Thursday, November 5, 2026 · No. 80
Good morning. Tuesday's results are in for the East Side's state legislative seats, and that's the news today. In the history corner: the ferry that carried Yorkville's piano makers to work in Astoria.
Around the Neighborhood
Krueger keeps her State Senate seat, and Aronson is set to succeed Bores in the Assembly
Election-night results show Democrats winning big on the Upper East Side. State Sen. Liz Krueger beat her Republican challenger, and Vanessa Aronson is set to succeed Alex Bores in the 73rd Assembly District. Bores is running for Congress. Via Upper East Site.
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Yorkville, Remembered
Yorkville's Steinway piano makers rode the "Piano Ferry" from East 92nd Street
Many of the skilled German craftsmen who built Steinway pianos lived in Yorkville. To reach the Steinway factory across the river in Astoria, they commuted on the ferry from East 92nd Street. Its official name was the Steinway Ferry, but the neighborhood called it the "Piano Ferry." The 92nd Street slip is long gone. Today the NYC Ferry's Astoria route stops two blocks south, at East 90th Street.
The lawn signs come down, the leaf blowers come out, and for one more week everyone east of Lexington debates whether it's too early for the holiday window on their block.