Park Slope Halloween 2011
Pictures taken in Park Slope (Brooklyn) on Halloween afternoon and evening 2011. Includes the 26th Annual Park Slope Halloween Parade.
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1: 3:24 PM. I started out taking some pictures of my neighbor's decorations. A lovely screcrow.
2: 3:24 PM. Three jack-o'-lanterns on a stoop.
3: 3:25 PM. A neighbor's areaway. They will have a party later.
4: 3:25 PM. Another stoop on the block.
5: 3:32 PM. A couple kids posing with
SottoVoce Restaurant's jack-o'-lanterns. One is a Power Rangers Samurai Red Ranger costume, and the other a Dracula or vampire.
6: 3:35 PM. Handmade Mr. Potato Head from
Toy Story, and a pirate.
7: 3:37 PM. Back on my street, this house keeps the decorations out year round. It has since been gut rehabilitated.
8: 3:38 PM. A peace face jack-o'-lantern.
9: 3:38 PM. A banana costume and a pop star?
10: 3:59 PM. Characters from the "Mahna Mahna" sketch from
The Muppet Show. The girls are the Snowths. Behind is Mahna Mahna. Part of the
Sesame Street universe.
11: 4:00 PM. A princess. He is an alien Martian.
12: 4:04 PM. A werewolf. His son is the X-Men character Wolverine.
13: 4:10 PM. Stealth Ninja with blue lightsaber. From Star Wars.
14: 4:12 PM. A witch hanging in front of a house.
16: 4:17 PM. Evil jester or joker mask. And Fun World Angry Silverback Gorilla Ape Character Mask.
17: 4:17 PM. In front, is a hip-hop or old-school rapper costume. Likely Snoop Dog. In back, a pink princess.
18: 4:21 PM. The girl is dressed as Snow White from Disney's
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The boy is dressed as Harry Potter.
19: 4:26 PM. A headless man walking around.
20: 4:26 PM. A family of a seahorse, a fish and an octopus. All constructions.
21: 4:28 PM. Two prisoners have captured a policeman.
22: 4:29 PM. A little elephant and a witch.
23: 4:30 PM. Left is wearing a blue ninja costume. Center a knight? Right is ?
24: 4:32 PM. A gladiator and a gangster.
25: 4:32 PM. A flower garden.
26: 4:33 PM. An Arabian princess and a medieval knight.
27: 4:33 PM. A Great Horned Owl Mask.
28: 4:33 PM. A Venice carnival masquerade mask.
29: 4:34 PM. A bull construction, holding a sword and a shield. With ?
30: 4:35 PM. Star Wars Clone Troopers: Captain Rex and a camo Clone Trooper.
31: 4:35 PM. ?
32: 4:36 PM. A little mummy with a skelton behind.
33: 4:36 PM. A ghost. This is what ghosts were back when costumes were mom made.
34: 4:37 PM. A construction of the Shuffle Bot, a character associated with the musical duo LMFAO.
35: 4:39 PM. Joker from the film
The Dark Knight.
36: 4:42 PM. A pirate family.
37: 4:42 PM. Mike Wazowski from the movie
Monsters, Inc..
38: 4:44 PM. ? and a little fairy.
39: 4:44 PM. Oshkosh B'Gosh face mask. He is a ?
40: 4:46 PM. A blue dinosaur, a female Velociraptor.
41: 4:46 PM. A blue dinosaur, a female Velociraptor.
42: 4:47 PM. A skeleton and Ghostface from the
Scream film franchise. Some lucky trick-or-treaters got toy trains at Little Things Toy Store.
43: 4:48 PM. Beetlejuice from the 1988 film of the same name.
44: 4:48 PM. Vector, the main antagonist from the movie
Despicable Me.
45: 4:49 PM. A group: farmer, ?, an egg, an iPod and a boy into Kendo martial arts.
46: 4:52 PM. A stabbed patient and ?
47: 4:52 PM. An Egyptian-themed costume, specifically one resembling Cleopatra.
49: 4:53 PM. A nun with a black cat.
50: 4:54 PM. Medusa.
51: 4:55 PM. A NY Yankees fan?
52: 4:56 PM. A detective from the film series
Men in Black and Sherlock Holmes.
53: 4:56 PM. A
Star Destroyer construction from
Star Wars.
54: 4:57 PM. A
Star Destroyer construction from
Star Wars. Much better from the side. It was hard to get the kid to pose sideways.
55: 4:57 PM. A mixed group: father in a "love guru" costume, mother and children resemble "ghostly lady," "zombie bride," or Victorian-style ghost outfits.
