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Photos: Parts Of Brooklyn Are EXTREMELY Haunted Right Now
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 24, 2018
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Christmas belongs to Dyker Heights, but Carroll Gardens and the surrounding neighborhoods are the place to be for Halloween, where residents go haunted hog wild trying to one-up each other with extremely elaborate spooky decorations. This year we've got skeletons scrambling up building facades, a headless chef barbecuing his own damn skull, flying ghosts and giant bats and terrifying mutant spiders. We hear there are teenagers roaming around, too.
Click through on Tod Seelie's haunting images to immerse yourself in the Halloween spirit, and check out the most inspired display—a horrifying jack o'lantern dentist visit—over here in Boreum Hill. IF YOU DARE.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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