Pumpkin Point 2024

Pump­kin Point, Gov­er­nors Island’s annu­al pump­kin patch and fall fes­ti­val, returns to Nolan Park for 2024! Vis­i­tors are invit­ed to pick out their own pump­kins (free with sug­gest­ed dona­tion) Octo­ber 26 & 27, 2024, from 10am to 5pm. Please lim­it pump­kins to one per per­son per house­hold, and plan to bring your own tote bag/​reusable bag to hold your pumpkins.

Cos­tumes are high­ly encour­aged, with trick-or-treat­ing at Nolan Park’s his­toric hous­es on both days (as sup­plies last). Gov­er­nors Island food ven­dors, includ­ing Lit­tle Eva’s, Gov­er­nors Beer Co., Fauzi­a’s Heav­en­ly Delights, Piz­za Yard, Rosie’s Empanadas, Mak­i­na Café, Kim­chi Taco Truck, Brigs Ice Cream & Sweet Shop, Deploy Cof­fee, and Grey’s Donuts will be on-site with fall-themed food and drink avail­able for purchase. 

Pump­kin Point is rain or shine. Please be advised, a large num­ber of vis­i­tors is expect­ed for Pump­kin Point, so please leave extra time to board and ride the fer­ry – we rec­om­mend arriv­ing at least 20 min­utes before your sched­uled depar­ture. The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island will oper­ate spe­cial event fer­ries from Red Hook/​Atlantic Basin and Brook­lyn Bridge Park/​Pier 6 on Octo­ber 26 & 27, 2024, to accom­mo­date antic­i­pat­ed heavy vis­i­tor­ship. Click here for fer­ry sched­ules and tickets. 

Event Sched­ule

Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 26

• ALL DAY: Pump­kin Pick­ing (as sup­plies last), Nolan Park Lawn
• 10am-2pm: Tabling and give­aways with Gov­er­nors Island Nature, Nolan Park Lawn
• 10am-4pm: Spooky Shells Fall Fest with Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, Nolan Park Build­ing 16
• 10am-5pm: Free exhibits in his­toric hous­es from the Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence, Nolan Park and Colonels Row
• 11 – 11:30am: Clown show with Loony Toony the Clown, Nolan Park Lawn
• 11am-3pm: Live carv­ing with Mani­ac Pump­kin Carvers, Nolan Park Lawn
• 11am-4pm: Brook­lyn Book Bode­ga Book Break, Nolan Park Lawn
• 12 – 1pm: Folk music from The Old Grimes/​Porch Stomp, Nolan Park Lawn
• 12 – 4pm: Clay Crit­ters Seed­bomb Work­shop with Swale, Nolan Park Build­ing 11
• 1:30pm: Drum­ming Extrav­a­gan­za with Fogo Azul, Nolan Park Lawn
• 2 – 2:30pm: Parade on Your Rain with Tai­wanese Amer­i­can Arts Coun­cil, Nolan Park Build­ing 7B
• 2 – 3:30pm: City of For­est Day Tree & Bird Tour with Gov­er­nors Island Nature and NYC Bird Alliance, depart­ing from Nolan Park (click here to reg­is­ter)
• 2:30 – 5pm: DJ sets with DJ SLID3 and DJ Eli from the Low­er East­side Girls Club, Nolan Park Lawn

Sun­day, Octo­ber 27

• ALL DAY: Pump­kin Pick­ing (as sup­plies last), Nolan Park Lawn
• 10am-4pm: Spooky Shells Fall Fest with Bil­lion Oys­ter Project, Nolan Park Build­ing 16
• 10am-5pm: Free exhibits in his­toric hous­es from the Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence, Nolan Park and Colonels Row
• 11 – 11:45am: Live show with Bub­bledad, Nolan Park Lawn
• 11am-4pm: Brook­lyn Book Bode­ga Book Break, Nolan Park Lawn
• 12 – 12:45pm: Live show with Cara’s Cater­pil­lars, Nolan Park Lawn
• 12 – 4pm: Get Wormy — Com­post Learn­ing with Earth Mat­ter, Nolan Park Lawn
• 1 – 1:30pm: H‑OWL-oween Cos­tume Con­test with NYC Bird Alliance, Nolan Park Lawn
• 1:45 – 2:45pm: Folk music from The West Side Cow­boys/​Porch Stomp, Nolan Park Lawn
• 3 – 3:45pm: Live show with Hopa­long Andrew

Pump­kin Point is co-pre­sent­ed by the Trust for Gov­er­nors Island and the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island. Gen­er­ous sup­port for the event is pro­vid­ed by Nick­elodeon, Bloomberg Phil­an­thropies, and Tony’s Cho­colone­ly. Addi­tion­al can­dy sup­port pro­vid­ed by Econ­o­my Candy.