BROOKFIELD PLACE WILL BE OPENING AN ICE RINK
This time, it’ll be on the plaza in front of the Winter Garden.

SUSPECTED PREDATOR ARRESTED AT BALL FIELDS
But the parents of the kids approached by the guy don’t want to file a complaint.

IN THE NEWS
••• 9/30: Beloved Red Hook bakery Baked is opening on Church Street. Plus: Mysterious parachutists near the Goldman Sachs compound; man arrested for carrying samurai sword; Khe-Yo review.
••• 10/1: Tribeca’s Kitchen is moving forward (with just beer and wine). Plus: When Tribeca had an elevated railway; Village Voice moving to FiDi; 22 River Terrace being sold; ice rink details.
••• 10/2: New kosher steakhouse. Plus: Jungsik gets upgraded by Michelin; Pier 25 playground fundraisers; was the oldest photo of New York City taken in Tribeca?; micro apartments.

WILL DANCING BE ALLOWED AT REMIX?
Also on the Community Board 1 agendas for October: Desbrosses bar; Smashburger opening in FiDi; proposed rooftop addition for the Atalanta on N. Moore; P.S. 234 crossing guard; Chase Manhattan Plaza explanation; a chance to see inside 4 World Trade Center.

HUDSON RIVER PARK UPDATE
At the Hudson River Park Trust board meeting, Nicole Vianna learned about the number of responses to the Pier 26 restaurant RFP, good news about median upkeep, plans for a three-lane lay-by along Pier 26, and more. Read all about it.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 9/30: Another parking lot getting developed? Plus: Bikers on the rampage; fencing the lawn at Washington Market Park; free geraniums. NOTE: The comments about the bikers are worth reading.
••• 10/1: Biker rally video. Plus: Joy Gryson sample sale starts today; American Flatbread is now delivering; participate in the world’s largest bhangra dance; Loft Tour correction.
••• 10/2: Gourmet Garage rumors. Plus: Plywood down at the new wine bar, Terra; NYPD community meeting; shopping to benefit Washington Market Park; kale party tonight.

FIELD TRIP: FDR FOUR FREEDOMS PARK
I figured I’d never have reason to go to Roosevelt Island again, but that was before architect Louis I. Kahn’s monument to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his “four freedoms” opened last year. Is it worth the schlep?