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Boo at the Zoo

  • BRONX ZOO 2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY, 10460 United States (map)

WEEKENDS UNTIL NOVEMBER 1

Break out your best costume. Our favorite Halloween tradition is back, Boo at the Zoo! Stop by this year for Mischief and Mystery weekends in October.

JACK O'LANTERN ILLUMINATION
Wander through our illumination of 1,000 hand-carved and beautifully lit Jack 'O Lanterns in World of Darkness. Created by Rise of the Jack O 'Lanterns, our "Jacks" will fill the former animal exhibits with a display of pumpkins carved into creepy and crawly bugs, bats, hawks, vipers, eels and more!

Location: World of Darkness

Timing: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

COSTUME PARADE
The Alice Farley Dance Company will lead our costumed kids in an Animal Mystery and Mischief Parade! Join the dancers, dressed as snakes, bats, and more, along the parade. Complete with live musicians, it's always a highlight of Boo at the Zoo!

Location: Starts at Rhino Garden & extends to Grizzly Corner

Timing: 12-1 p.m., 2-3 p.m.

HAY MAZE
Find your way through the twists and turns of our Hay Maze. It's Halloween themed adventure everyone will enjoy!

Location: Butterfly Pad

Timing: 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

3-D CARVED PUMPKINS

Location: Dancing Crane Plaza, TIME: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sand Sculpture USA is back to create pumpkin carvings of different animals each weekend:

 

Earlier Event: October 30
Ghost Stories and Edible Crafts
Later Event: October 31
Groove's 10th Annual Halloween JAM