# Pumpkin Picking Near NYC 2026: Farms by Train, Car and Ferry *Pumpkin season is short, the good farms sell out, and not everyone has a car. Here are 12 places to pick a pumpkin, from a free patch inside the city to farms on Long Island and in New Jersey, with what we could and couldn't confirm on October 5, 2026.* By Dan Fitzpatrick, Boroughs & Brood. Updated Monday, October 5, 2026. Canonical: https://boroughsandbrood.com/guides/pumpkin-picking-near-nyc-2026.html Good for: All ages, Under $25, Day trips and weekends away. **The short answer:** For pumpkin picking near NYC without a car, the easiest options are the free pumpkin patch at Queens County Farm Museum (all October), Pumpkin Point on Governors Island (free, October 24 and 25, reached by ferry) and Decker Farm at Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island (October weekends). With a car, Elwood Pumpkin Farm in Huntington ($10 a person), Harvest Moon in North Salem (tickets usually sell out) and Secor Farms in Mahwah, NJ are all within roughly an hour. Checked October 5, 2026. Farms change prices and sell out of dates without warning, so the farm's own page is the one to trust, and several of them only publish the detail in a ticket portal. Pumpkin picking near NYC is a strange mix of agriculture and logistics. The pumpkin itself is easy. Getting a four-year-old, a stroller, a snack bag and a pumpkin the size of a toddler back onto a train is the real harvest. So I've split this by place, flagged which ones you can reach without a car, and been plain about the things I couldn't confirm. Where a farm hadn't announced its 2026 dates or the page wouldn't load for us, it says so, and you'll see "check first" a lot. ## Pumpkin picking near NYC: the short version - No car, free: Queens County Farm Museum (pumpkin patch free, all of October) and Pumpkin Point on Governors Island (free, October 24 and 25). - No car, a long trip: Historic Richmond Town's Decker Farm on Staten Island, weekends October 3 to 25. The site says allow about 90 minutes from Midtown by ferry and the S74 bus. - Car or a taxi from a station: Elwood Pumpkin Farm (Huntington), Harvest Moon (North Salem), Wilkens (Yorktown Heights), Fishkill Farms (Hopewell Junction), Secor Farms and Demarest Farms (New Jersey), Harbes (Riverhead). - Not announced when we checked: Green Meadows Farm's Fall at the Farm in Alley Pond Park, Queens ("TBA"). > Mid-October to the last weekend is when everything is open and everything is crowded. I'd take a weekday afternoon over a Saturday morning every time, and a farm that sells timed tickets over one that doesn't. ## Inside the city: no car needed ### Queens County Farm Museum (Floral Park, Queens) The cheapest pumpkin day in the city. Per its October calendar, the pumpkin patch runs October 1 to 31 with free admission all day, and the Amazing Maize Maze (a 3-acre corn maze) is $10 to $17 on its set days from 11am to 4pm. Halloween on the Farm is October 31, 10am to 5pm, $15 to $25. There's no subway here and the page we could read gave no bus directions. Free street parking runs along Little Neck Parkway, and the on-site lot opens for special events. - Subway: None; check MTA bus options - Stroller: Permitted on the grounds; no stroller storage - Restrooms: Accessible restrooms on the grounds - Cost: Patch free; maize maze $10 to $17; farm admission is free outside ticketed days - Time: An hour for the patch, a half day with the maze - Check first: Which maze days are open and online ticketing for the ticketed ones - Website: https://www.queensfarm.org/events-calendar/month/ ### Pumpkin Point (Governors Island, Manhattan) Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, 10am to 5pm, free. It's a pumpkin patch in Nolan Park where you choose your own, plus pumpkin painting, trick-or-treating, ghost tours, fall foliage walks, folk music and food vendors. Leftovers are composted on site. Why go: it's the one patch on this list you reach by ferry, and the skyline comes free. The ferry from the Battery Maritime Building (10 South Street) is $5 for adults and free for children 12 and under, and free for everyone on weekends before 11am. One honest warning: you'll be carrying whatever you pick onto a boat, so choose a pumpkin you can lift with one arm while holding a hand with the other. - Subway: 1 to South Ferry (accessible station) or R/W to Whitehall St (not accessible), then the ferry - Stroller: Space for strollers on the Brooklyn ferry is limited and first-come, first-served - Cost: Event free; ferry $5 adults, children 12 and under free - Time: Two to three hours with the ferry - Check first: Ferry timetable and the forecast - Lesser known: yes - Website: https://www.govisland.com/blog/pumpkin-point-is-back-at-governors-island ### Decker Farm at Historic Richmond Town (Richmond Town, Staten Island) Pumpkin picking returns on Saturdays and Sundays from October 3 to 25, rain or shine. The museum says you can search the patch, learn about 19th century farm life and eat the usual fall food, and the farm has hayrides, pumpkin chucking, photo spots and pumpkin painting. It's the farthest of the in-city options. The museum says it's a 15-minute drive from all the bridges and an S74 bus ride from the Staten Island Ferry, with about 90 minutes total from Midtown. The page didn't give event ticket prices (it says to sign up for the newsletter to hear when tickets go on sale), and the site's regular hours listing (Wednesday to Sunday) didn't agree with the event hours we saw, so check before you go. Free parking is at the visitor center. - Subway: Staten Island Ferry from Whitehall, then the S74 bus - Cost: Event ticket price not published when we checked - Time: A half day, with travel - Check first: Ticket sales and the weekend hours - Lesser known: yes - Website: https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/ ### Green Meadows Farm: Fall at the Farm (Oakland Gardens, Queens) Green Meadows Farm's fall event, held in Alley Pond Park. The page lists the hours as 11am to 5pm at 224-65 76th Avenue, but the date is marked "TBA", and the page said nothing about prices, ages or what's included. That's the whole reason it's here: it's easy to miss, it's in Queens, and it hadn't announced when we checked on October 5, 2026. Join the farm's email list or call 718-470-0224 before planning a day around it. - Subway: No subway; the park is a bus or car trip - Cost: Not announced - Time: 11am to 5pm on the event day - Check first: The date, which was TBA when we checked - Lesser known: yes - Website: https://greenmeadowsfarmny.com/upcoming-events/ A note on one more Brooklyn possibility. The Vale Park Pumpkin Patch at the William Vale hotel in Williamsburg (free, with pumpkin decorating and face painting in past years) had no 2026 dates on the pages we could read, and NYC Tourism's page says that event has already occurred. If it's back, the hotel's own calendar will say so. ## Long Island ### Elwood Pumpkin Farm (Huntington, NY) A 22-acre pumpkin and Christmas tree farm with a corn maze, wagon rides across the property and pumpkin picking. It opened on Saturday, September 26, with weekend hours of 10am to 5pm and weekday hours in October of 3pm to 5pm. The farm says admission "remains at $10 per person" and children 3 and under with a parent enter free. It's on East Jericho Turnpike, so unless a taxi from a station is your plan, it's a car trip. One price and no tiers, which is easier to explain to a seven-year-old than a ticketing page. - Cost: $10 a person; children 3 and under free with a parent - Time: Two hours is plenty - Check first: Weekday hours (3pm to 5pm in October) and Columbus Day weekend hours (10am to 5pm) - Lesser known: yes - Website: https://www.elwoodpumpkinfarm.com/ ### Harbes Family Farm (Riverhead, NY) Harbes Orchard in Riverhead (5698 Sound Avenue) is open daily through November 1, Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm and weekends 9am to 6pm, with pumpkin picking, apple picking and a corn maze. The Jamesport farm (1223 NY-25) is open weekends and holidays through November 1. Weekend admission is bought online, and we couldn't read the prices. This is the North Fork, so it's a full day out rather than a pumpkin errand. If you're driving that far, plan a second stop. - Cost: Weekend admission is ticketed online; prices not readable when we checked - Time: A full day trip with the drive - Check first: Ticketing and the weekend sell-out dates - Website: https://www.harbesfamilyfarm.com/ ## Westchester and the Hudson Valley ### Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm (Yorktown Heights, NY) A pick-your-own farm that says it is open Wednesday to Monday from late August to mid-December, with pick-your-own from 10am to 4:30pm (last entry; the orchards close 30 minutes after). Its harvest calendar is an image we couldn't read, and the farm says to email or call for exact dates because the season varies from year to year, so ring (914) 245-5111 before driving. It's at 1335 White Hill Road. Macaroni KID's no-car guide suggests the Metro-North Hudson Line to Peekskill and then a taxi of about 15 minutes. That's a local listing, not the farm's own advice. - Cost: No admission fee mentioned on the page we read - Check