Re: Halloween block party questions

[Friends of St. Johns Pl]

Hi,

Thanks so much for reaching out. We also witnessed that party going out of control. We can phrase our poster better - I am imagining an extension of NYC Trick O Treat Streets with Halloween activities for kids and adults, not a DJ’d block party like that one. We are looking to collab with NYC DOT, Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, and Prospect Heights Open Streets. 

We are thinking trick-o-treating, costumes, halloween tunes (no DJ), cider, pumpkin carving and fairy house making. Nothing has been planned or funded yet.

- The time frame would be the same as the rest of Trick-o-treat streets 5-9pm

- Music, if any, I imagine would not be much less loud with no DJ and be cut at 9pm.

I am glad we are chatting now as this is just gauging community interest stage.

I am curious - do you know if the crowd was people on the block? I definitely don’t want a repeat.

Best,

Rabia

Friends of St Johns Pl

On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM Johndoetruth F <fjohnd...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

We just had a pretty bad block party last weekend that went out of control. You’ve probably seen the flyers posted apologizing for that. The DJs were not family friendly, and playing loud music until late. Police had to get involved to disperse the crowd. We are worried that this would be a repeat of that, and have a couple of questions:

-Would it be on Halloween night? What is the current proposed timeframe?A lot of people on our block (including my wife) are running the nyc marathon the next day so a bit afraid of this spiraling out of control again late.

-Are you planning to do something with no DJ/music? 

We are all for a kid/family friendly gathering during the day/afternoon, and hope that’s what your group is working on. 

Best,

[Friends of St. Johns Pl]

*I mean the music will be much less loud if we do get a music permit, which is also optional. 

[Johndoetruth F]

Hi Rabia,

Thank you so much for your reply. Cc’ing my “real” email.

That all sounds wonderful to us! I took a lot at your group’s activity on instagram and love what you are all doing. 

I recognized a lot of people from our block that night but did see some unfamiliar faces. I think the party organizers should have made it clear around 9pm that the party was over and to turn off the large sound system they had brought over, that did not happen and things were just chaotic. 

Thank you again for the thoughtful response.

Best,

Arthur

[Friends of St. Johns Pl]

Thanks Arthur! Looking forward to working with you. Please let me know if you have contacts on your blocks association.