Park Slope Halloween 2022

Pictures taken in Park Slope (Brooklyn) on the Saturday before and on Halloween afternoon and evening 2022.
Also includes pictures from Park Slope Parents's Costume Contest held on Sunday, October 26th in Washington Park.
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1: 10/29, 1:56 PM. A very large Velociraptor. He won in one of the categories.
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2: 10/29, 2:02 PM. Giant soap bubbles.
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3: 10/29, 2:08 PM. A spotted lantern fly.
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4: 10/29, 2:09 PM. All of the contestants in the babies category: Jack-Jack Parr from The Incredibles, an Irish leprechaun, Yoshi costume from the Super Mario Bros. franchise, a fly, and Paddington from the movie of the same name.
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5: 10/29, 2:12 PM. A Harry Potter Lochaven Gryffindor scarf, a road construction truck construction, and a can of Barbasol shaving cream.
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6: 10/29, 2:17 PM. A large group. A deepsea diver, an inflatable pink pig costume, and autumn witch in back.
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7: 10/29, 2:21 PM. A race car driver and inflatable pig costume at left.
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8: 10/29, 2:21 PM. A large group. A medusa in near right.
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9: 10/29, 2:24 PM. Susan Fox announcing the contest.
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10: 10/29, 2:25 PM. Prince, Medusa, Princess Anna from Frozen, the Velociraptor, and two truck constructions.
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11: 10/29, 2:37 PM. Prince, Medusa, Princess Anna from Frozen, and the Velociraptor
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12: 10/29, 2:38 PM. The Bluey family. An Australian preschool animated television series.
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13: 10/29, 2:43 PM. The start of the Saturday parade. Susan Fox of Park Slope Parents is leading. Behind her is a inflatable drummer with his drums and a Beatle.
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14: 10/29, 2:43 PM. A large puppet head.
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15: 10/29, 2:43 PM. A spotted cow costume, a little farmer, and a pig.
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16: 10/29, 2:43 PM. An octopus.
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17: 10/29, 2:44 PM. Face of the Statue of Liberty puppet, and the Bluey family. An Australian preschool animated television series.
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18: 10/29, 2:46 PM. 385 3rd St. Chutes to send down candy were popular a couple years ago. Even though the pandemic is over, some houses still had them. This has two chutes, and plenty of warning to stay back.
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19: 10/31, 3:41 PM. She's an asbestos abatement worker (which PS 321 is starting to undertake). The others are Language of Flowers, illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
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20: 3:48 PM. ?
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21: 3:49 PM. Glow in the Dark Chaos Clown Costume and Fortnite Drift Half Mask from InSpirit Designs.
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22: 3:55 PM. A Mandalorian from Star Wars and front hoe loader construction.
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23: 3:59 PM. ? wearing a superhero cape, and the Glow-in-the-Dark pumpkin costume by Mark & Graham and sold by Pottery Barn Kids.
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24: 4:03 PM. The mask is Seasons Evil Eyes Jack-o'-Lantern from Party City and sold through Walmart.com.
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25: 4:04 PM. A family of zombies. The mother asked me to remove the picture. She didn't like the way she looked.
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26: 4:05 PM. Frozen characters: Little girl is Elsa in a Ice Queen dress. Father is ?. Mother is Hans?.
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27: 4:06 PM. Inflatable alien costume from Amazon.
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28: 4:07 PM. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
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29: 4:12 PM. A Buckingham Palace guard.
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30: 4:14 PM. A Tree frog costume from Amazon.
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31: 4:20 PM. Shelley of Little Things Toy Store, and friend in a witch costume.
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32: 4:20 PM. The Mad Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Jason Voorhees mask from Friday the 13th.
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33: 4:24 PM. Scary Brown Zombie costume.
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34: 4:26 PM. The little one is Buzz Light Year from one of the Toy Story movies. Mom is Jessie.
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35: 4:27 PM. Willie Wonka and Professor Minerva McGonagall from Harry Potter.
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36: 4:28 PM. Michael Myers, a fictional character from the Halloween series of slasher films
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37: 4:30 PM. Sunflower and safari guy looking for an elephant.
