 | |  | | No. 1 | Fortnightly · Free | Thursday 29 October 2026 |
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| T | his is the first Doorstep, an email every other Thursday about Finsbury Park and the streets around it, from Crouch Hill to Woodberry Down. We read the council registers and venue listings so you don't have to. If you spot something we've missed, reply to this email. We start on Blackstock Road, where a Dalston bakery is getting ready to open. |
| Opening The Dusty Knuckle is coming to Blackstock RoadThe Dalston bakery is opening a café at 81 Blackstock Road, after its Harringay site at 429 Green Lanes. MyLondon says November and Hot Dinners (last updated Tue 29 Sep) says early November. The bakery is hiring front-of-house staff for the site, but there's no opening date yet. We'll tell you when the doors open. Read it |  | Getting around |
No Piccadilly line at Finsbury Park or Manor HouseNo trains between Cockfosters and Uxbridge from Wed 28 to Fri 30 Oct, then none on the whole line Sat 31 Oct to Sun 1 Nov. Replacement bus PL6 runs from Finsbury Park via Manor House. Wed 28 Oct to Sun 1 Nov | Step-free access cut for outbound trains at Finsbury ParkPlanned work means no step-free access to eastbound Piccadilly or northbound Victoria trains until at least Sun 8 Nov. TfL suggests Caledonian Road, King's Cross St Pancras or Tottenham Hale; check before you travel. Mon 26 Oct to at least Sun 8 Nov · Finsbury Park station |
|  | What's on |
Last days of "Criminal" at the Museum of HomelessnessA free exhibition on 400 years of homelessness treated as a crime, with new work by several artists. Open 12.30-4.30pm; no booking needed for groups under eight. Thu 29 Oct, 12.30pm to Sat 31 Oct · Museum of Homelessness, by Manor House Gate · free More | Drop-in cityscape craft for families, after Jacob Lawrence Thu 29 Oct, 2.30pm · Woodberry Down Library, N4 2HF · free More | Samhain folk night at New River StudiosFolk in the Wild's night for Samhain, with the duo Joshua Arnold & Therine and Naiad, in the Harringay Warehouse District. Tickets via Mood; no price published. Thu 29 Oct, 7.30pm · New River Studios, 199 Eade Road More | Pop-up cabaret in the long-closed Old DairyThe Halloween launch of Finsbury Park Cabaret's pop-up nights in the former pub, with five acts including Tony Moore and Kiki Noir. Doors 7pm, £25 on the door; over-18s only. More on Sat 28 Nov and Sat 12 Dec. Sat 31 Oct, 8pm · The Old Dairy, 1-3 Crouch Hill · £20 plus booking fee (£17.50 students) Tickets | D.O.V.E., the California anarcho-peace punks, play their first UK show Fri 6 Nov, 7.30pm · New River Studios, 199 Eade Road · £12 (plus £1.20 booking fee) Tickets | Free bike checks at the park caféDr Bike looks over any bike for free, 10am-2pm, at the café on Endymion Road. It's monthly, so if you miss this one it's back Sat 12 Dec. Sat 14 Nov, 10am · Finsbury Park Cafe, Endymion Road · free More | 600 bottles of Top Cuvée's own Beaujolais NouveauIt's old-vine Gamay from growers the team has bought from for years. Pre-order now to collect from the shop or have it delivered from release day. Thu 19 Nov, 12.01am · Top Cuvée, 177 Blackstock Road · £16 More |
| |  | Council and planning |
A licence for Newroz 2027 in Finsbury ParkHaringey is consulting on a large-event licence for the Kurdish New Year celebration in the park on Sun 21 Mar 2027: live and recorded music and dance, 11.30am-6pm. Have your say | Hackney's plans for the Clissold Park play areaHackney wants views on the equipment, the sandpit and bike and scooter parking for the play area, across Green Lanes from Brownswood. Drop in at the play area on Fri 30 Oct, 1.30-4.30pm, or fill in the survey. Hackney's page gives no closing date, but the Clissold Park User Group says it closes Fri 6 Nov, so don't leave it late. The consultation | Licence review at La Plaza de Yirda, Seven Sisters RoadHaringey is consulting on a review of the premises licence for La Plaza de Yirda, the restaurant at 487 Seven Sisters Road. Haringey's notice gives the grounds as the prevention of crime and disorder, the prevention of public nuisance and public safety; nothing has been decided. To support the restaurant or raise a concern, email licensing@haringey.gov.uk. Have your say |
|  | In the news |
New murals by Finsbury Park stationIslington Council says two murals based on residents' ideas are now up on Wells Terrace and inside the station. Read it | Up to 3,083 homes planned for Woodberry DownThe Hackney Gazette reports the application (ref 2026/1916) for Phase 5 of the estate's regeneration, on land between Seven Sisters Road and Newnton Close. Read it | Questions for TfL on a lift at Manor HouseWDCO, the Woodberry Down residents' body, plans to ask TfL whether anyone has ever studied a lift for Manor House, citing the inclined lift built at Greenford in 2015. Read it |
|  | Regulars worth knowing |
FoodCycle's free community meal, no booking Saturdays, 1pm · Andover Estate Community Centre, Corker Walk | Soup kitchen and food bank, no referral needed Sundays, sign-up from 10.30am, hot meals noon-2pm · St John the Evangelist, Queen's Drive, N4 2LW | Free Sadler's Wells dance class for over-50s, lunch after Thursdays, 11am-12.30pm · Brickworks, 42 Crouch Hill | Street Legends chess, honouring players who learned in shelters Fridays, 12.30-4.30pm; last listed date Fri 30 Oct · Museum of Homelessness | Monthly nappy swap First Tuesday of the month, 9-10.30am · Islington Ecology Centre, 191 Drayton Park |
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