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Best Places to Trick or Treat in Cambridge
Best Places to Trick or Treat in Cambridge Halloween is coming up and maybe you’re wondering what are the best neighborhoods for trick or treating in Cambridge – where you’ll find the most fun – and the best candy.
I love getting trick or treaters and each year as I filled my candy bags with multiple treats hoped that my house would become a Halloween destination spot. But I’ve come to terms with the fact that my street can’t begin to compete with some of these top Cambridge neighborhoods on October 31st. Here are some of the Best Places to Trick or Treat in Cambridge
East Cambridge Trick or Treating
East Cambridge is a popular trick or treating neighborhood. The blocks bordered by Fulkerson and First Street and Cambridge Street and Charles Street are thickly settled and make for a really good ratio of candy to blocks walked. A big part of the draw is the haunted house on Charles Street. The Vendettis have been decorating their house for Halloween for more than twenty years. Hundreds of children visit the Halloween house – it’s not to be missed. There’s no admission charged but last year Mrs. Vendetti asked kids and their parents to bring a canned good for donation to the Sacred Heart Food Pantry. Vist this Halloween wonderland on Charles Street between Sciarappa Street and 5th Street.
Halloween on Dudley Street, Cambridge
The homeowners on Dudley Street in North Cambridge do it up for Halloween. Residents spend weeks preparing for the event – choosing a theme and planning decorations. Dudley Street between Cedar and Reed Street is closed to traffic and hundreds of trick or treaters throng the block. The theme last year – you can see some of the Halloween houses in the slideshow below – was Las Vegas. A resident’s video about Halloween on Dudley Street shows the amazing creativity and fun you’ll find here on October 31st. Dudley Street in North Cambridge is hopping on Halloween.
Crescent Street Cambridge Halloween
Another Cambridge hotspot on Halloween is Crescent Street in the Agassiz neighborhood between Porter Square and Harvard Square. Crescent Street is one block long and runs from Sacramento Street to Oxford Street. Residents move their cars and the street is blocked to traffic and lined with jack-o-lanterns carved during a neighborhood party the day before. Like Dudley Street, there’s a theme each year – this year it’s “Monsters.” All are welcome and one homeowner estimated that more than 600 children trick or treated on Crescent Street last year. The Halloween party on Crescent Street is the place to be for trick or treaters from 5 to 8 pm.
Halloween Open Houses at Cambridge Fire Stations
Cambridge Fire Stations will be hosting Halloween Open Houses from 2 to 4 pm on October 31, 2010. Kids and parents can visit their neighborhood fire station to view the fire trucks and get free glow sticks and trick or treat bags compliments of the Cambridge Fire Department. Candy has been donated by Cambridge Brands.
Do you know any other best places to trick or treat in Cambridge? Let us know!
Here’s a slide show of Halloween decorations on Dudley Street last year:
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Fenno Street near Sherman is a great old school place to go . . . I believe it’s put on by the owners of the Paddy’s Bar . . . no theme but Halloween – – haunted houses all along the street, spooky.
They have pizza, hot chocolate and other goodies for the kids and often, schnapps for the adults !
My kids love it . . . nice place to end the evening . ..
Hi Jeff ~ Good to know – thanks! And treats for the adults too – excellent! I’m really amazed at how Cambridge does it up on Halloween.
Liz
Springfield St. in Inman Square! Much of the block is technically in Somerville, but it’s right on the line. People go all out decorating their houses and yards, and TONS of kids come through!