Harley Quinn Top Trending Halloween Costume in NYC, but in Missoula, It's "Pig"

Street art. Photo: MK Metz

Google's Freightgeist trends analysis app confirms what astute Halloween costume prognosticators had predicted: Batman super-villainess Harley Quinn is going to be EVERYWHERE during tonight's Halloween mayhem.

This is true not only in New York City but nationwide, where Harley Quinn rules as the number one costume search on Google. This includes cities as diverse as Miami, Richmond, El Paso and Salt Lake City.

In New York City, the second top-trending costume is the all-inclusive "Superhero." In third place is the "Joker," then "Wonder Woman" and "Witch."

While most of the country is dressing up like superheros or villains,  witches, clowns or cartoon characters like Minnie Mouse (oddly popular), some parts of these United States have some pretty quirky top costumes.

The weirdest state seems to be Montana. For example, the number one costume around Missoula, Montana is "Pig."

What the hell is going on up there?

In Great Falls, Montana, the top costume is "Flamingo."

Have those people ever even seen a flamingo?

Here's one that really has us stumped. The number one costume in Helena, Montana is "Gumball Machine."

We can imagine one or even two clever folks dressing up as gumball machines over in Helena. But the top costume in the whole town? Is there an army of gumball machines getting ready to march tonight in Helena? Should we be doing something about this?

Here are a few more that just seem a bit unusual as number one costume in the whole town:

Kirksville, Missouri: "Old Lady."
Sherman, Texas: "Shark."
Jonesboro, Arkansas: "Gangster."
Utica, NY: "Dalmation."
Tallahassee, Florida: "Disco."

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King George Returns; Orthodox School Pays Off Molested Kids; Halloween Events and More Brooklyn Briefs

A lone protester, whose sign reads "Stop running from the truth," stands outside Hillary Clinton HQ in Brooklyn Heights. MK Metz

 - A gunman shot a man sitting in his car in Bed-Stuy early Saturday. [Daily News]  And in Greenpoint, a cabbie was shot at stoplight by a couple of thugs. [Daily News]

- Parades! Haunted houses! Festivals! Halloween in Brooklyn 2016. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Long-toppled statue of hated King George III to ride again, from a Brooklyn studio. [NYT]

- Off-duty city correction officer arrested for boozed-up mayhem at a Sunset Park hookah bar. [Daily News]

- Prominent Orthodox Jewish school in Brooklyn to pay $2.1M to two students who charged teacher Rabbi Joel Kolko of sexually assaulting them. [NY Post]

- The white powder found in an envelope at Hillary HQ in Brooklyn Heights turned out to be harmless. [NBC]

- Inside of 11 of Brooklyn's top recording studios. [Brooklyn Magazine]

- Your iPhone's "secret" undo button. [Slate]

I repeat: I will represent pro bono anyone #Trump sues for exercising their free speech rights. Many other lawyers have offered to join me. https://t.co/LJf6TtmGZU

— Ted Boutrous (@BoutrousTed) October 22, 2016

Dozens of law firms have joined this offer.


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Pumpkin Ride From Hell; Cheap Things To Do This Weekend; Pier 3; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Brooklyn: 1 Y/O toddler missing for more than two weeks. Last seen with mother on Oct. 4. Call #800577TIPS with info https://t.co/WfZM0ESFR1 pic.twitter.com/nzNIcXcliS

— New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) October 21, 2016

- The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, dogs in wigs edition. [Brokelyn]

- Brooklyn's New Lab is an inventor's paradise. [WSJ]

- Officials: Pier 3 groundbreaking a milestone for Brooklyn Bridge Park. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Woman charged in Chinese blessing scam in Brooklyn. [Washington Times]

- Brooklyn's homeless students crisis could result in the shake-up of DOE staffers working to help them. [DNAinfo]

- Brooklyn's favorite Halloween display invites you on a pumpkin ride from Hell. [Gothamist]

- Brooklyn’s Congregation Beth Elohim decided to do something a little different for Sukkot. [Tablet]

- Oops: Guy who stole guy's cell phone at Brooklyn Bridge Park just uploaded his selfie to iCloud. [Patch]

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Brooklyn Hipsters Can Now Rent a Mom; Trouble in CB9; and More Brooklyn Briefs

Ricky's Halloween window, in Brooklyn Heights. Photo: MK Metz

 - Brooklyn preservation groups join coalition fighting powerful developers; aim to put pressure on Mayor de Blasio. [Brooklyn Eagle]

-  On the same day she lost her job as Brooklyn Community Board 9’s district manager, longtime administrator Pearl Miles hit back with a $20 million age-discrimination lawsuit. [DNAinfo]

- Need a mom? Brooklyn hipsters can now rent one. [Death and Taxes Magazine]

- Haul your old Legos to the Brooklyn Museum (for art). Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist, needs them after Big Lego refused to fill his order. [Patch]

- Brooklyn Assembly debate devolves into shouting match over Planned Parenthood videos. [Observer]

- Hmmn: Two Brooklyn men arrested for heroin possession after claiming they had doctor's prescription. [Daily News]

- Owners of the historic SS United States may be forced to sell the enormous vessel, and a Brooklyn developer has a plan to turn the ship into a mixed-use development in Red Hook. [Curbed]

- Loco Dice + Friends appear in a secret Brooklyn warehouse party on Halloween. [Village Voice]


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Diane Ravitch Speaks in Brooklyn Heights Tonight, and More Brooklyn Briefs

Grace Chorale will be performing J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio Dec. 18 & 20 in Brooklyn Heights.

