Pleasantville Halloween Fun, 5K Set For Oct. 26

PLEASANTVILLE, NY — The village will hold its annual Ragamuffin Parade and Harvest Day festivities on Saturday. The parade starts at 11 a.m. Add to that the Tina Gambino 5K and the weekly Pleasantville Farmers Market and it's a full day with a lot of implications for anyone trying to get around.

First, the parade. Everyone who's marching should be at the Bedford Road School by 10:30 a.m. to line up.

Bedford Road will be closed from approximately 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, between Academy St and Memorial Plaza, for the Ragamuffin Parade.

Afterward there will be a host of activities including pumpkin decorating, rides and entertainment in Memorial Plaza.

Pleasantville police remind everyone that no parking will be allowed from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Memorial Plaza parking lot. That's due not only to the festivities but the Pleasantville Farmers Market. Signs will be posted and cars will be towed.

There will also be road closures throughout the village Saturday for the Tina Gambino 5K, run annually to honor the Pleasantville 17-year-old who died in 2004 and to raise scholarship money for the foundation in her memory. The following roads will be closed at least temporarily 9 a.m. through 10:30 a.m.

• Romer Ave
• Bedford Rd (between Tompkins Ave and Clark St.)
• Ashland Ave
• Nannahagan Rd
• Broadway / Rte 141 (S/B, between Manville Rd and Lake St)
• Manville Rd / Rte 117 (E/B, between Bedford Rd and Tompkins Ave)
• Tompkins Ave (N/B, between Bedford Rd and Manville Rd)

More information on the 5K is available here.