Halloween mayhem once again on Brooklyn’s Garden Place

The Halloween mob scene on Garden Place is a Brooklyn Heights tradition going back decades. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Garden Place in Brooklyn Heights was once again quite the scene on Halloween, as thousands packed the block for trick-or-treating on steroids, continuing a tradition dating back decades.

Police shut down both Garden Place and a block of Joralemon Street, and parents parked dozens of strollers in a buggy parking lot to free up leg room for all the little monsters, superheroes, ballerinas and devils.

Tons of candy were distributed in the good-natured feeding frenzy, a rite of passage for home owners on the brownstone block.

Not far from Garden Place, Captain Hook was throwing a party. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
NYPD Community Affairs Officer Wallace Council gets into the fun with some new headgear. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
The crowd starts to gather on Willow Place as the trick-or-treating kicks off. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
These Garden Place residents have reached the “red wine” phase of the festivities. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Councilmember Lincoln Restler, a well-known proponent of bike lanes, comes dressed as a Citi Bike. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Grownups also got into the Halloween spirit on Garden Place in Brooklyn Heights this year. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Actor-producer Matthew Rhys with friends and family on Garden Place for the Halloween fest. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Tons of candy were distributed in the Halloween feeding frenzy on Garden Place. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Happy mayhem on Garden Place in Brooklyn Heights during the traditional Halloween festivities. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

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