PS 111 CARNIVAL
A family-friendly neighborhood event in Hell's Kitchen.
All families welcome!
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: PS 111 School Yard, 440 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019 (between 9th & 10th)
All proceeds benefit PS 111 students and our community through the PS 111 PTA.
Inflatables
Toxic Rush Obstacle Course
Push, squeeze, climb, and slide, competing against a friend or foe through 44 feet of obstacles!
Price: 4 🎟️ for two times through
Unlimited entries with wristband!
Firetruck Slide
Climb to the top of this ladder firetruck, and slide down the ladder into the truck cab!
Price: 3 🎟️ for three times down the slide
Unlimited entries with wristband!
Sugar Shack Combo Bounce House
Jump, bounce, climb, and slide in this colorful candy themed inflatable combo bounce house.
Price: 3 🎟️ for four minutes
Unlimited entries with wristband!
Pirate Ship Combo Bounce House
Jump, bounce, and slide in this Pirate Ship-themed combo bounce house.
Price: 3 🎟️ for four minutes
Unlimited entries with wristband!
Traditional Bounce House
Jump and bounce with your friends in this traditional bounce house! Our traditional bounce house is a great option for younger children.
Price: 3 🎟️ for four minutes
Unlimited entries with wristband!
Activities
Carnival Games
Win prize tickets by playing classic carnival games. Pick from a range of smaller prizes, or save your prize tickets for the grand prize!
Price: 1 🎟️
Giant Operation
The classic game, in giant form! Use tweezers to extract items from the patient, in a test of precision and patience.
Remove three pieces without getting buzzed to win a prize ticket!
Price: 1 🎟️
Free with wristband!
Backyard Games
- Giant Jenga
- Cornhole
Price: Free!
Face Painting
Price: 4 🎟️
Free with wristband!
Sand Art
Make fun designs by filling bottles with colored sand. 12 different sand colors and 14 different bottle styles!
Price: 4 🎟️
Design-Your-Own Slap Bracelet
Design your own slap bracelet! A fun, laid-back carnival activity.
Price: 1 🎟️
Playground
Finished with the inflatables? Done with the games? Enjoy the playground, no tickets required!
Price: Free!
Food
🍔 From the Grill
| 🎟️ | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 pound hamburger | 5 | |
| Add cheese | +1 | 🥬 |
| Add 2nd patty | +3 | |
| Beyond plant-based burger | 5 | 🌿 |
| Add cheese | +1 | 🥬 |
| Add 2nd patty | +3 | 🌿 |
| Nathan's hot dog | 3 | |
| Lightlife plant-based veggie dog | 3 | 🌿 |
🥬 Vegetarian
🌿 Vegan
🍿 Salty & Sweet
| 🎟️ | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fresh-popped popcorn | 3 | 🌿 |
| Fresh-popped kettle corn | 3 | 🌿 |
| Two popcorn and/or kettle corn | 5 (save 1 ticket) | 🌿 |
| Hand-pulled cotton candy (two flavors available) | 5 | 🌿 |
| Ice cream bars, yogurt popsicles, fruit popsicles | 3 | Varies 🥬/🌿 |
| Ice pop | 1 | 🌿 |
🥬 Vegetarian
🌿 Vegan
All Salty & Sweet items are gluten-free, except ice cream bars and yogurt popsicles.
🥤 Drink
| 🎟️ | |
|---|---|
| Tractor Beverage Co. organic lemonade | 3 |
| Tractor Beverage Co. organic iced tea | 3 |
| Soda: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite | 2 |
| La Croix Seltzer | 2 |
| Poland Spring Water | 2 |
| Juice box | 1 |
All drinks are vegan.
🗺️ Get Here
🚇 Subway
/: 50th St Station (9 min walk)
: 50th St Station (12 min walk)
//: 57 St-7 Av (12 min walk)
🚌 Bus
HK South & Chelsea
M11: 10th Ave/W 53rd St (You're here!)
Upper West Side
M11: 9th Ave/W 55th St (5 min walk)
Upper East Side
M31: 10th Ave/W 55th St (3 min walk)
Save Money
As a community-focused nonprofit, we want the Carnival to be affordable to all families.
Tickets are the currency of the Carnival. Each ticket is $1, and there is no purchase minimum.
All-Day Wristband
Benefits:
- Unlimited inflatable rides (list of inflatables)
- Unlimited giant Operation game
- Free face painting
Price: $45
30 + 3 Bonus 🎟️
100 + 15 Bonus Megapack 🎟️
Buy One Popcorn, Get One 33% Off 🍿
Buy one popcorn, get a second in the same order for 33% off (1 ticket savings). Mix-and-match the two types of popcorn — Movie Theater Butter & Kettle Corn — to try them both!
Low-Priced Options
We've worked to keep our prices as low as possible. The following activities & menu items are 3 tickets or less:
Inflatables & Activities
- Bounce houses (3)
- Slide (3)
- Carnival Games (1)
- Giant Operation Game (1)
- Design-Your-Own Slap Bracelet (1)
- Backyard Games (free!)
- Playground (free!)
Food & Drink
- Hot dog (3)
- Veggie dog (3)
- Popcorn (3, or 2 for 5)
- Ice cream bar (3)
- Popsicle (3)
- Ice pop (1)
- All drinks! (1–3)
Volunteer
We're an entirely volunteer-run community organization. Your support is what makes this event, and all of our work, possible!
The volunteer sign-up period has closed. Thank you to everyone who signed up to volunteer.
We have many volunteer opportunities for adults and high school students.
High school students earn 10 tickets + community service credit.
Local Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors!
Thank you to the businesses & elected officials who have supported the PS 111 PTA in the 2023–25 school years!
Business, non-profit, and elected official supporters:
- CD3 Council Member Erik Bottcher & the New York City Council
- West Side Community Fund
- KidsGardening.org
- Ameriprise
- Amish Market (731 9th Ave, New York, NY 10019)
- Ben & Jerry's (401 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019)
- CME Group
- Marsh McLennan
- McKinney Welding Supply (600 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019)
- Prudential
- Shake Shack
- Starbucks (55 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036)
- Target (615 10th Ave, New York, NY 10036)
- United City Ice Cube Company (503 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036)
While this page is as accurate as possible, and reflects the contracts we have signed and purchases we have made, inflatables, activities, and ending hours are subject to change based on volunteer availability, vendor substitutions, and the weather. Prices are also subject to change — though they probably won't.
Ticket and wristband sales are nonrefundable, including in the event of rain or high winds.
The animations on this page make use of the AOS: Animate on Scroll library, which is licensed under the MIT License. Subway icons are formatted using CSS from the NYC Core Framework, which is copyright The City of New York and licensed under the MIT License. Images of inflatables are copyright Everything Entertainment. See the licenses page for other libraries that were used, as well as their licenses. Background flyer designed by Erin Johnson; used with permission. Image of face-painted PS 111 alumn used with permission.
Page design & implementation © 2025 Christopher Canfield. Used with permission under free perpetual license granted to PS 111 PTA.