••• “The failed downtown Manhattan condo conversion, Tribeca 5 [283 W. Broadway, between Canal and Sixth], will be reborn as the home of a new collegiate, sober-housing facility operated by Hazelden, one of the world’s largest providers of substance-, alcohol- and drug-abuse addiction treatment centers. Hazelden claims it will be the first of its kind in New York City. […] The new Tribeca housing facility will target young adults age 18-29, who have recovered from alcohol and drug abuse and need post-treatment services. The second through sixth floors will house up to 30 students, six per floor, while the first floor and basement will be used for recovery programs and meetings.” (Crain’s)

••• Weather Up Tribeca debuted its official menu. Nibblybits galore! (Grub Street)

••• “Police are looking for three men who allegedly robbed four Pace University students at gunpoint in a Lower Manhattan apartment Sunday afternoon. Police said the four male students, all 20 years old, were in the Financial District apartment of two of the students around 3:10 p.m., Dec. 13, when a trio of unidentified men kicked in the front door and rushed into the apartment at 33 Gold Street with black handguns drawn and pointed at them.” (Tribeca Trib)

••• The owners of Bin 220 on Front Street have opened a beer bar, Keg 229, down the block. (Downtown Express)

••• Right on: “Residents are calling on the city to close the bike path through City Hall Park after near misses between cyclists and pedestrians. ‘People come flying in and out of that park, and it’s dangerous,’ said Paul Hovitz, a longtime downtown resident who was nearly hit by a cyclist one evening this fall. At Hovitz’s urging, Community Board 1’s Youth and Education Committee passed a resolution Tuesday night urging the city to reroute the bikes elsewhere.” (DNAinfo)

••• Want to see the tiny ice rink at the W New York Downtown? (DNAinfo)

••• This is a decade old but I just came across it: Photos of Mariah Carey’s Tribeca duplex, designed by Mario Buatta. (Architectural Digest)