Of course, this year’s parade was led by our inimitable editor, Gersh Kuntzman, dressed as the Prospect Park West bike lane. He got plenty of jeers — and a few marriage proposals.
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Thousands of ghosts, ghouls, robots, Things (one and two), and even an editor dressed as a controversial bike lane marched up Seventh Avenue in the Park Slope Civic Council’s annual Halloween Parade.
An all-star team of local elected officials — try Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Assemblymembers Jim Brennan and Joan Millman, and Councilman Brad Lander — marched behind megaphone-toting Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman, who led the way in his guise as the most contested cycle path in Brooklyn history.
“I got a lot of thumbs ups, but a few people said that my bike lane costume was the scariest thing they had ever seen,” Kuntzman quipped. “I also got a few people telling me they wanted to ride me all day long, which I am attributing entirely to their enjoyment of exercise.”
Behind Kuntzman were Rollerblading ghosts, hot dog contest organizer George Shea’s pirate Ship of the Black Spot, and plenty of Occupy Wall Street-themed outfits — though, truth be told, Park Slope’s demographic leans towards the one percenters, not the 99 percenters.
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There’s the also-inimitable Susan Fox of Park Slope Parents doing what she does best.
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Admit it, there’s something about a monkey playing the accordion.
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Anti-Wall Street costumes were popular, despite the fact that much of Park Slope is in the one percent, not the 99 percent (but who’s counting?!).
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Everyone said it: This was the best costume of the night.
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Don’t look into her eyes!
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Costumes came in all colors, shapes, sizes and curve-huggingness.
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The Oborne family soared to new heights, even though they are from the Slope.
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The parade was one giant leap for John, age 6, but not for full disclosure (his parents wouldn’t give his last name!).
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Pumpkin of their eyes: Jim and Karen Mahoney show off their peach of a son, Shawn, 1.
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