••• “Entrepreneur Indicted After $590 K. Investment Allegedly Produces No Website, Just Tribeca Loft and $26 K. in Groceries.” He founded—or at least said he was founding—a company called On1ave. (Betabeat.com)

••• “Last May, signage alerted Flatiron residents that Dans Le Noir, a dark dining concept from Paris, would open soon on East 21st St. Then in August, they decided on the old Tonic East space in the Lower East Side instead. A few months later, the owners found themselves at a Community Board 1 meeting for a new space on Franklin Street. And now signage is up announcing Dans Le Noir’s fall arrival at a former Andrew’s Coffee Shop on West 38th St.” (Eater)

••• The West Thames Park tire swing is back. (DNAinfo)

••• “Pedestrians crossing Varick Street in Hudson Square no longer have to face Holland Tunnel-bound traffic alone thanks to a $90,000, six-month street-crossing program. The Hudson Square Connection Business Improvement District announced Thursday that they have hired ‘pedestrian traffic managers’ to help keep crosswalks clear during the pilot program.” 1. Crossing around there has always struck me as easy, what with the gridlock. 2. When he was a kid, my partner once went to crossing-guard camp. LMAO! (DNAinfo)

••• Info on Fashion’s Night Out, a.k.a. Sept. 8. (Racked)

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