Which day this month will your car be stuck on the wrong side of a barricade? In Coronado Village and the Cays, that date is the first thing to put on the October calendar. Taste of Coronado, "Grease" and the Halloween events can all be planned after it.
The City has said it will keep roads open to businesses, hospitals, hotels, Navy facilities, boat clubs and the Ferry Landing, with traffic control where needed. Residential streets close in phases on the day crews apply the slurry. So the places you go this month stay reachable, and the only real constraint is your own block on its one day.
The orange door notice beats every other calendar
Prep work started on Sept. 15. Crews have been doing localized pavement repairs, concrete and gutter work, crack sealing and striping removal ahead of the slurry. The City Manager's Oct. 2 update set the start for Monday, Oct. 5. 'No Parking' signs go up 72 hours before work begins, and more notices will be handed out as crews move through.
The Cays have the most detailed schedule so far. The Coronado Cays HOA October newsletter lists work from Oct. 7 through Oct. 20, as of Sept. 25. Closures run 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The HOA tells residents to go by the orange notice on their door for their exact date. If you'll need your car, move it to a neighboring street before work starts.
| Date | Cays streets on the schedule |
|---|---|
| Wed., Oct. 7 | Gingertree Lane, south end of Half Moon Bend, Sixpence Way, Sandpiper Strand, The Point, Catspaw Cape from the clubhouse to 85 Catspaw Cape, The Inlet, Tobago Way, Bridgetown Bend, St. Christopher's Lane |
| Thu., Oct. 8 | North half of Jamaica Village Road, north end of Half Moon Bend, Green Turtle Road, east half of Admiralty Cross, northern half of Bahama Bend through Catspaw Cape, west Kingston Court, Buccaneer Way, Spinnaker Way |
| Tue., Oct. 13 | South half of Jamaica Village Road, west half of Admiralty Cross, Antigua Court, Half Penny Lane, Trinidad Bend, east and south Kingston Court |
| Wed., Oct. 14 | South halves of Catspaw Cape and Bahama Bend, north end of Port of Spain Road, Blue Anchor Road, Aruba Bend, west Mardi Gras Road, plus lanes on Grand Caribe Causeway and Cays Boulevard |
| Thu., Oct. 15 | West half of Blue Anchor Road, south half of Port of Spain Road, Aruba Bend, east Mardi Gras Road, half of the Cays entrance |
| Fri., Oct. 16 | St. Kitts Way, Port Royale Road from Tobago to Aruba Bend, the other half of the Cays entrance |
| Mon., Oct. 19 | Inside lanes of Cays Boulevard from Grand Caribe Causeway to Blue Anchor Cay Road, the Cays parking lot, the street in front of the fire station |
| Tue., Oct. 20 | Cays Park parking lot, the street in front of the fire station |
Some streets show up twice. Wider roads like Jamaica Village Road and Blue Anchor Road are being done in halves on different days, and so is the Cays entrance. That way one side stays drivable while the other side is closed. Monday, Oct. 12 has no scheduled work, and it's also the bulky-garbage pickup day on the regular Monday collection.
The Village has no street-by-street list yet. The City said in September that a detailed schedule would follow once dates were confirmed, and that residents should expect temporary traffic and parking impacts as the work moves through. Until then, the door notices and the 72-hour signs are your schedule. The City's slurry seal page lists two numbers for questions. Pavement Coatings Co. is at 714-826-3011, and the City is at 619-948-4770.
The other cones, along SR-75
A second project has been running since spring, and for anyone headed south on the island it adds to the slurry work. The SR-75 median between Pomona Avenue and Rendova Road is getting new landscaping and irrigation, upgraded streetlights, better drainage, and a wider median near the Recreation Center and pool. On weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., one lane in each direction is closed next to the median.
One change will last after the cones are gone. At Avenida de las Arenas, the City's plan removes the north-side crosswalk and installs compliant barricades. If you walk across there, you'll need the remaining crossing. When the City posted the project notice on March 27, it expected substantial completion by November. We haven't found a newer project update, so treat November as the spring forecast.
