Friday, October 23, 2026 · No. 67
Good morning. Another frozen yogurt chain has put its sign up on Second Avenue. Also today: a six-bedroom condo across from Carl Schurz Park, the Council's vote on Central Park's horse carriages, and a weekend that's mostly on East 88th Street.
Openings & Closings
Myka frozen yogurt puts up its sign on Second Avenue
Myka, a frozen yogurt chain, has put up signage at 1547 Second Avenue, between 80th and 81st Streets. No opening date has been announced. Upper East Site's report on the opening adds that Randy's Donuts and Koakuma are also getting ready to open on the Upper East Side; it doesn't give their addresses yet. Via East Side Feed and Upper East Site.
via East Side Feed
Around the Neighborhood
Listing of note: six bedrooms across from Carl Schurz Park, $8.495 million
Brown Harris Stevens is asking $8,495,000 for unit 10CD at 170 East End Avenue, a full-service condo facing Carl Schurz Park and Gracie Mansion. The listing describes six bedrooms, six full baths and a half bath across 4,393 square feet. The apartment is tenant-occupied, so the living and dining room photos are virtually staged, the listing says. Via Brown Harris Stevens.
via Brown Harris Stevens
Nearby: the Council votes to end Central Park's horse carriages
East Side Feed reports that the City Council voted Thursday to ban Central Park's horse-drawn carriages. Ahead of the vote, Council Speaker Julie Menin said the city would end the rides in 2028 under a deal with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, ABC reported. The carriage drivers' union, TWU Local 100, criticized the bill, saying it doesn't do enough for workers. Via East Side Feed and ABC.
via East Side Feed
This Week
This weekend close to home
Saturday, Oct. 24: the 82nd Street Greenmarket runs from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on East 82nd Street between First and York. Sunday, Oct. 25: Yorkville Community School's PTA closes East 88th Street between First and York for its Fall Festival, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., with pumpkin and cupcake decorating, a costume parade and bouncy castles. It's free to attend, and some activities and food cost extra. Both are on our events page. Via Yorkville Community School and GrowNYC.
via Yorkville Community School
Yorkville, Remembered
The towers at East 93rd Street and the FDR
The Isaacs Houses, three 24-story public housing towers between East 93rd and 95th Streets, from First Avenue to the FDR Drive, were designed by Frederick G. Frost Jr. & Associates and completed in 1965. The complex holds 635 apartments. It is named for Stanley M. Isaacs, Manhattan Borough President from 1938 to 1941, who later served on the City Council until 1962.
source: Wikipedia
Marathon Sunday is nine days out, and the runners come up First Avenue. If your building or block is planning a cheering section, tell us and we may point readers your way. Have a good weekend.