Brooklyn Heights’ spookiest homes for Halloween

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — This seems to be “The Year of the Skeletons” in Brooklyn Heights, with homes all over the neighborhood covered with bone people sitting on stoops and climbing up the ironwork. (Could they be former residents trying to relive their glory days?)

While Garden Place in the south Heights is famous for its over-the-top decorations and trick-or-treat mob scene, households in the north Heights have ramped up their Halloween activity this year as well. Ranking second behind the skeleton displays are the cavalcades of pumpkins cascading down brownstone stoops.

This skeleton would be bad enough without the rats! Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle

Intensifying the decorative effort this year was the Brooklyn Heights Association’s Spooky Stoop contest. On Halloween day, the organization will be awarding winners in the following categories: Spookiest, Best Kid-Friendly, Chic-est, Most Creative and Best Classic Halloween.

“Every year has gotten a little more exciting because people keep moving in with their kids,” Kathy Kermian-Leicht, a ten-year Brooklyn Heights resident, told BHA Gov. Laura Trevelyan and cinematographer Stephen Greaves in a video (posted on Instagram) about the neighborhood’s Halloween decorations.

Take a stroll along the neighborhood’s historic streets and find your favorite.

“Do you think I’m beautiful?” she asks, while holding a hacksaw in her hands. This damsel haunts Garden Place. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Who dares pass this malevolent tree at night? Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
“Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore,'" on Garden Place. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore,’” on Garden Place. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
“Yippie-i-ay partner!” Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
The ghosts of cowboys and horses past haunt this home on Joralemon Street. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
This attractive pumpkin display was seen near Montague Terrace. Photo: Mario Belluomo
This scaffolding has obviously been up for a very long time! Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Laughing and howling in the face of death. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
“Come on in! We’d love to have you for dinner.” Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Still life with pumpkins, skeletons and a head in a jar. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
“Mama, I’m coming!” on Henry Street. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
The delays at JFK International seem to last forever nowadays. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
“Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore,'" on Garden Place. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle “Quoth the Raven, ‘Nevermore,’” on Garden Place. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle
Spiderman climbs up his web in Brooklyn Heights. Photo: Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle