Where do you park in Brookside in October, when the city is resurfacing the lot behind The Roasterie and the shops have planned their busiest month around it? The schedules suggest you can skip that question. Every event the Brookside Business Association has on the calendar this month is built around walking from one shop to the next. The construction behind 63rd Street will also leave the district with an 8-foot path for people on foot.
The repaving and the parties use the same few blocks, so they are best read as one schedule.
The work behind Bela Napoli and The Roasterie
Inside Brookside described it on September 3 as construction "at 62nd Terrace and Brookside Plaza in the parking lot behind Bela Napoli and The Roasterie." It is the north segment of the city's 63rd St & Trolley Track Trail Project. The Trolley Track Trail has always passed through that lot in a loose way. When the work is done, a dedicated 8-foot multipurpose lane will carry walkers and runners from 62nd Terrace to 63rd Street.
The city's most recent update is dated September 8, 2026. It said concrete work on that stretch was nearly finished and should reopen to the public within two weeks, and the published timeline set September 24 as the completion date. As of today the city has not posted a confirmation that the link has reopened, so check the project page before planning a run on it.
The next phase affects anyone who drives in. The city's timeline lists three separate mill-and-overlay jobs, each starting in October and each due by November 1:
- the north parking lot
- Brookside Plaza
- 62nd Terrace
The city's closure plan splits the lot into sections. Two sections close for several days in early October and a third closes for several days in mid-October while crews resurface each one. No exact calendar dates had been published as of the last update. After the paving, the community improvement district expects to finish its Trolley Track Trail improvements by the end of November.
October, laid out against the paving schedule
Here is the month in order, with what the construction schedule says about each date.
| Date | Event | Where | Construction context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat., Oct. 3, 1–5 p.m. | Sierra Winter Jewelry Fest | 6245 Brookside | Early-October lot section closures possible |
| Tue., Oct. 6, 6–8 p.m. | Women-Owned Business recognition party | HJ's Youth and Community Center, 6425 Wornall Rd. | Off the resurfacing footprint |
| Weekends all month | Women-Owned Weekends | Brookside Shops | Overlaps every phase |
| Sat., Oct. 24, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. | Women-owned shop stamp crawl | Historic Brookside Shops | Mid-October closure window should be past; paving due by Nov. 1 |
| Sat., Oct. 31, 4–6 p.m. | Trick-or-Treat Street | Wornall to Main, 62nd Terrace to Meyer | Falls the day before the Nov. 1 paving deadline |
The last row is the one to remember. The city's deadline for finishing all three resurfacing jobs is November 1, the day after Trick-or-Treat Street. If crews stay on schedule, the district's biggest kids' event of the year will be the last thing to happen on the old pavement or the first to use the new pavement.
A month of shops that have been here a long time
October is National Women's Small Business Month, and the Brookside Business Association is using the whole month to recognize the district's women-owned businesses. The association's page points out that some of Brookside's oldest and best-known businesses are women-owned, and that many have been in the neighborhood for 10, 20 and more than 30 years.
The participant list reads like a map of the district. Some highlights from the association's October page:
- Food and drink: Foo's Fabulous Frozen Custard, Cru Bottles & Bistro, Sayachi Sushi, Nothing Bundt Cakes
- Gifts and shopping: Brookside Toy & Science, The Corner Candleshop, Stuff, HomeGrown, Jorjy, LADYCO, Lauren Alexandra, EB and Co., Brookside Party Warehouse, Shop Local KC
- Art and jewelry: Leopold Gallery + Art Consulting, Sierra Winter Jewelry, heARTbeat Studio
- Wellness and personal care: barre3, The Grove Spa, Stretch Zone Brookside, Rolfing Kansas City, ADG Hair Artistry, Paral Salon, BKS Nails, Brookside Barbershop
- Everyday errands: The UPS Store, Mail PKGS Etc., The Brookside Dentist, Paws & Purrvisions
The month starts on Saturday, October 3, when Sierra Winter Jewelry celebrates its tenth anniversary with a Jewelry Fest at 6245 Brookside from 1 to 5 p.m. The party advertises flash tattoos, custom embroidery, palomas and a new jewelry collection.
