Halloween fans can also walk the streets in search of haunted houses, like this on 94th between Central Park West and Columbus Avenues (taken in a previous year). Photo by Bobby Panza.
A handful of Upper West Side blocks will trade traffic for trick-or-treaters this month, as the city’s Halloween street program returns with its biggest lineup yet.
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn announced on Sept. 30 that a record 160 car-free Open Streets and plazas across the five boroughs will host Halloween and fall celebrations throughout October as part of Trick-or-Streets, according to the Mayor’s Office. This is the program’s fifth year.Eight of those events are on the Upper West Side, according to the full schedule posted by NYC DOT:
- Saturday, Oct. 17: Broadway’s northbound lane, West 75th to West 73rd Street, 3 to 8 p.m. (Broadway Mall Association)
- Sunday, Oct. 25: Columbus Avenue Open Street, West 68th to West 77th Street, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Columbus Avenue BID)
- Saturday, Oct. 31: Amsterdam Avenue Open Street, Cathedral Parkway to West 106th Street, 2 to 4 p.m. (Columbus Amsterdam BID)
- Saturday, Oct. 31: West 107th Street, Manhattan Avenue to Central Park West, 3 to 6:30 p.m. (Manhattan Avenue Tenants Block Association West 107th St.)
- Saturday, Oct. 31: West 78th Street, Amsterdam to Columbus Avenue, 4 to 9 p.m. (West 78th Street Museum Block Association)
- Saturday, Oct. 31: West 87th Street, Columbus Avenue to Central Park West, 4 to 9 p.m. (West 87th Street Park Garden)
- Saturday, Oct. 31: West 87th Street, Riverside Drive to West End Avenue, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. (334 West 87th Building/Residents of the Block)
- Saturday, Oct. 31: West 69th Street, Broadway to Central Park West, 6 to 8 p.m. (The West 69th Street Block Association)
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Citywide, the Mayor’s Office says festivities will include trick-or-treating, face painting, live entertainment and games. New this year, the Municipal Art Society of New York will offer free guided walking tours of participating neighborhoods, with more details to be announced, according to DOT. Flynn said the agency is giving out 75,000 pieces of candy this year.“The only cars you should see at Trick-or-Streets are the ones made of cardboard, powered by two legs and fueled by a lot of sugar,” Mamdani said.
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