PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) — For the past decade, Charlie Pigott has been going all out for Halloween.
This year, he decorated his Brooklyn brownstone stoop with a 1,000-pound pumpkin, and it’s a show stopper.
“I’ve never seen a pumpkin this big before. It definitely makes you stop and look,” a neighbor said.
The 1,000-pound Giant Gourd of Park Slope is so large, the owner has to rent a forklift to get it onto his front stoop.
“We got a great pumpkin this year. Very happy with the shape, color, size,” Pigott said.
Pigott is a proud fourth-generation Brooklyn native.
Ten years ago, he brought home a 100-pound squash to make his Park Slope neighborhood pop.
The next year, he sized up to 250 pounds.
By year three, he was hauling home a 1,000-pound load, and he’ll never go small again.
“My heart is so full. I truly, truly enjoy it. I wake up to it. I go to sleep with it,” Pigott said.
A decoration this big and beautiful is also an age equalizer, making everyone a child again.
“I thought it was magic. I think it’s the biggest thing I’ve seen in my entire life,” Barrett Segesta said.
Six-year-old Peony comes every year for her fall photo.
“It’s almost the most giant pumpkin in the world,” Peony said.
Even influencers are drawn to it.
Sadly, this pumpkin is not good for baking.
After Thanksgiving, it will go into the compost bin.
But if you have a green thumb and a large yard, Charlie is happy to share the seeds.
“I take an axe, we break it up. As soon as we take it down, we put up Christmas,” Pigott said.
Until then, the great pumpkin patch at 69 8th Ave. is open for free photos and selfies.
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