Ghosts, Ghouls And All Costumed Creatures Invited to Annual Roosevelt Island Halloween Parade & Extravaganza Saturday October 26 - And Yes Parade Will March Down Main Street Says RIOC

Are all of you Roosevelt Island Ghosts, Ghouls and costumed creatures ready for one of the Best Roosevelt Island events of the year?



This Saturday, October 26,  is the annual Roosevelt Island Family Halloween Parade & Extravaganza. According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC)

Halloween Parade and Extravaganza

The Halloween Parade and Extravaganza will be held this Saturday, October 26th! Parade participants will gather at 11:00 AM at Capobianco Field (across from 595 Main St) and proceed down Main Street to Sportspark for the Extravaganza.

No Parking on Sections of Main Street

• In front of or opposite 501 to 645 Main St from Friday, 10/25/19 at 11:00 PM through Saturday, 10/26/19 at 1:00 PM
• At the rear of 405 to 475 Main St from Friday, 10/25/19 at 11:00 PM through Saturday, 10/26/19 at 1:00 PM
• In front of or opposite 250 to 281 Main St from Friday, 10/25/19 at 11:00 PM through Saturday, 10/26/19 at 6:00 PM

Traffic Changes on Main Street

Traffic will be stopped from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, between Capobianco Field on Main Street and West Road, for the parade.

Parade Information

11:00 AM - Parade organizes at Capobianco Field. (Wristbands will be given out to all participants in the park).

11:30 AM - Parade kick-off, led by PSD. The Parade will head south on Main Street, passing the business district, proceeding to the Blackwell turnaround. Once at Blackwell, the parade will continue south on West Road, passing the subway, ending at Sportspark.

12:00 PM - Enter Sportspark. Attendees wishing to park strollers will be directed to a designated area outside the building.

12:00 PM to 3:00 PM- If you can’t make the Halloween parade, feel free to join us at Sportspark for the Extravaganza!

Thank you to Westview, Island House, Manhattan Park, Verizon, Cornell Café, Island Kids, Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance, R.I. Branch NY Public Library, and the R.I. Seniors Association for their generous contributions to the event!

For more information on the Halloween Extravaganza, see the poster below.

The preparations for this year's Roosevelt Island Halloween Parade got off to a rocky start after rumors were circulated that the Parade was being cancelled. Fortunately that turned out not to be true.

But, RIOC moved the Extravaganza portion of the celebration inside to the Sportspark Facility and initially changed the parade route which would have bypassed Main Street's WIRE buildings corridor.

After a community outcry and with the urging of RIOC Director David Kraut, the Halloween Parade was restored to it's traditional Main Street Route though marching south from Capobianco Field to Sportspark instead of past years going north from Blackwell House to Capobianco Field.

During the October 17 RIOC Board of Directors meeting, RIOC President Susan Rosenthal acknowledged making a mistake in changing the traditional Roosevelt Island Family Halloween Parade route away from the Main Street WIRE Buildings corridor.  According to Ms Rosenthal;

I screwed up. We're human and we heard the interest of the community in wanting to continue the tradition of the parade marching down the business section of Main Street so we are going to do that.

Good job by RIOC listening to the Roosevelt Island community and making the correction.

Have a great time at the Roosevelt Island Halloween Parade & Extravaganza!!!