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38: 4:33 PM. Pumpkin Pie and Good Night Nobody from Goodnight Moon, a kid's book.
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39: 4:41 PM. Inflatable Minions from the 2015 American computer-animated comedy film.
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40: 4:41 PM. Boba Fett from Star Wars.
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41: 4:44 PM. An inflatable astronaut with an alien. Child is also an astronaut.
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42: 4:45 PM. The scarecrow and rainbow from Wizard of Oz.
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43: 4:45 PM. A flower construction, with a pink axolotl aquatic salamander.
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44: 4:47 PM. Eli Moskowitz, aka Hawk, a character in Cobra Kai, a comedy drama.
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45: 4:50 PM. A handmade Mardi Gras? mask, with an autumn princess.
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46: 4:51 PM. Greek goddess or ancient warrior costumes? He's? What is the theme?
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47: 4:52 PM. Bob Ross, the artist. With a little dragon.
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48: 4:52 PM. A swamp creature. Actually a Ghillie Suit for camouflage.
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49: 4:52 PM. Unicorn costumes.
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50: 4:57 PM. Yoda of Star Wars.
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51: 4:58 PM. A skunk costume. Probably Midlee at Walmart.
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52: 4:59 PM. Two skeleton costumes.
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53: 5:01 PM. 219 Garfield Place.
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54: 5:04 PM. A zombie, a vampire, in blue?, and inflatable dinosaur from Amazon, being riden by a game warden.
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55: 5:07 PM. A beheaded Marie Antoinette and Maximilien Robespierre.
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56: 5:10 PM. Shelley giving out lollipops to: Alice in Zombieland, a zombie, a clown scarecrow, a vampire monk, and a little Batman.
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57: 5:14 PM. From the movie The Karate Kid: he's Daniel LaRusso, with the homemade shower costume that Daniel LaRusso wears to the Halloween dance in the film. Child is Cheng.
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58: 5:15 PM. Costumes of Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist living in NY.
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59: 5:19 PM. Characters from Trolls movie: Branch, Poppy and Tiny Diamond.
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60: 5:19 PM. Valkyrie, Lady Thor and Seth Thor?.
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61: 5:30 PM. NY State Benefit Identification Card.
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62: 5:30 PM. A sorcerer, Nurse Cherry Ames, Nermal from Garfield comic strip, and a witch holding a sign "Move aside Fatso. I've got people to charm!"
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63: 5:32 PM. A Mad Hatter costume, and boy with a blue dragon shirt.
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64: 5:39 PM. One Hundred and One Dalmatians movie: The females are Cruella de Vil, and the males are dalmations.
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65: 5:42 PM. A Hindenburg blimp construction. The parents did not want the picture to appear on the web. Mom is wearing an owl eyemask.
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66: 5:47 PM. Dabi from the anime series My Hero Academia, a ghost, and a devil.
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67: 5:48 PM. An engineer with his J Train subway car construction.
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68: 5:51 PM. Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the titular main antagonist in Stephen King's 1986 horror novel It.
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69: 5:51 PM. Sam, or Samhain, from Trick 'r Treat movies.
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70: 5:51 PM. Star dust Tutu dress from Amazon.
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71: 5:52 PM. A garbage can construction. Likely Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street.
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72: 5:55 PM. Jellyfish. They spent hours cutting bubble wrap into streamers.
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73: 5:55 PM. A classic Park Slope lantern construction on a post.
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74: 5:56 PM. Gowanus Canal. She did it all herself.
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75: 5:57 PM. Edna Mode from The Incredibles, and a Matryoshka Doll.
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76: 6:03 PM. An inflatable unicorn. Then my battery died. So a gap while I recharged it.
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77: 6:56 PM. Neighbors on 1st Street.
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78: 6:58 PM. A Viking SCUBA diver? and friends.
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79: 7:00 PM. An inflatable Eric Cartman, a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom South Park.
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80: 7:02 PM. I got the tail end of the parade. A pizza slice at left.
