Park Slope Halloween 2016
Pictures taken in Park Slope (Brooklyn) on Halloween afternoon and evening 2016. Includes the 30th Annual Park Slope Halloween Parade.
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1: 3:56 PM. A large group: a Green Bay Cheese Vader costume, a Transformers Rescue Bots Heatwave costume, a lab scientist, a child dressed as Kylo Ren from Star Wars, at left is Rey from Star Wars with Kylo Ren's red lightsaber.
2: 3:57 PM. Thomas the Tank Train costume.
3: 3:58 PM. The Joker from Batman.
4: 4:01 PM. A headcrab from the video game series
Half-Life, and a werewolf.
5: 4:01 PM. A little airline pilot piloting a wheelchair.
6: 4:01 PM. A gumball machine.
7: 4:02 PM. A zombie or undead bride, and a vampire.
8: 4:03 PM. Donuts with sprinkles costumes.
9: 4:06 PM. Michael Myers from the
Halloween franchise.
10: 4:08 PM.
Maleficent from Disney's
Sleeping Beauty, and Queen of Hearts from
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
11: 4:08 PM.
Maleficent from Disney's
Sleeping Beauty.
12: 4:08 PM. Inspired by the Cheshire Cat in
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
13: 4:17 PM. A voting booth construction. Her shirt is Princess 1, a take on Thing One from Dr. Seuss. You cast your vote by chosing which hole to drop the candy in.
14: 4:18 PM. A Candy Fairy Witch from Chasing Fireflies.
15: 4:22 PM. Halstead set up a one day popup shop in a vacant storefront. Though most of the afternoon passed before it was set up.
16: 4:27 PM. Darth Vader costumes from the
Star Wars franchise
17: 4:27 PM. Two Ghostbusters.
18: 4:27 PM. Slenderman.
19: 4:35 PM. An owl. The costume was bought from a small shop in Maine. Undoubtedly hand made in Maine.
20: 4:41 PM. A boy as a balloons seller, and the Pokémon character Charmander.
21: 4:42 PM. A little angel.
22: 4:42 PM. A little doctor and a zombie.
23: 4:48 PM. From the
Doctor Who series: The Eleventh Doctor, and The Master, a recurring villain.
24: 4:52 PM. The character Bob Wiley from the 1991 movie,
What About Bob?.
25: 4:53 PM. A NASA astronaut.
27: 4:59 PM. A couple in tropical attire, with Cinderella.
28: 4:59 PM. An aquarium construction.
29: 5:01 PM. A little pirate. The adults are wearing "Krazed Jester" costumes.
30: 5:02 PM. A gray mouse carrying a Mini Babybel Cheese Wheel.
31: 5:03 PM. Milburn Pennybags, also known as Rich Uncle Pennybags, from the Monopoly board game.
32: 5:04 PM. One of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, holding a pair of nunchaku. The girl ?.
33: 5:21 PM. Inspired by
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Alice in a gothic look, and the Cheshire Cat.
34: 5:22 PM. An Optimus Prime construction. Optimus Prime is the heroic leader of the Autobots from the
Transformers franchise.
35: 5:22 PM. A zombie ghost.
36: 5:27 PM. A small dog in a sailor's outfit.
37: 5:27 PM. Inspired by the
Call of Duty video game series: Left is Ghost. Right is Captain Price.
38: 5:28 PM. A snow princess, Jason Voorhees from the
Friday the 13th horror franchise, a rainbow fairy, and a taco costume.
39: 5:29 PM. Google Lens rejects this picture for failing content guidelines. One woman is wearing a sign "
Pussy Grabs Back." A rallying cry for female rage against Trump.
40: 5:30 PM. A Pokémon Pikachu costume. The hand with the attached bag came from Target.
41: 5:32 PM. The Mad Hatter and Wicked Witch from
Wizard of Oz, a giraffe, and Queen of Hearts from
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
42: 5:33 PM. Enderman construction from the video game
Minecraft.
43: 5:34 PM. A fairytale witch, a masquerade costume, a white bird?, and the DC Comics character
Miss Martian from the
Young Justice series.
44: 5:34 PM. A mask for "Day of the Dead" or "Día de los Muertos." Also known as a sugar skull or La Catrina mask.
45: 5:36 PM. A game machine construction of Whack-A-Trump. Trump's head could pop up out of one or two of the five holes. With the mallet you knocked them back down. To play the game you have to insert candy. Also see the next picture.
46: 5:36 PM. A game machine construction of Whack-A-Trump. Trump's head could pop up out of one or two of the five holes. With the mallet you knocked them back down. To play the game you have to insert candy.
47: 5:38 PM. A dog in a hot dog jacket. A Halloween afternoon regular.
48: 5:40 PM. Day of the Dead Plus Disappearing Man costume by Forum Novelties. At
Amazon.
49: 5:40 PM. A Rubik's Cube construction.
50: 5:43 PM. Constructions of a gift wrapped present with octopus legs protruding out, and a shopping bag with a skeleton wrapped in tissue inside. Norman & Jules was a toy store in the neighborhood at the time.
51: 5:44 PM. Two prisoners: one alive and one a zombie.
52: 5:45 PM. The devil?, a Stormtrooper from
Star Wars, and a bunch of purple grapes.
53: 5:49 PM. A "Bleeding Pumpkin" Halloween costume from Fun World.
54: 5:54 PM. The devil in an angel costume.
55: 5:55 PM. A Rainbow Unicorn costume, a little pirate, a big pirate, a skeleton zombie, and the devil in an angel costume.
56: 5:58 PM. A waitress serving a plate with a lettuce salad, which has a hand reaching up to eat the tomato slice.
57: 6:00 PM. A Lady Gaga inspired cape with playing card suits.
58: 6:01 PM. A construction of P.E.K.K.A. from the mobile games
Clash of Clans and
Clash Royale?
59: 6:06 PM. Dobby the house-elf, from the
Harry Potter series.
60: 6:09 PM. Superman and family.
61: 6:18 PM. A construction of a box of Mott's Applice juice with straw. Mom is the Witch Maleficent from the movie
Maleficent.
62: 6:20 PM. Nudist On Strike. So he's covered up.
63: 6:21 PM. A Star Wars R2-D2 costume with a matching backpack.
64: 6:22 PM. The Locker Room Express bus, with a Trump head sticking out. The bus is Deplorable 1.
65: 6:24 PM. A Twitter Hashtag. At right, a Power Rangers helmet and an accompanying jacket.
66: 6:28 PM. A Green Army Man from
Toy Story, and the book
Deadly Spiders by .. H Marloe (?).
67: 6:29 PM. A wizard mask, a
Jar Jar Binks mask from
Star Wars, and a daughter.
68: 7:09 PM. Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat, and "Ken Kaneki" from the series
Tokyo Ghoul Root A.
69: 7:17 PM. These skaters always lead the parade.
70: 7:17 PM. A banner for The Park Slope Civic Council Halloween Parade. The official parade beginning. The Council sponsors the parade.
71: 7:18 PM. The flag for the Paprika Band.
72: 7:18 PM. People marching.
73: 7:18 PM. People marching. At left, a zombie. At right, Robin Hood.
74: 7:18 PM. People marching.
75: 7:18 PM. Twisty the Clown costume from the TV series
American Horror Story: Freak Show.
76: 7:19 PM. Mayor Bill De Blasio and his wife Charlene. The mayor os hold a sign: "
A Living Wage For A Hard Day's
Work"
77: 7:19 PM. A construction of ?.
78: 7:20 PM. A wolf.
79: 7:20 PM. The "Fifth Ave Park Slope Business Improvement District" banner. Behind is a tall red puppet.
80: 7:20 PM. A banner for "
350BK. Slay The Fossil Fuel Monster: Support Renewable Energy.
81: 7:20 PM. Two witches carrying a firecracker construction. The fuse has been ignited.
82: 7:20 PM. From the back of the firecracker construction we see it is a demon or the devil.
83: 7:20 PM. A construction of Engine No. 1, Spooktown Express train.
84: 7:22 PM. People watching the parade.
85: 7:23 PM. A boat construction filled with Vikings.
86: 7:23 PM. A boat construction filled with Vikings.
89: 7:25 PM. A toothy robot head construction.
90: 7:26 PM. A zombie.
91: 7:26 PM. A jellyfish.
92: 7:28 PM. A Hamilton ticket construction.
93: 7:28 PM. A dragon costume?
94: 7:28 PM. An older couple in formal attire. Who?
95: 7:30 PM. From
Wizard of Oz: the Good Witch, Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion.
96: 7:31 PM. A poster encouraging people to vote on November 8th. It shows the four candidates that are running.
97: 7:31 PM. Two giraffes.
98: 7:31 PM. A ghost bird.
99: 7:32 PM. Two
Little Trees hanging car refreshners: Royal Pine and Black Ice.
100: 7:32 PM. Two creatures? Why is she holding the Dr. Seuss's
Cat in the Hat book?
101: 7:34 PM. No-Face (Kaonashi) from the Studio Ghibli film,
Spirited Away.
102: 7:37 PM. Plankton from the television show
SpongeBob SquarePants.
103: 7:37 PM. A house on 3rd St.
104: 7:38 PM. Plankton from the television show
SpongeBob SquarePants. Now with family. Daughter is in a Pokéball dress. Mom is Medusa.
105: 7:39 PM. A floating ghost.
106: 7:40 PM. An areaway on 3rd St.
107: 7:49 PM. This fellow on 2nd St always creates a new haunted set in his front areaway.
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