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Halloween & Harvest Guide 2020

Find your Local, Seasonal Family Fun with Macaroni Kid Bayside/Northeast Queens and Flushing Queens

By Grace Agostino, Bayside/Northeast Queens and Emily Griffin Sheahan, Flushing Queens January 28, 2022

Things might look a bit different this year, but the fun is definitely not cancelled! Our Halloween & Harvest Guide for Flushing and all of Northeast Queens has everything your family needs to make the season fun.  Things to do, farms, Halloween events, Fall and Halloween recipes, crafts and events and so much more!

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Please note many of these events - even if free - require advance tickets or reservations for crowd control.

When: Friday, October 23
What: 
The Amazing Maize Maze
Where: 
The Queens Farm Museum
Cost: 
$8-12

When: Saturday, October 24
What: 
Pumpkin Patch at QBG
Where: 
Queens Botanical GardenCost: $10-12

When: Saturday, October 24
What: 
The Amazing Maize Maze and Pumpkin Patch
Where: 
The Queens County Farm
Cost: 
$8-12

When: Sunday, October 25
What: 
Car Show & Halloween Party
Where: 
Cunningham Park
Cost: 
FREE to attend, $5 & up to show a vehicle

When: Sunday, October 25
What:
Trick-or-Treat with APEC's Animals
Where:
Alley Pond Environmental Center
Cost:
 $18

When: Sunday, October 25
What:
Pumpkin Patch at QBG
Where:
Queens Botanical Garden
Cost:
 $8-12

When: Sunday, October 25
What:
The Amazing Maize Maze & Pumpkin Patch
Where:
The Queens County Farm
Cost:
 $8-12

When: Wednesday, October 28
What: Halloween Themed Nature & Me Playgroup
Where: Oakland Gardens
Cost: $10

When: Friday, October 30
What: The Amazing Maize Maze
Where:
The Queens County Farm
Cost:
 $8-12

When: Friday, October 30
What: Trunk or Treat
Where: Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church
Cost: FREE

When: Friday, October 30
What:
No Tricks, All Treats Family Fun Day!
Where:
Tanenbaum Family Pool
Cost:
 $10

When: Friday, October 30
What:
POSTPONED: CosPlay Clean-up and Costume Parade
Where:
Kissena Velodrome
Cost:
FREE

When: Saturday, October 31
What: Kids’ Costumed Martial Arts Class
Where: Korea Taekwondo
Cost: FREE

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Halloween at Poppenhusen - morning session
Where:
Poppenhusen Institute
Cost:
 $5

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Pumpkin Science
Where:
Alley Pond Environmental Center
Cost: 
$20 

When: Saturday, October 31
What: Halloween on the Farm
Where:
The Queens County Farm
Cost:
 $20

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Trunk or Treat
Where:
American Martyrs Athletic Assoc.
Cost:
FREE

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Halloween Graveyard Drive-Through
Where:
Zion Episcopal Church
Cost:
FREE

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Halloween at the Garden
Where:
Queens Botanical Garden
Cost:
 $2-12

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Halloween Celebrations!
Where:
My Gym Fresh Meadows
Cost:
 $20-25

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Halloween at Poppenhusen - afternoon session
Where:
Poppenhusen Institute
Cost:
 $5

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Halloween Party
Where:
Interboro Driving School
Cost:
FREE

When: Saturday, October 31
What:
Spooktacular Night Out for kids 4 to 12!
Where:
My Gym Fresh Meadows
Cost:
 $40-45

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When: DAILY
What:
Animated Children’s Story Featuring Otto the Ghost
Cost:
FREE

When: Friday, October 23
What:
Shocktober Virtual Haunted House + Bonus Ghost Hunt (Save 24% Off!)
Cost:
 $19

When: Saturday, October 24
What: Carve a Pumpkin!
Cost: FREE

When: Tuesday, October 27
What: 
Science Everywhere (Halloween Edition): Spiders: Frightful Friends!
Cost: 
FREE

When: Tuesday, October 27
What: 
Create Halloween Decorations Using Fruits with Sharlene Chou
Cost: 
FREE

When: Wednesday, October 28
What: 
Halloween Storytime
Cost: 
FREE

When: Thursday, October 29 through Sunday, November 1
What: Venardos Circus
Cost: $22-36

When: Friday, October 30
What: Monster Bash
Cost: $10

When: Friday, October 30
What: 
Halloween Storytime
Cost: 
FREE

When: Friday, October 30
What: 
A Halloween Treat: Two Edgar Allan Poe Horror Classics
Cost: 
FREE


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Create your own spooky (or not so scary!) space.

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