Due to expected thunderstorms tomorrow, we have POSTPONED Pumpkin to next Saturday, October 11th.  If you have already bought your tickets, no worries!  Just bring a copy of your receipt to Will-Call next Saturday. 

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Hey Kids! Town Square's 7th Annual Pumpkin Day is next Saturday, October 11th. Pick your own pumpkin in McCarren Park!  $10 admission to the pumpkin patch includes a pumpkin of your own picking, trick-or-treat bag, and decorating and other crafts.  Tattoos, face painting, and yummy food also available for purchase.  Get your tickets here and avoid long lines.  Proceeds benefit Town Square & Lucky Pack 7, Greenpoint's locally-run cub scout pack.

Pumpkin Day Tickets

NYC PTA EXPO 2014 presents a fun and informative event with great resources, products, services and information for New York City PA and PTA groups (together “PTA”) while bringing together community members, educators, families, parents and city agencies under one roof. Complete with workshops led by education specialists, business leaders, and past PTA representatives offering advice and fundraising ideas to new PTA members, this expo bridges diverse PTA councils through network sharing and camaraderie. All NYC PTAs are invited to attend.  

• To purchase tickets, visit Eventbrite here.

• For more info, call 347.559.1410, e-mail info@NYCPTAexpo.com or visit www.NYCPTAExpo.com.

Calling all goblins and witches, princes and princesses, super heroes and villains! Greenpoint's Children's Halloween Parade and Party is on Saturday, October 25th. The parade will start at 3 PM at 176 Java Street, between McGuinness Blvd & Manhattan Avenue. We'll march down Manhattan Avenue past Nassau Avenue, and back to Java Street where there'll be a spooktacular party waiting for everyone until 5 PM!  Parade is free to join; $10 admission for the party. Loads of fun with make-your-own-masks, pumpkin races, mummy-me-up, graveyard maze, bouncy house, Halloween goodie bags, and more!   And for bigger kids at 5:30 PM, there's Zombie Nerf War.  $10 a round; you can use one of our nerf guns or bring your own to deal with those pesky zombies.  Woo hoo!  What a blast! 

Brooklyn BabyFEST has joined forces with The Mamas Expo for the 2nd Annual Brooklyn BabyFEST & Family Jam!   An exciting baby and parenting expo for expectant and parents of children up age 5 at the brand new Brooklyn Expo center on popular Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (aka "Kent Street" in Williamsburg).  For more information, contact info@brooklynbabyfest.com or visit www.brooklynbabyfest.com