- Despite EPA warning him not to, Christopher Swain swam the entire 1.8 mile length of the Gowanus Canal on Saturday. [PMFA]

- Education expert and author Diane Ravitch, 'Reign of Error' author, to speak at Brooklyn Heights Library benefit tonight. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Photos: Smorgasburg and Brooklyn Flea invade Industry City. [Brownstoner]

- Father of young boy was fatally shot in broad daylight in East New York. [PIX11]

- A man fell between the slats of a subway track up to his chest — and was then struck by an D train on Saturday. [NY Daily News]

- New Boerum Hill townhouse asks $7.5M. [Curbed]

- Spooktacular! Halloween listings for Brooklyn. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Marketing 550 Vanderbilt condos "with deception." [Atlantic Yards Report]

- Mobile food pantry comes to Farragut, Ingersoll and Whitman Houses. [BKReader]

- The history of the "Society to Prevent Disparaging Remarks about Brooklyn." [WNYC]

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Overcrowded Schools in Cobble Hill, Booze in Brooklyn Bridge Park, and More Briefs

- Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill parents will be holding a discussion about overcrowding in the area’s public elementary schools on Oct. 21. [PMFA]

- The meteoric price rise of the Brooklyn penthouse. [NY Post]

- Booze in Brooklyn Bridge Park: CB2 approves Pierhouse hotel’s rooftop bar liquor license. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- In case you haven't seen the terrifying Williamsburg rat vs. pigeon video yet.... [Patch]

- How to be a successful billionaire, according to Brooklyn Nets Owner Mikhail Prokhorov. [GQ]

- Pilot program aims to save Jamaica Bay’s shrinking marshes. [NY Times]

- SAT, AP test scores up for NYC students. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Fall festival and movie night in Kaiser Park Saturday, October 17, hosted by Councilman Mark Treyger. [Sheepshead Bites]

- Costume free-for-all 80s- and 90s-themed Halloween party in Brooklyn on Oct. 30. [Brokelyn]


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Get Ready for Haunted, Horrific Brooklyn Heights

Nestled within the sedate charms of one of Brooklyn’s oldest neighborhoods is a wealth of gory, ghastly, haunted and horrific tales...

Yes, we're talking about Brooklyn Heights.

On Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m., Boroughs of the Dead owner and founder Andrea Janes will guide you to the frightening sites of dreadful stories that inspire terror in those who pass them after dark.

The tour takes off from Brooklyn Bridge Park. Tickets are $10.

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BOO-HOO! All Sunday Halloween 2012 Events In Prospect Park, Brooklyn Are Cancelled

Captain Underpants is not happy about this. Photo: MK Metz

The ghosts are howling in Prospect Park:  All Halloween Weekend 2012 events for Sunday, October 28 in Prospect Park, Historic Lefferts House, Audubon Center and Nethermead are cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy.

The NYC Parks Department has announced that all NYC parks will close on Sunday, October 28 at 5 p.m. All events are cancelled after 2 p.m. on Sunday as well. Surfing is prohibited at all beaches throughout the course of the storm.

The Parks Department is urging people to stay out of parks and proceed with caution on tree-lined sidewalks in the event of falling trees or branches. To report downed trees or branches, please call 311. In case of emergency, call 911.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, October 28: All city parks, playgrounds, beaches, recreation centers, nature centers and Greenmarkets are closed.

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Major Storm May Hit Brooklyn Sunday -- Tuesday, Oct. 28 - 30

Some news outlets are already calling it a "Halloween disaster." The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Brooklyn, New York City and the surrounding area, warning that "there is a potential for a major coastal storm with heavy rainfall, high winds, coastal flooding and beach erosion" this upcoming Sunday, October 28, through Tuesday, October 30.

The storm "will ultimately depend of the eventual track and evolution" of Hurricane Sandy "as it interacts with a deepening low pressure system approaching the East Coast." Hurricane Sandy is presently near Jamaica.

It can go either way, NOAA says: "The storm may well move out to sea . . . and have little or any impact on our weather."

Or, it could be the end of our world as we know it.

The "chances are increasing for a major storm impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast," according to an online forecast report by meteorologist James Cisco of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, USA Today reports.

"Forecast confidence is low at this point," NOAA counters, "and potential impacts are still days away."

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for the Southeastern Bahamas and the Florida East Coast.

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