Pumpkin Point, Governors Island’s annual pumpkin patch and fall festival, returns to Nolan Park for 2024! Visitors are invited to pick out their own pumpkins (free with suggested donation) October 26 & 27, 2024, from 10am to 5pm. Please limit pumpkins to one per person per household.
Costumes are encouraged, with trick-or-treating at Nolan Park’s historic houses on both days. Governors Island food vendors will be on-site with fall-themed food and drink available for purchase.
Pumpkin Point is rain or shine. Please be advised, a large number of visitors is expected for Pumpkin Point, so leave extra time to board and ride the ferry. Click here for ferry schedules and tickets. Pumpkins left over from Pumpkin Point will be composted on Governors Island by Earth Matter, which runs a Compost Learning Center at the Urban Farm on Governors Island.