It's almost Halloween, which means it's time for humans to dress their dogs in costumes so we can oooh and ahhh over them. This Saturday is the 20th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade. The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m., and this year there's even going to be a photo booth area in the dog run, which will act as a red carpet for the pups. If past attendance is any indication, expect about 500 dogs in costumes! If you make it over there, be sure to send us your photos or tag them "Gothamist" on Flickr. Let's see if these dogs can give the cats a run for their money. more ›

You didn't think you'd get out of here without some more ADOWABLE doggy costume photos to brighten up this nasty rainy day, did you? These heartwarming shots were taken by Katie Sokoler on Sunday at the McGorlick Park dog costume parade. It would be just too much cute to publish all the photos here—we do have some restraint—so feel free to overindulge at her flickr set. And for the Halloween dog completist, here are our other bow-ntiful photo spreads. Tomorrow, photos from the annual chinchilla costume parade in East New York! (Teaser.)
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Awww, are you ready to have your heart warmed up by 100 zillion watts of pure canine cuteness? While the furry masses crowded Times Square Sunday for the Fourth Annual Dog Day Masquerade, the city's well-heeled hounds opted for a more refined day of dress-up at Carl Schurz Park on the Upper East Side, where the annual Halloween Howl was as pup-ular as ever. Flickr aficionado "istolethetv" was all over it like Scooby on snacks.
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