NYC Permit List Shows 2,411 Events for October 31-November 1, 2026
The NYC permit list shows 2,411 permitted events for October 31 to November 1, 2026, up 7.3% from the same weekend a year earlier. DOT lists show 1,693 street blocks with a construction work window overlapping that weekend.
Key figures
- 2,411 permitted events, October 31 to November 1, 2026
- 7.3% increase over November 1-2, 2025
- 878 permitted events in Manhattan
- 82.1% youth and adult sports permits
- 1,693 street blocks with an overlapping DOT work window
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Permitted events for October 31 to November 1, 2026
The permit list shows 2,411 permitted events for Saturday, October 31, and Sunday, November 1, 2026, citywide. That is up 7.3% from the 2,246 events in the same weekend a year earlier, November 1-2, 2025.
Each event permitted for a day is counted for that day, and a permit does not confirm that an event will take place.
Saturday's daily count was 1,343 permitted events citywide, and Sunday's was 1,068.
In the archive, Saturday, November 1, 2025, had 1,159 permitted events citywide, and Sunday, November 2, 2025, had 1,087.
Borough counts from Manhattan to Staten Island, October 31 to November 1, 2026
Manhattan led with 878 permitted events, followed by Brooklyn with 647 and Queens with 550.
The Bronx had 242 permitted events and Staten Island had 94.
Saturday's borough counts were 499 in Manhattan, 363 in Brooklyn, 293 in Queens, 149 in the Bronx and 39 in Staten Island.
Sunday's were 379 in Manhattan, 284 in Brooklyn, 257 in Queens, 93 in the Bronx and 55 in Staten Island.
In 2025, Manhattan recorded 448 permitted events on November 1 and 410 on November 2. Brooklyn recorded 286 and 263, Queens 282 and 271, the Bronx 107 and 82, and Staten Island 36 and 61.
Street-oriented events and youth and adult sports permits, October 31 to November 1, 2026
Street-oriented permitted events numbered 120, covering parades, street festivals, single-block festivals, block parties, street events, athletic races and tours, and Open Streets partner events.
A year earlier, the same types numbered 39 in the archive for November 1-2, 2025.
Street events numbered 63, block parties 24 and parades 17.
Youth and adult sports permits made up 82.1% of all permitted events that weekend.
Full street closures for events and DOT construction blocks, October 31 to November 1, 2026
Of the permitted events, 112 carried a full street closure, and Brooklyn had the most among the boroughs with 55.
The DOT construction closure list, pulled October 27, 2026, shows 1,693 street blocks with a work window overlapping the weekend citywide. The list gives dates, not hours, and a full closure permit may close a street for only part of the time.
Queens had 640 blocks with a work window overlapping the weekend, Manhattan 401, Staten Island 291, Brooklyn 236 and the Bronx 125.
Blocks listed under the work purpose 'DOT IN-HOUSE PAVING' numbered 903, 'DOT IN-HOUSE MILLING' 538, and 'OCCUPANCY OF ROADWAY AS STIPULATED' 386.
An earlier DOT list, pulled October 24, 2026, showed 1,421 blocks with a work window overlapping the same weekend. Compared with that list, the DOT list pulled October 27, 2026, shows a 19.1% increase.
Computed figures in this story (27)
Each value's source, query and retrieval time are recorded. Every number in the text maps to one of the values below or to a dated record from the story's sources.
- O1 permitted events [all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026, Saturday and Sunday together, an event permitted on both days is counted on each day; NYC permit list]: 2,411
- O2 permitted events [all boroughs, November 1-2, 2025, the same weekend a year earlier; NYC permit archive]: 2,246
- O3 change in permitted events [all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026 against November 1-2, 2025]: 7.3% (increase)
- O4 permitted events [Manhattan, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 878
- O5 permitted events [Brooklyn, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 647
- O6 permitted events [Queens, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 550
- O7 permitted events [Bronx, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 242
- O8 permitted events [Staten Island, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 94
- O9 youth and adult sports permits as a share of all permitted events [all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 82.1%
- O10 street-oriented permitted events [parades, street festivals, single-block festivals, block parties, street events, athletic races and tours, Open Streets partner events; all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 120
- O11 street-oriented permitted events [same types; all boroughs, November 1-2, 2025, the same weekend a year earlier]: 39
- O12 street events among the permitted events [all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 63
- O13 block parties among the permitted events [all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 24
- O14 parades among the permitted events [all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 17
- O15 permitted events with a full street closure [all boroughs, October 31 to November 1, 2026]: 112
- O16 permitted events with a full street closure [Brooklyn, October 31 to November 1, 2026; the most among the boroughs]: 55
- O17 street blocks whose DOT construction work window overlaps the weekend [citywide, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026; the list gives dates, not hours, and a full closure permit may close a street for only part of the time]: 1,693
- O18 street blocks with a construction work window overlapping the weekend [Queens, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 640
- O19 street blocks with a construction work window overlapping the weekend [Manhattan, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 401
- O20 street blocks with a construction work window overlapping the weekend [Staten Island, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 291
- O21 street blocks with a construction work window overlapping the weekend [Brooklyn, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 236
- O22 street blocks with a construction work window overlapping the weekend [Bronx, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 125
- O23 blocks listed under the work purpose 'DOT IN-HOUSE PAVING' [citywide, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 903
- O24 blocks listed under the work purpose 'DOT IN-HOUSE MILLING' [citywide, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 538
- O25 blocks listed under the work purpose 'OCCUPANCY OF ROADWAY AS STIPULATED' [citywide, October 31 to November 1, 2026; DOT list pulled October 27, 2026]: 386
- O26 street blocks whose work window overlaps the same weekend [citywide, October 31 to November 1, 2026; the earlier DOT list pulled October 24, 2026]: 1,421
- O27 change in the blocks overlapping the weekend between the earlier and the latest DOT list [citywide, October 31 to November 1, 2026; pulled October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026]: 19.1% (increase)
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