{"id":18798,"date":"2025-10-27T19:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/18798\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:15:56","slug":"friends-of-maple-grove-cemetery-hosts-trunk-or-treat-event-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/18798\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery hosts Trunk or Treat event \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofmaplegrove.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery<\/a> hosted a Trunk or Treat event for members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/kew-gardens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kew Gardens<\/a> community on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the cemetery\u2019s entrance, located at Lefferts Boulevard and Kew Gardens Road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Families lined up for the Trunk or Treat at the Maple Grove Cemetery. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n<p>Numerous families got into the Halloween spirit for this event, with the trunks decorated and those handing out the candy to the trick-or-treaters dressed for the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\">Close<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tGet the Full Story<\/p>\n<p>News, events, culture and more \u2014 delivered to you.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for subscribing!<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tEmail<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSign Up<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>The trunks of participating vehicles were decorated to fit the Halloween spirit. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_8949.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_8985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_8966.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9097.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9104.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9045.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9158.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_8982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n<p>Participants in this Trunk or Treat were also encouraged to take part in the food drive held by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.river.fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">River Fund<\/a> by bringing canned food goods to donate to local food pantries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_8979.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Kids and parents alike dressed up in Halloween costumes for the Trunk or Treat event. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_8920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9651.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9611.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9584.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9422.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588290\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588291\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9218-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poncebank.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ponce Bank<\/a> sponsored the Trunk or Treat. Events held by the Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery are also made possible through the support provided by its members and patrons, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/maplegrovecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Maple Grove Cemetery Association<\/a>, the Office of Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Council Member <a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/district-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lynn Schulman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9545.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9525.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9358-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588287\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-588313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_8903.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  \/>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Friends of Maple Grove Cemetery hosted a Trunk or Treat event for members of the Kew Gardens&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[12850,12851,245,9,24,63,122,124,123,12852],"class_list":["post-18798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-friends-of-maple-grove","tag-friends-of-maple-grove-cemetery","tag-halloween","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-trunk-or-treat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}