••• “The Battery Park City Authority plans to spend $5.3 million on repairs to the Irish Hunger Memorial, which was built in 2001 at a cost of $5 million. The Authority also considered demolishing or relocating the structure, because the financial upside of such a move could amount to ‘hundreds of millions of dollars,’ according to BPCA chair Dennis Mehiel.” Thank goodness there are no more hungry people in the world, or the amount of money spent on this memorial would really be embarrassing. —Broadsheet

••• “Seven Brooklyn youths were arrested after allegedly attacking a female near her Seaport home and attempting to take the victim’s phone and bag.” They were age 12 to 18. —Tribeca Trib

••• A profile of Miami-based art collector Martin Z. Margulies, who has an apartment in Tribeca. —New York Times

••• “This evening, the Executive Director of the Archdiocese Jerry Dimitriou, will give a presentation on the new St. Nicholas National Shrine.” —Broadsheet

••• “Starbucks Coffee has signed a lease for 1,100 square feet on the ground floor at 222 Broadway.” That’s two blocks from the one in the Woolworth Building. —Commercial Observer

••• Outer-borough politicians oppose the commonsensical plan of putting tolls on the East River bridges. —New York Post

••• 45 Park Place update: “Building permits for the [70-story mid-block] project were approved this week and construction will start in the first quarter.” —Real Deal