Bruce's Garden Halloween Party To Return To Inwood In 2023

INWOOD, NY - A spooky celebration is in store later this month at Bruce’s Garden in Inwood.

The fifth annual Halloween Spooktacular Party will take place outside the Bruce’s Garden gate at Isham Park (11 Park Ter. E.) on Tuesday, Oct. 31 from 2 to 6 p.m.

Expect candy, cupcakes and crafts, as well as a surprise visit from Demetrius Daniel and his trombone, event organizers said. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.

For those who might not have heard of Bruce's Garden, it's a community garden that has served as an oasis within Isham Park for over 50 years.

Bruce Reynolds, the garden's namesake, was a Port Authority Police Officer who rushed from his post at the George Washington Bridge on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 into the flames of the World Trade Center.

Reynolds, the 41-year-old father of two young children at the time and an Inwood native, died that day sacrificing his life for others.

When Bruce and his parents moved to Inwood in 1970, Bruce's father J.A. got his family involved in the community by setting his then-12-year-old son Bruce and a few of his friends to work clearing an abandoned area of Isham Park.

The area of the park that Bruce and his father began restoring in 1970 is the bustling community garden that stands today.

The green space was officially named after Bruce in 2002 by the New York City Parks Department.

-With reporting by Gus Saltonstall