56: 4:57 PM. A robot construction.
57: 4:57 PM. Two spider webs with spiders. Other is next.
58: 4:58 PM. Two spider webs with spiders.
59: 4:58 PM. An Advanced Recon Force (ARF) trooper from the series
Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
60: 4:59 PM. Two 1920s gangsters with Captain America in front.
61: 4:59 PM. A boy in a shower construction. His father is a contractor and made the costume.
62: 4:59 PM. A 1920s flapper.
63: 5:01 PM. A ghost costume.
64: 5:01 PM. A King crab and a lobster.
65: 5:04 PM. A witch with a little dinosaur.
66: 5:05 PM. Harry Potter characters: Parents are Albus Dumbledore and Helena Ravenclaw. She the resident ghost of Ravenclaw House at Hogwarts. The girl on the right is Hermione Granger. The other is wearing a Ni Hao Kai-Lan Romper And Headpiece. From
Amazon.
67: 5:06 PM. Mario and Luigi from the Super Mario video game series.
68: 5:07 PM. A princess fairy.
69: 5:07 PM. The princess fairy again.
70: 5:08 PM. T-Rex dinosaur costume. In
Toy Story, Rex the dinosaur has lime-green skin.
71: 5:08 PM. A moving lips kissing mask.
72: 5:09 PM. A Buzz Lightyear from
Toy Story costume.
73: 5:09 PM. A Monster High Draculaura Forbitten Love dress.
74: 5:10 PM. Ben 10, a character from a Cartoon Network series, Bob Parr from
The Incredibles, and a black ninja from Star Wars costume.
75: 5:11 PM. In front, Optimus Prime from the Transformers franchise. Behind, a Clone Trooper Stormtrooper and Jango Fett from the Star Wars universe.
76: 5:11 PM. Sarah 'I can see Russia from my window' Palin, and the fellow from Joe's On 7th Ave Pizza dressed as a clown.
77: 5:12 PM. JBF Construction truck and a little Dirt Devil.
78: 5:12 PM. In back, Cookie Monster from
Sesame Street, and dad. In front, Captain America, a little Cookie Monster and Clone Trooper.
79: 5:13 PM. Plex from the children's television show
Yo Gabba Gabba!, and Alice from
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
80: 5:15 PM. A pizza slice and a strawberry.
81: 5:15 PM. The strawberry.
82: 5:15 PM. A Mario with a fake moustache and black cap.
83: 5:17 PM. A hip-hop or old-school rapper costume. Likely Snoop Dog.
84: 5:17 PM. A zombie? and a spider web.
85: 5:18 PM. Luigi, Mario, a little bee, and Pikachu, a Pokémon character.
86: 5:18 PM. Adult is Darth Vader, children are a Star Wars Stormtrooper and a karate gi with a yellow belt.
87: 5:20 PM. A group of teenage women: two Indians, a peacock? and animal/monkey har.
88: 5:20 PM. Emily, the main character from the animated movie
Corpse Bride.
90: 5:30 PM. Group: a warrior, a grim reaper, Cookie Monster from
Sesame Street, and a stabbed zombie.
91: 5:30 PM. Two Albert Einsteins.
92: 5:31 PM. A pumpkin costume.
93: 5:31 PM. A pirate.
94: 5:32 PM. Dad is the character DJ Lance Rock from the children's television show
Yo Gabba Gabba!. The daughter is a little vampire. Mom is a black rabbit?
95: 5:32 PM. A British butler.
96: 5:33 PM. A Stealth Ninja, a pineapple, a banana, and a black angel.
97: 5:34 PM. Luigi, from
Mario and a cook baking cookies.
98: 5:35 PM. A Dr. Seuss's Cat in the Hat costume and another in a karate gi with face paint, holding a box with the City Harvest logo.
99: 5:36 PM. An inflatable Sumo Wrestler.
100: 5:37 PM. A Stormtrooper or Clone Trooper from
Star Wars and Cinderella costume.
101: 5:37 PM. A sea goddess.
102: 5:38 PM. A ? and an aviator?
103: 5:38 PM. King Triton from "The Little Mermaid."
104: 5:38 PM. The stork brought a baby.
105: 5:39 PM. The Wizard of Oz family: From left to right, the Scarecrow, the Red Brick Road, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, the Wicked Witch of the West, Glinda the Good Witch, and Dorothy.
106: 5:39 PM. A clown costume.
107: 5:40 PM. Jason Voorhees from the
Friday the 13th horror movie franchise.
108: 5:40 PM. A woman in a Goofy wearing a green hat shirt, and Winnie the Pooh.
