'Really Scary:' Opening Week At Bayside's Haunted House

BAYSIDE, QUEEN — An NYPD-run, free haunted house opened at Fort Totten last Thursday, leaving community members spooked.

“It was actually really scary,” Kyle Davy, 10, told PIX11 News. The news site visited the spooky house — dubbed "Terror on Totton" — on Friday, during its first opening weekend.

The annual haunted house, which is open from 4:00 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights in Oct., is a partnership between the NYPD and Bayside's "ghost-like" Fort Totten.

NYPD inspector Frank DiGiacomo, who created the house in 2014, said that although it is scary, the haunted house is intended to be a space for families.

“We do it for the kids. It's a great way to get kids and police officers come have a positive interaction with the police department," he told PIX11.

The event, however, is recommended for kids 12 and up, according to the NYPD, since the house includes haunted operating rooms, killer clown circuses, and roaming ghouls.

"Demons welcome," the NYPD tweeted, sharing a short video of the haunted house's spooky ground floor — which is actually considered best for those who are easily scared, since the multi-level haunted house increases in spookiness as you walk through.

Learn more about the haunted house, which is located in building 604 on 604 Little Bay Road, here.