BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Late October is the time when leaves change color across the city, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy celebrates the occasion with its annual “Sound & Color! Autumn in New York” fall festival.
Kids made bat magnets at Park Slope Parents’ craft station in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
This year’s fest took place Saturday. The event brought hundreds of families to the meandering paths and grassy meadows of Pier 6, which were lined with activity stations, a pumpkin patch and old-fashioned field games like sack races. Musical performances took place on the deck overlooking the East River.
Visitors had the opportunity to touch a live crab at the station staffed by the Conservancy’s education team at the ‘Sound & Color! Autumn in New York’ fall festival on Saturday. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
One of the highlights was a water-filled touch tank holding living marine creatures from the East River, staffed by the Conservancy’s educators. Visitors had an opportunity to gently touch blue crabs and horseshoe crabs. (Horseshoe crabs are not really crabs but are more closely related to spiders. They also have nine eyes.)
This BBP education team member cradles a small horseshoe crab. (Horseshoe crabs are not really crabs — they are more closely related to spiders, and have nine eyes.) Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
The event was presented by Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and In The Raw, with activity stations presented by numerous partners.
The Brooklyn Tea company served “tea and joy” at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn EagleThis lad checks out a “scarecrow” at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s annual autumn festival. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn EagleBrooklyn Bridge Park is the site of Billion Oyster Project’s community-focused reefs. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn EagleThis tyke picked a pumpkin from the patch at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s annual fall festival on Saturday. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn EagleThis girl gets “stamped” after learning to play a tune on a ukulele at the Brooklyn Music School’s station. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn EagleDrummers from the Brooklyn United Music and Arts program march with precision through Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday, Oct. 19. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
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