Monday, November 2, 2026 · No. 77
Good morning. Tomorrow is Election Day, so the practical notes are folded into one line below. The bigger school news is that this month's parent-teacher conferences are remote, and the first night is Thursday. We also have a penthouse co-op on East 86th Street and, in the history corner, the day the Third Avenue El stopped running over the neighborhood.
Schools & Kids
This month's parent-teacher conferences are remote, starting with elementary schools Thursday
NYC Public Schools says all parent-teacher conferences this school year are held remotely, though a school may set up an in-person meeting on request. Elementary and Pre-K conferences are Thursday, Nov. 5, and students are dismissed three hours early. Middle schools and District 75 follow on Nov. 12, and high schools on Nov. 19 and 20. Check your child's school for exact times. Via NYC Public Schools.
via NYC Public Schools
Around the Neighborhood
Listing of note: a two-bedroom penthouse co-op on East 86th Street, $1.295 million
Penthouse H, a co-op at 444 East 86th Street, is listed at $1,295,000. Brown Harris Stevens describes it as a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment, with monthly maintenance of $2,713. CityRealty shows it listed March 10. Via Brown Harris Stevens and CityRealty.
via Brown Harris Stevens
This Week
Election Day is tomorrow: polls open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., and alternate-side parking is off
Polls are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, per NYC 311. Alternate-side parking is suspended for Election Day on the city's DOT calendar, but parking meters stay in effect. Public school students learn remotely that day. The rest of the week is on our events page. Via NYC 311 and NYC DOT.
via NYC 311
Yorkville, Remembered
The Third Avenue El made its last Manhattan run in May 1955
Elevated trains ran above Third Avenue through Yorkville from the 1870s, and the line's 89th Street station opened in 1878. Service on the main Manhattan stretch ended on May 12, 1955. WNYC's archive notes that the next day was the first in 77 years without the El. The Bronx section kept running until 1973, and demolition of the Manhattan trestles followed.
If you're voting tomorrow, bring the patience you used at the Marathon barricades. The line may move about as fast as the back of the pack.