first: Pumpkin dates, which the farm asks you to confirm by phone or email - Website: https://www.wilkensfarm.com/ ### Harvest Moon Farm and Orchard (North Salem, NY) The fall festival runs September 12 to November 1 (the pumpkin patch from September 19), 9am to 5pm, with ticket times from 9am to 2pm. It has a big patch, apple picking, BBQ, cider donuts, live music and a Fun Zone pass for the obstacle course. Kids 3 and under are free, parking is free, and bags for apple picking are extra ($15 for a quarter peck, $25 for a peck). The farm says most days sell out in advance and tickets are rarely available at the gate, so book online first. It's a pet-free property (service animals welcome) and says the orchard isn't handicap accessible. Macaroni KID lists Croton Falls on the Metro-North Harlem Line as the nearest station, with a short taxi after that. - Cost: Tickets per person, kids 3 and under free; prices not on the pages we read - Time: Half a day - Check first: Online tickets sell out; confirm the date before you travel - Website: https://harvestmoonfarmandorchard.com/ ### Fishkill Farms (Hopewell Junction, NY) Pick-your-own here is by reservation only, so there's no turning up on the day, but it also keeps the crowds down. Pumpkins are an add-on at check-in, while supplies last, and are priced by size: small (up to 6 lbs) $5, medium (7 to 13 lbs) $10, large (14 to 20 lbs) $15, up to $35 for a 36 lb-plus giant. Hours are generally 9am to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday in season, subject to reservation and crop availability. It's at 9 Fishkill Farm Road. Macaroni KID's no-car guide has the Metro-North Hudson Line to Beacon followed by a taxi. Pricing by size means the argument over the giant one comes with a $35 receipt. - Cost: Pumpkins $5 to $35 by size; reservation fee not stated on the pages we read - Check first: Reservations and crop availability - Website: https://www.fishkillfarms.com/visit/pick-your-own/ ## New Jersey ### Secor Farms (Mahwah, NJ) Open September 12 to November 1, 9am to 5:30pm every day. On weekdays (3pm to 4:30pm) you buy hayride tickets and pumpkins cost 75 cents a pound. On weekends (9:30am to 4pm) a general admission ticket covers the petting zoo, hayride, pumpkin patch, corn maze and hay maze, with pumpkins sold separately. Tickets must be bought online in advance; walk-ups aren't guaranteed. It's at 85 Airmont Avenue, 201-529-2595. Why it's worth a look: one weekend ticket covers a petting zoo, hayride, patch and two mazes, and the weekday price of 75 cents a pound is easy to work out in your head. - Cost: Weekdays: hayride ticket plus 75 cents a pound; weekends: admission ticket, pumpkins extra - Time: Two to three hours - Check first: Buy tickets online; walk-up sales aren't guaranteed - Lesser known: yes - Website: https://www.secorfarms.com/ ### Demarest Farms (Hillsdale, NJ) Open daily from 8am to 5pm at 244 Werimus Road in Hillsdale, with pick-your-own pumpkins. The pages we could read had no prices or hayride details, so ring 201-666-0472. Trains are where it gets contradictory. Macaroni KID says it's walkable from Hillsdale station on NJ Transit, and Mommy Poppins lists it as car only. I couldn't settle that from the farm's own pages, so look at a map and the NJ Transit timetable before you rely on it. - Cost: Not stated on the pages we read - Check first: Pumpkin prices, and whether the train and walk work for you - Website: https://www.demarestfarms.com/ ### Alstede Farms (Chester, NJ) Pick-your-own pumpkins are listed as "open every day", with Harvest Moon Nights on Friday and Saturday evenings and a call line of 908-879-7189. The farm's site mentions a free shuttle from Gladstone station, but the shuttle page we found said the service had ended for the 2018 season, so I wouldn't plan around it without calling. Macaroni KID puts it over two hours from Manhattan by NJ Transit to Gladstone, which is why a car is the realistic option. - Cost: Not stated on the page we read - Check first: Whether the Gladstone shuttle still runs, and hours and prices - Website: https://www.alstedefarms.com/ ## Doing it without a car: the honest version The three best no-car options are the free ones: Queens Farm (no subway, so check the MTA's buses), Pumpkin Point (a ferry) and Decker Farm (a ferry and a bus). For the farms in Westchester and the Hudson Valley, the pattern is a Metro-North train to a station and a taxi at the end, and we only have local listings (Macaroni KID) for which station, not the farms' own directions. Ask the farm whether taxis can reach it and how you'd get back, because rural pick-ups