREE

Nov. 24, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer

The holiday season is upon us, and Brooklyn is preparing for the festivities with a number of popular neighborhood Christmas tree lightings and other wintery events. From Park Slope to Downtown Brooklyn and more, here are some of the can’t-miss holiday events in the borough.