109: 5:41 PM. Little Mermaid Ariel Shimmer costume and Raggedy Ann doll.
110: 5:42 PM. A skeleton, a Starbucks cup of coffee, a bee, and an angel.
111: 5:44 PM. ? carrying a little lady bug.
112: 5:44 PM. Two pirates.
113: 5:46 PM. A hunter, a horseback rider, two little witches and a mom.
114: 5:47 PM. A homemade owl costume.
115: 5:48 PM. A Sanitation Truck construction.
116: 5:48 PM. Princess Leia and Yoda from Star Wars.
117: 5:50 PM. A Red Ranger from the TV series
Power Rangers Samurai, Buzz Lightyear from the
Toy Story and
Lightyear movies, and a peace princess.
118: 5:51 PM. A papier-mâché mask. (Easter Island statues don't have prominent ears.)
119: 5:52 PM. A robot construction. A little dinosaur at the right.
120: 5:53 PM. President Obama in a double-breasted tuxedo.
121: 5:53 PM. Napolean Bonaparte. The costume includes a military-style tailcoat jacket with epaulets and a sash, a white jabot or shirt front, and a tricorne hat.
122: 5:54 PM. Wearing a gold graduation cap and gown, a zombie, and wearing a masquerade mask.
123: 5:55 PM. Jedis from Star Wars with blue lightsabers.
124: 5:55 PM. A zombie abd a skeleton.
125: 5:55 PM. Wearing a handmade blue superhero or bandit style mask.
126: 5:57 PM. A stabbed zombie wearing a lab coat.
127: 5:58 PM. Robin Hood, ?, and Superman.
128: 6:00 PM. A clown costume.
129: 6:01 PM. A couple of witches and a couple of pirates.
130: 6:02 PM. The joker from the bank heist scene in the film
The Dark Knight.
131: 6:04 PM. Little red riding hood, big bad wolf, little bad wolf and grandma. At this point I fortunately realized that my camera flash was still set on Back Light, which doesn't work well when it is expected to be the primary source of light.
132: 6:08 PM. From the
Monster High franchise: Left is Frankie Stein. Center could be Ghoulia Yelps. Right is Draculaura.
133: 6:08 PM. An infant is a Brobee costume from the children's television show,
Yo Gabba Gabba!, carrying a stuffed Brobee.
134: 6:10 PM. The Flintstones family: Fred, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Pebbles and Wilma.
135: 6:10 PM. A boxer in a boxing robe.
136: 6:13 PM. Lady Gaga witch.
137: 6:14 PM. The Joker from the movie
The Dark Knight.
138: 6:14 PM. Camouflage military-style outfits with a person in a Burger King mascot costume.
139: 6:15 PM. A bloody Raggedy Andy.
140: 6:16 PM. A skeleton in a box construction.
141: 6:19 PM. Light-up sticks making a skeleton. A Starfleet officer from
Star Trek. And a Little Red Riding Hood vampire.
142: 6:22 PM. A witch and friend. An evil jester in the back.
143: 6:22 PM. An evil jester.
144: 6:42 PM. Wearing an Easter bonnet.
145: 6:42 PM. A Cheerios King construction.
146: 6:43 PM. A man playing an accordion.
147: 6:46 PM. A boy in a chair construction. It was hard to get him into the chair. But he was willing at this point.
148: 6:52 PM. A hanging grim reaper in a front yard. The eyes light up.
149: 6:58 PM. A graveyard. Watch out for the corpse that is lying on the sidewalk.
150: 7:05 PM. A robot construction.
151: 7:08 PM. They are leading the parade.
152: 7:12 PM. A colorful witch.
154: 7:12 PM. La Calavera Catrina, an elegant skeletal figure prominent in Mexican culture and associated with Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.
156: 7:13 PM. A large puppet of a Wall Street banker.
157: 7:13 PM. David Yassky is NYC's Taxi & Limosine Commissioner. In a taxi construction.
158: 7:13 PM. A large arc full of kids. It appears in multiple years.
160: 7:14 PM. A giant bed bug.
161: 7:14 PM. The parade.
162: 7:14 PM. In front, a woman representing one of the martial arts that uses swords, carrying lanterns. Behind, a costume of Nikki Sixx Of Motley Crue. Or in drag. At left, a witch.
163: 7:14 PM. Jack Skellington from
The Nightmare Before Christmas. Here he's carrying Thor's hammer.
164: 7:15 PM. A large puppet. A fish?
165: 7:15 PM. A large puppet of a dragon.
166: 7:15 PM. A bird costume.
167: 7:15 PM. "I am the Egg Man" construction. At right is a bird construction.
