8 Photos of Your Favorite Uptown Halloween Decorations

From Harlem to Washington Heights, here are our favorite reader-submitted Halloween decorations. 

By
Kelly Moffitt
October 26, 2021

We asked for your favorite Halloween decorations uptown and you answered!

Find below a selection of fantastic, ghoulish, and downright cute decorations in Harlem, Morningside Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood, both taken by our neighbors and discovered through social media. And don't forget to check out this list of ways to celebrate Halloween uptown

We hope you have a fantastic Halloween weekend. 

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

A decorative witch boils a plastic foot.

Harlem Grown tweeted this witchy picture and quite a few others in advance of their Halloween Festival on Oct. 30. 

Florals, Cobwebs, and Pumpkins, Oh My!

A photo of a stoop in Harlem with cobwebs, pumpkins, and flowers.

Acacia O'Connor submitted this fantastic harvest-floral pic of a stoop in Harlem. 

Decor Worth Screaming About

Cobwebs and scream masks.

Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences master’s student Alex Casale couldn’t resist snapping a photo of this positively scream-worthy display on the Upper West Side between Columbus and Central Park West.

Garden-Level Ghouls

A Garden-level apartment doorway with skeletons and cobwebs on it.

New York resident Sasha Burshteyn shared this garden-level masterpiece from uptown. 

Stoop Frights!

Uptown pups @calvinandizu paid a visit to this Harlem stoop and had a little fright!

Strivers' Row Spookies

It wouldn't be Halloween without decorations on the historic Strivers' Row! Shout-out to @car.wheel for capturing the best sights. 

But Sometimes The Best Decorations Are Inside Your House

A white terrier between two pumpkins

Columbia staffer Melissa Smey shared this oh-so-cute photo of her Halloween-bedecked pupper at home in Washington Heights.


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