Sunday, October 25, 2026 · No. 69
Good morning. Early voting continues today, and the week ahead is a full one: Asphalt Screams on Friday, Halloween on Saturday, and next Sunday, Nov. 1, the Marathon up First Avenue on the same morning the clocks fall back.
Good to Know
Early voting is open again today
Early voting for the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election runs through Sunday, Nov. 1, and the city's 311 page lists today's hours as 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Your early voting site depends on your registered address and may not be your Election Day site, so look it up at vote.nyc first. Via NYC 311.
via NYC 311
Clocks fall back next Sunday, Nov. 1
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks go back an hour. Phones change on their own, but oven, car and wall clocks have to be set by hand. Via FOX 5 New York.
via FOX 5 New York
The Week Ahead
Friday: Asphalt Screams on East 90th Street
Asphalt Green's free Halloween event is Friday, Oct. 30, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. at its campus at 555 East 90th Street, with a street fair, a sensory-friendly hour at the start and a haunted maze. Asphalt Green asks families to claim free tickets online before they go. Via Asphalt Green.
via Asphalt Green
Marathon Sunday: where to cross First Avenue
The TCS New York City Marathon comes off the Queensboro Bridge onto First Avenue at mile 16 next Sunday, Nov. 1, and heads north through the neighborhood. NYRR's 2026 course preview lists pedestrian crossing zones on First Avenue at 69th, 72nd, 83rd and 86th Streets; an older NYRR page lists only 72nd and 86th, so check the course page before race day. NYRR also tells spectators to check the MTA for race-day service changes. Via New York Road Runners.
via New York Road Runners
Yorkville, Remembered
The playhouse on East 86th Street that Marcus Loew turned into a movie house
The Yorkville Theatre, at 157-161 East 86th Street, was commissioned by the developer brothers Arlington C. and Harvey M. Hall and seated about 1,372, according to Daytonian in Manhattan. Marcus Loew later took it over and made it a motion-picture house, and its success led him to build the larger Orpheum on the same block, closer to Third Avenue. The Yorkville Theatre closed in 1928. We haven't confirmed what stands at the address today.
source: Daytonian in Manhattan
Six days to Halloween, one week to the Marathon, and an extra hour of sleep at the end of it. Enjoy your Sunday.