Best Halloween events for kids in New York City

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October 30

Halloween in Richmond Town
Fri Oct 30 3:30-5pm. Historic Richmond Town, 441 Clarke Ave near Tysen Ct, Staten Island (718-351-1611, historicrichmondtown.org). Travel: From the Staten Island Ferry, take the S74 bus to St. Patricks Pl. $3, kids under 17 $8.
The most historic Halloween bash in all of NYC has arrived! All ages. ••

FREE Spooks at Belvedere Castle
Fri Oct 30 4–6pm, 6:30-8pm. Belvedere Castle, Central Park, midpark near 79th St (212-772-0210, centralparknyc.org). Subway: B, C to 81st St–Museum of Natural History; 6 to 77th St.
Central Park’s own 19th-century Gothic-style lookout becomes a haunted house on the eve of Halloween, as ghosts descend upon the attraction and trick-or-treaters get their just rewards. All ages. •••

Children’s Museum of Manhattan
After Hours Halloween Party
Fri Oct 30 5–8pm. $10, seniors $7, children under 12 months free.
Combining sensible treats (gingerbread crackers, dried fruits) with creepy fun, CMOM hosts a party on the eve of Halloween and invites visitors to make their own masks and sparkly bat puppets. All ages. ••

Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Fri Oct 30 5-8pm. $10.
Monster Mash Parties
The tot hot spot expands its annual bash to two nights of fearsome fun beginning on Friday, including spooky stories and a huge slithering snake for petting. All ages. •••

Gravesend Inn
Fri Oct 30 6-9pm. Voorhees Theatre, 186 Jay St near Tillary St, Downtown Brooklyn (718-260-5588, gravesendinn.com). Subway: A, C to High St; 2, 3 to Clark St. $6, students $4.
Featuring the theatrical and construction skills of City Tech’s Theatreworks group plus high-tech wizardry, this haunted hotel in Downtown Brooklyn brings skeletons, talking paintings and gruesome body parts to life for visitors over three weekends. Ages 6 and up.••••

St. John the Divine Extravaganza
Fri Oct 30 at 7, 10pm. Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave at 112th St (212-316-7540, stjohndivine.org). Subway: B, C, 1 to 110th St–Cathedral Pkwy. $20.
Step into the nation’s largest cathedral and you’ll find a soaring interior, which becomes breathtakingly scary once a year as the Procession of the Ghouls brings visitors face-to-face with demons, witches, a ghostly manchild (insert your own Williamsburg-hipster joke here) and other weirdos. This year’s frightfest includes a screening of Nosferatu, the classic 1922 German Expressionist silent horror film, accompanied by live organ music. Ages 5 and up. ••••

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