Halloween Festival at Loreto Park

Halloween Festival at Loreto Park

By Robert Press

Saturday three days before Halloween local elected officials and community organizations held both a Halloween event and Dia de los Muertos/Difuntos or Day of the Dead/All Souls Day which takes place on November 2nd not October 31st. 

State Senator Nathalia Fernandez, Assemblyman John Zaccaro Jr., and Council member Marjorie Velazquez were on hand along with  the Morris Park BID, NYPL Morris Park branch,  members of Community Board 11, the Carpenters Union and Laborers Local 79. Once it got dark there was a movie, Coco for the children to watch in the park.

The Morris Park BID had pizza while it lasted.

State Senator Nathalia Fernandez and Assemblyman John Zaccaro Jr. had tables next to each other.

 

The Morris Park branch of the NYPL gave out tote bags and stickers.

 

The Community Board 11 table had board member Cynthia Rodriguez handing out masks that children colored with special pens. Board member Michael ‘Avacado’ Dyer assists. 

 

Children painted pumpkins at the Carpenters Union table that provided the pumpkins.

The Laborers Local 79 brought along what appears to be a non-union worker who had an accident, sitting at their table to help hand out candy.

As it got dark and after a brief speech by NYC Mayor Eric Adams the movie Coco was showed on the screen.