Best Halloween Events in NYC; New 86th Street B/C Station Mosaics; Central Park's Unique Mandarin Duck Visitor

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

• 6sqft ⇒ Reopened 86th Street B,C Station Boasts New Murals Inspired by Central Park and Beaux-Arts Architecture
• Bedford + Bowery ⇒ Julie Gaines Dishes on Fishs Eddy in a New Book About NYC’s Quirkiest Dinnerware Shop
• Brooklyn Based ⇒ Sip and Slide: Where to Eat and Drink Near Brooklyn Playgrounds
• Curbed NY ⇒ Track All of NYC’s Public Waterfront Spaces on This Interactive Map
• Daytonian in Manhattan ⇒ The Thalman Stables - 129 Charles Street
• Gothamist ⇒ New Yorkers' True Stories of Actually Haunting Subway Experiences
• New York Post ⇒ Historic Building to Get Massive Modern-Day Facelift
• New York Times ⇒ A Mandarin Duck Mysteriously Appears in Central Park, to Birders’ Delight
• Second Ave. Sagas ⇒ As Lawsuit Awaits, DOT, MTA Unveil April Start Date for L Train Shutdown
• The Bridge ⇒ Apple Discovers a New Stage for Its Fanfare: Brooklyn
• Thrillist ⇒ Dance With a Pumpkin, Kiss a Witch, and Scare a Spider: It’s Halloween in NYC!
• Tribeca Citizen ⇒ Seen & Heard: Smorgasburg Will Open in Lower Manhattan
• Untapped Cities ⇒ Walk the Abandoned Tracks of the Montauk Cutoff at Sunnyside Yard in Long Island City
• Uptown Collective ⇒ The Uptown Tweet of the Week: Nothing Scarier Than Republicans in Office
• Washington Square Park Blog ⇒ This Fabulous Tree Does Fall Right at Washington Square Park