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Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best free things to do with kids in New York City the weekend of Oct 9–12, 2026: 3 picks, refreshed weekly.
3 picks · checked Sep 28
Atlantic Terminal Mall Plaza, Fort Greene / Downtown Brooklyn, BrooklynTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn urban pumpkin patch, haunted trucks and a DJ take over Atlantic Terminal's plaza and a car-free Fort Greene Place — costumes encouraged.
Atlantic Terminal Mall Plaza, Fort Greene / Downtown Brooklyn, BrooklynTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAn urban pumpkin patch, haunted trucks and a DJ take over Atlantic Terminal's plaza and a car-free Fort Greene Place — costumes encouraged.
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St. James Park, Fordham / Bedford Park, BronxTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCarnival games, face painting and a costume crowd fill St. James Park for a four-hour Bronx Halloween bash with no sign-up needed.
St. James Park, Fordham / Bedford Park, BronxTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCarnival games, face painting and a costume crowd fill St. James Park for a four-hour Bronx Halloween bash with no sign-up needed.
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McGolrick Park, Greenpoint, BrooklynThe PuppetMobile rolls into Greenpoint's McGolrick Park with marionettes, a kid-inventor Geppetto and a robot Pinocchio touring NYC.
McGolrick Park, Greenpoint, BrooklynThe PuppetMobile rolls into Greenpoint's McGolrick Park with marionettes, a kid-inventor Geppetto and a robot Pinocchio touring NYC.
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