Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · No. 60
Good morning. Middle-school applications open today, a four-bedroom condo on East 84th Street is our listing of note, and with Halloween a little over two weeks out, we've put the costume dates on and near our blocks in one place.
Around the Neighborhood
Listing of note: a four-bedroom condo at the Dunhill on East 84th Street asks $3.75 million
Apartment 15B at the Dunhill, 401 East 84th Street, is listed at $3,750,000 by Brown Harris Stevens: four bedrooms in about 3,380 square feet, with common charges of $6,694 a month and real-estate taxes of $5,075 a month. The sale includes four private storage units, and the buyer funds a reserve equal to three months of common charges. Via Brown Harris Stevens; CityRealty also lists the unit.
via Brown Harris Stevens
Schools & Kids
Middle-school applications are open as of today
A reminder for families of current fifth graders: the Department of Education's fall 2027 timeline opens the public middle-school application today, Wednesday, Oct. 14, on MySchools. It closes Friday, Dec. 11, and offers come out April 7, 2027. The department says those dates can change. Via NYC Public Schools.
via NYC Public Schools
Halloween, on the calendar: the costume dates on and near our blocks
Three dates to hold, all free to attend (the PTA festival has some paid activities and food) and all on our events page. Sunday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Yorkville Community School's PTA closes East 88th Street between First and York for its Fall Festival, with a costume parade, per the school's event page. Friday, Oct. 30, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Asphalt Screams at Asphalt Green, 555 East 90th Street, with free tickets claimed online in advance, per Asphalt Green. Saturday, Oct. 31, 4 to 5:30 p.m., a few avenues west in Carnegie Hill: Carnegie Hill Neighbors closes East 92nd Street between Park and Fifth for Trick or Streets. Via Yorkville Community School, Asphalt Green and Carnegie Hill Neighbors.
via Yorkville Community School
Corrections
A correction from Tuesday's edition
Tuesday's paper and our events page put Sunday's Halloween Howl court near East 86th Street. The Carl Schurz Park Conservancy names only the basketball and hockey court off John Finley Walk, and we've dropped the cross street on both. We regret the error.
via Carl Schurz Park Conservancy
Yorkville, Remembered
Yorkville's Ruppert brewery covered four blocks, and gave way to apartment towers
Jacob Ruppert's brewery, founded in 1867, grew into a complex of dozens of brick buildings east of Third Avenue in the East 90s. It closed in 1965 and was demolished in 1969. Ruppert Yorkville Towers, a complex of roughly 1,200 apartments, was built on part of the site and built in the 1970s, and the towers still stand.
source: Forgotten New York
Sunday is still the big one: the Lexington Avenue festival, pumpkins in Carl Schurz Park and dogs in costume. Back tomorrow morning.