Nov. 12 at 3 p.m. Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor Street.

The event is free and open to the public and will be at the library, at 12 Astor Street.

In his ground floor apartment in a restored mansion on Astor Street here, Jonathan Black could hear them scrambling around in his kitchen cupboards.

Exterminators recently have cut the rat population on Astor Street, but not before Mr. Black decided to change neighborhoods.

Fuffi of Irvington, 12 North Astor Street, Irvington, (914)591-0099.

His former residence is on Astor Street which was given landmark status in 1975 by then mayor Richard J. Daley.

Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor Street.

Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor Street.

He converted the third floor of his house at 638 Astor Street into a theatre where his daughters' stage group gave amateur performances for friends and family.

He had a townhouse at 1435 Astor Street in Chicago, Illinois, and a summer house at Lake Forest, Illinois.