For my road, a couple of the residents took the initiative of setting up a WhatsApp group and then dropping a note through the door of every house in the road giving the details and inviting them to join. Not everybody did, but they had the opportunity to. People moving into the road since then were also contacted. So if nobody has done that in Friern Road, I guess you could always start a group yourself? I've found ours very useful for sharing information.