Halloween Parade & Pumpkin Sail October 24, 2010

As the event kicks off, enjoy spooky stories with actor and storyteller Dan Kitrosser, pumpkin crafts, and a pumpkin carving demonstration with professional food carver Hugh McMahon. Then walk alongside Frankenstein in the costume parade at 5:45 pm and watch New York City's largest pumpkin flotilla drift by on the Meer at twilight. Bring your own 5- to 10-pound jack-o'-lantern by 5:30 pm to enter it into the pumpkin sail. Judges will award prizes for the best costumes and the best jack-o-lanterns. The event will conclude with a flotilla of candlelit pumpkins sailing across the Harlem Meer.