An A-list of guys and ghouls turned out for the Central Park Conservancy’s Halloween ball, set within an enchanted-forest theme under an enormous tent at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park.

The spirited partygoers enjoyed cocktails, dinner and dancing, and a comely costume contest that was not to be missed, as the social set transformed themselves into witches, ghosts, and goblins. A woman with a realistic-looking knife through her head didn’t even faze these hardened New Yorkers!

In the mix: Phillip Bloch, Patrick McMullan, Adam and Tracy Stern, CeCe Black, Susan Salerno, Marcia Mishaan, Cecily Brown, Tim Nye, Byrdie Bell, Ross Bleckner, Brad and Liz Cook, Eleanora and Michael Kennedy, Fiona and Eric Rudin, Rory Tahari, Stephanie and Andy Hubbard, Bob and Veronique Pittman, Gloria and Bernie Schaffer, and Elena and George Stephanopoulos.