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NYC Zombie Crawl
New York, NY · Quirky
- When
- October 31, 2026
- Where
- East Village bars (starting point varies by year) · New York · NY
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A zombie-costume bar crawl through more than a dozen East Village venues, running since around 2011. Now well into its second decade, it draws hundreds of costumed participants each Halloween night.
The history within reach
- Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Paradesame spot
Billed as the world's largest dog costume parade, this East Village tradition has run since 1990 and now draws thousands of costumed dogs and spectators to Tompkins Square Park each fall.
- NYC Zombie Crawlsame spot
A zombie-costume bar crawl through more than a dozen East Village venues, running since around 2011.
- Charlie Parker Jazz Festivalsame spot
A free jazz festival presented by City Parks Foundation since 1993, honoring saxophonist Charlie Parker in the East Village and Harlem neighborhoods where he lived and played.
- Coyote Ugly0.2 mi
The bar where the women dance on the counter and hose down the crowd is based on a real and then-notorious East Village saloon of the same name, which the film turned into a national franchise.
- Pizza Rat0.3 mi
At about one in the morning on 18 September 2015 the comedian Matt Little filmed a rat hauling a slice of pizza down the stairs at the First Avenue L train station, near the Brooklyn bound platform.