aren't a given. ## Safety and what to wear - Farm vehicles are real vehicles. Keep children out of lanes and away from tractors and wagons, and hold hands in parking lots, which fill with confused families on weekends. - Fields are muddy after rain and uneven underfoot. Closed shoes, spare socks and a change of trousers for the car. - Heat and cold both come into it in October. The hay maze is warm, the parking lot is not. - Wagon rides and mazes have their own rules. Follow the farm's staff, and don't let a child wander off into a corn maze without a plan for finding each other. - Take your pumpkin home in a bag or a cart. Carrying one and a toddler is a sport. ## Questions people ask **Where can I go pumpkin picking in NYC without a car?** Queens County Farm Museum has a free pumpkin patch all October. Governors Island's Pumpkin Point (October 24 and 25) is free and reached by ferry, and Historic Richmond Town's Decker Farm on Staten Island is open on October weekends, reached by ferry and the S74 bus. **Is there a free pumpkin patch in NYC?** Yes. The Queens County Farm Museum patch has free admission all October, and Governors Island's Pumpkin Point is free on October 24 and 25 (the ferry is $5 for adults, free for under 12s). **When does pumpkin season end near NYC?** Most farms run through Halloween or the first weekend of November. Harvest Moon and Secor Farms list November 1 as their last day, Harbes lists November 1, and Wilkens says it is open until mid-December, with pumpkin dates to confirm by phone. **How much does pumpkin picking cost near NYC?** It ranges from free (Queens Farm's patch) to $10 a person (Elwood Pumpkin Farm), with farms like Fishkill Farms charging by pumpkin size ($5 for up to 6 lbs, up to $35 for 36 lbs and over) and Secor Farms charging 75 cents a pound on weekdays. **Do I need to book ahead for pumpkin picking?** For several of them, yes. Harvest Moon says most days sell out and tickets are rarely sold at the gate, Fishkill Farms is reservation-only for pick-your-own, and Secor Farms requires tickets online in advance. **Can you pick pumpkins in the Bronx or Manhattan?** Governors Island, which is part of Manhattan, has Pumpkin Point on October 24 and 25. We didn't find a verified pumpkin-picking patch in the Bronx for 2026; Wave Hill has a Halloween evening on October 29 but not a patch. **Are there pumpkin patches in Brooklyn?** The Vale Park Pumpkin Patch at the William Vale in Williamsburg had run in past years, but we couldn't find 2026 dates when we checked on October 5. The nearest verified options are Queens Farm and Pumpkin Point. ## Sources - Queens County Farm Museum: October events calendar: https://www.queensfarm.org/events-calendar/month/ - Queens County Farm Museum: visit: https://www.queensfarm.org/visit/ - Governors Island: Pumpkin Point: https://www.govisland.com/blog/pumpkin-point-is-back-at-governors-island - Governors Island: ferry: https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry - Historic Richmond Town: home page (October events): https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/ - Historic Richmond Town: pumpkin picking at Decker Farm: https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/pumpkin-picking-at-decker-farm - Historic Richmond Town: visit: https://www.historicrichmondtown.org/visit - Green Meadows Farm: upcoming events: https://greenmeadowsfarmny.com/upcoming-events/ - NYC Tourism: Vale Park Pumpkin Patch: https://www.nyctourism.com/events/vale-park-pumpkin-patch - Elwood Pumpkin Farm: https://www.elwoodpumpkinfarm.com/ - Harbes Family Farm: https://www.harbesfamilyfarm.com/ - Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm: https://www.wilkensfarm.com/ - Wilkens Fruit and Fir Farm: harvest calendar: https://www.wilkensfarm.com/harvest-calendar - Harvest Moon Farm and Orchard: https://harvestmoonfarmandorchard.com/ - Harvest Moon Farm and Orchard: fall festival: https://harvestmoonfarmandorchard.com/fall-festival/ - Fishkill Farms: pick your own: https://www.fishkillfarms.com/visit/pick-your-own/ - Secor Farms: https://www.secorfarms.com/ - Demarest Farms: https://www.demarestfarms.com/ - Alstede Farms: https://www.alstedefarms.com/ - Alstede Farms: free shuttle service page: https://www.alstedefarms.com/free-shuttle-service - Macaroni KID: apple picking near NYC without a car (station listings): https://nyceast.macaronikid.com/guides/64ecf5b5a1d45757584c8a67/apple-picking-near-nyc-without-a-car - Mommy Poppins: pumpkin patches near NYC (listing): https://mommypoppins.com/kids/pumpkin-patches-near-nyc-pumpkin-picking-and-hayrides-an-hour-or-less-from-new-york-city