On Tuesday, October 6, the recognition party moves a few blocks west to HJ's Youth and Community Center at 6425 Wornall Rd. It runs from 6 to 8 p.m. with snacks and drinks from sponsors and a ceremony honoring the owners. RSVPs go through pp.events/bkswow. The venue is on Wornall, away from the lot that is being resurfaced.
October 24 is a walking event
The Saturday, October 24 promotion only works if you walk the district. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., visitors pick up a checklist and collect a stamp at each participating women-owned business. Each stop adds a chance to win a Brookside Prize Pack valued at more than $500. No purchase is necessary. Completed checklists go back to any participating business, and the association will announce the winner the following week.
A full card means crossing 63rd Street, walking up Brookside Plaza and doubling back along the blocks toward Wornall. Those are the same blocks the resurfacing touches. The mid-October section closures are scheduled to be over by then, but the city's full completion date is still a week away. A route that starts on foot from home or from a side-street spot never depends on which section of the lot is open that morning.
Halloween lands on a Saturday
Trick-or-Treat Street usually happens on Halloween itself. This year Halloween falls on a Saturday, so the event runs from 4 to 6 p.m. on October 31 across the historic shops between Wornall and Main, from 62nd Terrace to Meyer Boulevard. The Brookside Business Association says the event draws thousands of kids from across the Kansas City metro. Merchants hand out treats store to store while volunteers direct traffic at the crosswalks, and the association and the CID fund the planning.
62nd Terrace marks the north edge of the event, and it is also one of the three streets on the city's October resurfacing list. A weekend Halloween with no school-day rush in the afternoon could bring a bigger crowd than a weeknight one. For households within walking distance, walking up with a pail is the easiest option.
What's new at the edges of the map
Two newer arrivals add to the case for coming on foot.
Disco Burger opened its first brick-and-mortar restaurant at 600 E. 63rd St. in late August, in the former Flying Horse Taproom space. The Kansas City Star reported a patio, a takeout window, indoor dining and an expanded menu. That menu includes a Denver steak au poivre and chili-seasoned shrimp cocktail alongside the smashburgers that built the brand at its Crossroads pop-ups. Co-founder Matt Chapman told The Star that many early followers were Brookside residents who traveled to the Crossroads, "so we thought, why don't we just put it down in their neighborhood." In late August the reported hours were Wednesday and Thursday 4 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 4 to 11 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Check before you go, since a new restaurant's hours often shift in its first months.
Fleet Feet is headed to 314 W. 63rd St., Suite B. The Kansas City Business Journal reported the Brookside-area store on September 9, and the Brookside Business Association directory still lists it as "Coming Soon." No opening date has been announced. A running store a short jog from a new dedicated trail segment fits the district's direction.
The parts still waiting on funding
The 8-foot lane is the funded piece. The plan also calls for extending the lane south to Meyer Boulevard and improving the small park on 63rd Street near Starbucks, but Inside Brookside reported in September that neither has funding. The city's project page says the same about the south portion, which is still in design and seeking construction funding. City Council approved more than $340,000 for design work on January 15, 2026, and the project's public meetings go back to an open house in August 2023 and an online survey that drew about 550 responses.
So after November, the trail will run on its own path from 62nd Terrace to 63rd Street and then return to its old route through the lot and along the street toward Meyer. Trick-or-Treat Street already covers that full stretch every year, between Wornall and Main, from 62nd Terrace to Meyer, with volunteers at every crosswalk.
At Livin KC, we follow the Brookside Shops through every resurfacing phase, opening and calendar change, because these blocks shape the neighborhood around them. If you're wondering how a finished trail link and a newly paved Brookside Plaza affect what your home near 63rd Street is worth, ask us for a home valuation. We'll walk you through it.