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81: 7:03 PM. Parade people, behind is Kings County Pipes & Drums.
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82: 7:03 PM. Bagpipers leading a Kings County Pipes & Drums.
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83: 7:05 PM. Two wizards.
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84: 7:07 PM. Parade marchers.
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85: 7:07 PM. Parade dancers.
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86: 7:08 PM. Wizard of Oz characters: Tinman, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, and a wicked witch.
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87: 7:08 PM. A chicken?, Sherlock Holmes, and Dracula.
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88: 7:09 PM. No Face (Kaonashi) from the anime Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi).
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89: 7:10 PM. 430 3rd St. This is the only part of the parade that passes homes. Residents have turned those two blocks into the party blocks.
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90: 7:11 PM. A big spider web and spidera at 416 3rd Street.
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91: 7:12 PM. A giraffe, a panda, and a unicorn.
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92: 7:14 PM. 385 3rd Street. An inflatable blue dinosaur and a Mona Lisa.
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93: 7:14 PM. 383 3rd Street. Paper lantern bags with LED lights. Mix of Halloween Pumpkin and Moon and Stars
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94: 7:15 PM. 383 3rd Street. Paper lantern bags with LED lights. Mix of Halloween Pumpkin and Moon and Stars
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95: 7:16 PM. 381 3rd Street. An 8 foot Grim Reaper inflatable by Spirit.
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96: 7:17 PM. Senator Chuck Schumer posing with constituents. He lives in the neighborhood.
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97: 7:17 PM. Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th series and Chucky, the main antagonist of the Child's Play slasher film franchise.
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98: 7:18 PM. Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.
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99: 7:18 PM. The Grady Sisters are posthumous characters of the Stephen King multiverse, from The Shining.
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100: 7:18 PM. The girls are in Disney Minnie Mouse Witch Costumes. Mom ia a witch from?.
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101: 7:18 PM. ?, a kayak, man wearing an ID badge, and a banana costume.
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102: 7:21 PM. The J.J. Byrne Playground in Washington Park.
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103: 7:23 PM. Stick figures with LED lights. With the flash off, the camera was unable to focus.
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104: 7:27 PM. 416 3rd Street.
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105: 7:32 PM. Crayola crayons.
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106: 7:33 PM. A Chrysler Building construction.
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107: 7:33 PM. Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro, a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film.
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108: 7:34 PM. Shrek and Fiona from the Shrek movies.
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109: 7:38 PM. Sugar Skull for the Day of the Dead holiday.
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110: 7:38 PM. Wordle, a web-based word game.
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111: 7:38 PM. David S. Pumpkins, a fictional character first appearing on the October 22, 2016, episode of Saturday Night Live.
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112: 7:39 PM. Crest toothpaste and brush construction.
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113: 7:40 PM. Carl, the old man from the Up movie. He uses countless helium balloons to air lift his house away.
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114: 7:42 PM. Nicely lit up jack-o'-lanterns at 227 Garfield Place.
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115: 7:44 PM. Black light at 236 Garfield Place shining on Edward Munch's The Scream.
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116: 7:45 PM. Another obsolescent chute at 242 Garfield Place.
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117: 7:50 PM. A cowgirl, and Frank from Donnie Darko. He is a humanoid nightmarish rabbit. For the first time this year, the building on the southwest corner of 8th Ave and 1st St ran a haunted house.
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118: 7:52 PM. People lined up waiting to enter the haunted house at the southwest corner of 8th Ave and 1st St.
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119: 7:52 PM. The areaway at the southwest corner of 8th Ave and 1st St.
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120: 7:55 PM. Inside the haunted house on the southwest corner of 8th Ave and 1st St.
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121: 7:55 PM. Inside the haunted house on the southwest corner of 8th Ave and 1st St.
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122: 8:01 PM. Abraham Lincoln.
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123: 8:02 PM. Mr. Knight, an alter ego of the Marvel Comics character Moon Knight.
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124: A jack-o'-lanter at 633 2nd Street.
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125: 595 3rd St. They have so much in front it is not possible to get it all in one photo. See last year (when I took four pictures).
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