What opened on Orange Avenue while the island was busy with summer
With destinations open and only home streets closing, Orange Avenue is the easy outing this month, and the 1300 block has two new tenants. By The Sea opened in mid-August on the second floor at 1300 Orange Ave. The menu is Mediterranean with a focus on seafood. A few doors down, Brio Recovery Studio and Wellness Market soft-opened on Sept. 21 at 1330 Orange Ave., Suite 120. It combines recovery treatments with wellness retail.
At the north end of Orange, two familiar names are between chapters.
- The Little Club left its longtime home at 132 Orange Ave. in March after it couldn't get a long enough lease. At the time, owner Tim Turner was looking for another Coronado location.
- Nicky Rottens at 100 Orange Ave. was reported temporarily closed in late June for a renovation and a new concept. The owner said it planned to reopen, according to SanDiegoVille, and we haven't seen a date announced.
At the Ferry Landing, Social Syndicate has been planned for the empty parcel just east of Il Fornaio. A Port estimate from last November projected a December 2026 opening. A December 2025 groundbreaking story estimated 16 to 18 months of construction instead. In June the Port approved a lease option for the Ferry Landing, which puts the larger redevelopment of the center in 2027. For this October, the Ferry Landing is one of the places the City is keeping open during the slurry work. Its next restaurant is still a later story.
The October calendar, matched to the slurry weeks
The month's events cluster at a few places that stay open: Orange Avenue, Spreckels Park, the Performing Arts Center on D Avenue, and The Del. Here they are in date order, with the overlapping slurry days noted where it helps.
- Wednesday, Oct. 7. A Taste of Coronado. Restaurants, bars and shops offer tastings, according to the Coronado Junior Woman's Club. Discover Coronado's events page lists Oct. 8, but the organizer says the 7th. It's also the first day of Cays closures, so if your street is on the Oct. 7 list, park on a neighboring street the night before.
- Oct. 15 to 18. CoSA's "Grease." One weekend only at the Coronado Performing Arts Center, 650 D Avenue. The Thursday and Friday shows fall on Cays work days.
- Tuesday, Oct. 27 and Thursday, Oct. 29. CoSA Digital Arts Horror Nights. Now in its 17th year, this year's show is "Myths and Magic: Tales from the Edge of Reality." It's in the Black Box Theater at Coronado High School, with doors at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students, staff, seniors and military at cosasandiego.com. The show is recommended for middle schoolers and older.
- Thursday, Oct. 29. 3-D Pumpkin Sculpting Workshop. A beginner-friendly, three-hour class with a professional artist, 4 to 7 p.m. at the John D. Spreckels Center. Pumpkins and tools are bought separately, and you get a supply list when you register.
- Oct. 28 to 31. "A Haunting in Venice" gondola cruises. The Gondola Company adds phantom gondoliers and soft organ music to private 50-minute nighttime cruises through Coronado's canals and waterways.
- Halloween season at The Del, dates on the hotel's event pages. Beachside pumpkin carving, a private bonfire Ghost Roast with s'mores, the Haunted Happenings Tour, and An Evening with the Spirits, which covers the Kate Morgan legend and the hotel's collection of reportedly haunted records.
- Friday, Oct. 30. Halloween Happening. Free, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Spreckels Park, with trick-or-treating, crafts, prizes and a life-size Candyland game. Afterward, the Coronado Public Library at 640 Orange Ave. continues with Halloween activities from 6 p.m.
The Coronado Times Halloween roundup has booking links for the gondola and The Del events.
Most of the dated Halloween events fall after Oct. 20, the last day on the Cays schedule. Early November follows right behind. The Coronado Island Film Festival lists Nov. 4 to 8. The City's special-events calendar runs it through Monday, Nov. 9, so check the festival's final schedule. The Silver Strand Half Marathon is Sunday, Nov. 8.
If your door notice says Oct. 15, park on the next street over the night before. Then book "Grease" at 650 D Avenue for the weekend shows instead of the Thursday performance.
Knowing which streets close on which day is the same block-by-block attention that matters when you buy or sell on the island. If you'd like a Coronado agent who follows the island at that level, Barbara Huba is glad to talk whenever it suits you, whether that's this month or after the paving is done.