171: 7:16 PM. A horse drawn carriage construction.
172: 7:16 PM. Parade people.
173: 7:16 PM. The Hearts of Steel, a Brooklyn steel band with Trinidad roots.
174: 7:17 PM. A pirate-style costume and a bumblebee. Child is ?
175: 7:18 PM. A skeleton costume, the superhero
Kick-Ass, and a monk.
176: 7:18 PM. A zombie king.
177: 7:18 PM. Some zombie with a chainsaw and sword. The "I'm Crazy Protractor Beard" shirt is from a
Saturday Night Live skit featuring Adam Sandler.
178: 7:18 PM. An Imperial Star Destroyer construction from the Star Wars franchise. Also see pictures at 4:56 PM above.
179: 7:18 PM. A gorilla in a cage that wants you to "Feed Me!"
180: 7:19 PM. A Roosevelt Island Tram construction. An unusual thing to make a construction of. And a Miss Banana costume that was handmade. She could be a bottle of banana nector, with the straw at the top.
181: 7:19 PM. A Miss Banana costume that was handmade. She could be a bottle of banana nector, with the straw at the top.
182: 7:19 PM. A little lobster, a mermaid and a jellyfish.
183: 7:20 PM. A taxi cab construction. Behind is Captain America and a Green Lantern costume. At right is the little Green Lantern. Further right is a jester and a train man. At left ?
184: 7:20 PM. Costumes from the mobile game "Angry Birds." A green pig, which are the antagonists of the game. The child is the yellow bird character, Chuck.
185: 7:20 PM. A train tender? construction. A princess at left and a bumblebee at right.
186: 7:21 PM. The Yellow Submarine construction: front.
187: 7:21 PM. The Yellow Submarine construction: back.
188: 7:21 PM. Ketchup and mustard.
189: 7:22 PM. Darth Maul from the
Star Wars franchise, with a red lightsaber.
190: 7:22 PM. Medical theme: a little doctor, a patient, and an ambulance.
191: 7:23 PM. A spider web.
192: 7:23 PM. An evil jester costume.
193: 7:24 PM. Lambs. One is a "wolf in sheep's clothing."
194: 7:24 PM. Hats for Sale.
195: 7:24 PM. A little Statue of Liberty being carried.
196: 7:25 PM. A hairy swamp creature, a blood splattered ghost costume, a Venetion costume with mask, and a lady bug.
197: 7:26 PM. "Your Mean Gym Teacher!" on left. With Big Bird from
Sesame Street.
198: 7:27 PM. A little shark costume.
199: 7:27 PM.
Pat Kiernan, NY 1 Morning Anchor. Winner of tiddler contest. At left is a man in a Peanuts Charlie Brown halloween costume.
200: 7:30 PM. A little shark with a cat.
201: 7:31 PM. Two mushrooms and a frog.
202: 7:31 PM. A man taking a shower.
203: 7:31 PM. Family of astronauts. Mom could be a captured alien.
204: 7:32 PM. Charlie Chaplin's The Tramp holding a rubber duck. Scientist has graph showing hair length by age.
205: 7:34 PM. R2-D2 robot construction from
Star Wars.
206: 7:36 PM. A little graveyard in front of a house.
207: 7:36 PM. Two jack-o'-lanterns on a stoop.
208: 7:38 PM. A witch.
209: 7:38 PM. A skeleton costume, and skeleton puppet.
210: 7:39 PM. Castle robots? A silver castle? A Harry Potter character at left.
212: 7:46 PM. A theme? The first is a ghost. Next in Indian clothing. Then two witches sitting. Behind ?
213: 7:46 PM. The new large synthetic turf field west of The Old Stone House.
214: 7:48 PM. Hearts of Steel was playing south of The Old Stone House.
215: 7:50 PM. A ghost. That's a parrot on his shoulder that should be upright.
216: 8:04 PM. Colorful clowns. Child is a dog clown.
217: 8:13 PM. An areaway on the park block of Garfield Place.
218: 8:15 PM. A lit jack-o'-lantern on a stoop.
219: 8:26 PM. A house on Prospect Park West with the family gathered in front.
220: 8:32 PM. A house on Garfield Place (between Fiske and Polhemus) has a periodic puppet show. See in two pictures hence what it really looks like, without the flash revealing all.
221: 8:46 PM. Two lit jack-o'-lanterns. Without a flash.
222: 8:50 PM. The puppet show without a flash.
223: 8:57 PM. A lit jack-o'-lantern and a couple pumpkins on a stoop. Looks like the front one collapsed. Without a flash.
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