Brooklyn Man Decorates Brownstone Stoop with 1,000-Pound Pumpkin

A Decade of Giant Gourds

• 🎃 For the past 10 years, Charlie Pigot, a fourth-generation Brooklynite, has been decorating his brownstone stoop for Halloween.
• 💡 This year's centerpiece is a 1,000-pound pumpkin, a tradition that started a decade ago with a 100-pound squash.

The Giant Gourd Tradition

• 🚀 Pigot has progressively increased the size of his pumpkins each year, moving from 100 lbs to 250 lbs, and eventually to the current 1,000-pound spectacle.
• 🚚 Transporting the massive pumpkin required renting a forklift to place it on his front stoop.
• ✨ Pigot expresses deep satisfaction with this year's pumpkin, noting its excellent color, shape, and size.

Community Impact and Future Plans

• 🤩 The giant pumpkin has become a showstopper and crowd-pleaser, drawing attention from neighbors, couples, and even influencers.
• 📸 It serves as an age equalizer, bringing joy and a childlike wonder to everyone who sees it, with children like six-year-old Peie returning annually for photos.
• ♻️ While not suitable for baking, the pumpkin will be composted after Thanksgiving, and Charlie is willing to share its seeds with those who have a green thumb and a large yard.
• 🎄 Following the pumpkin's removal, Pigot's stoop is quickly transformed for the Christmas season.
• 📍 The pumpkin display on 8th Avenue in Brooklyn is open for free photos and selfies until then.