A Party in the Streets on Halloween

The FMNA distributed Halloween gifts on Shawnee Road.This year several Scarsdale neighborhoods closed streets to allow for safer trick or treating. In each of the neighborhoods barricades were set up and manned by volunteers who barred cars from traversing the streets while kids and families were out.

Warm temperatures and beautiful weather turned Halloween into a party in the streets in Fox Meadow, Greenacres and
Heathcote.

Fox Meadow:

Janice Starr, President of the Fox Meadow Neighborhood Association said, “It was so gratifying to see that the Halloween street closure event has become a part of the fabric of the annual Halloween celebration in Fox Meadow. Young families start their trick-or-treating by visiting the Fox Meadow Neighborhood Association table on Shawnee Road to get their water and complementary flashlight sand glowsticks and continue in the safety of the closed streets. The centralized location provides a party atmosphere and an opportunity for friends and neighbors to meet and mingle. Everyone seemed genuinely grateful for the organized evening and other neighborhoods have begun to emulate this successful model!A crowd in Greenacres

The following streets were closed in Fox Meadow: Chesterfield between Brite and Kensington, Cohawney between Brite and Kensington, Shawnee between Chesterfield and Cohawney, Hampton between Chesterfield and Cohawney, Brewster between Fenimore and Butler

Greenacres:

In Greenacres, after quite a few emails, the neighborhood was successful in getting enough volunteers to man the barricades to close Brewster Road between Fenimore and Huntington, and Sage Terrace between Putnam Road and Brite Avenue. The streets were closed between 5-7pm on Thursday, 10/31. Neighborhood President Kristen Cipriano said, "For the second year in a row, in partnership with our neighbors and the village/SPD, the GNA was able to close streets in Greenacres without our amazing community members who volunteered their time."

Take a look at these photos of Halloween revelers enjoying the fun.

Heathcote:

According to Jeannie Rosenthal, Vice Chair of the East Heathcote Neighborhood Association. “The closed off area of East Heathcote had close to 1,000 people on Halloween. It was wonderful to trick or treat with my kids feeling relaxed and happy, not having to stress about cars. All the families were very grateful to the volunteers who organized this and monitored the barricades to make it possible. The East Heathcote Neighborhood Association definitely plans to make this an annual tradition.

Jessica Bandel added, “It was a huge success! Big shout out to Cliff Seltzer from EHNA who facilitated the insurance piece of it to have the streets closed! Cliff was also manning a barricade. Many neighbors also came out to man the various street barricades on Fayette, Lebanon, and Ardmore. All of the families felt so much safer with the street closures. This year, the closures included the part of Carthage Road from Fayette up to Ardmore. It was amazing!

An estimated 1,000 people came out for Halloween in Heathcote.

We also asked Scarsdale Village Manager Alex Marshall for feedback and she said, “I did receive a complaint from one resident prior to the Halloween road closures in Fox Meadow this year about the closures being inconvenient. I didn’t receive any other complaints or concerns about the road closures on Halloween. This year we used Everbridge, our emergency notification system, to give the community a heads up about these road closures as well.