IPPODO GALLERY OPEN HOUSE ON THURSDAY
The most recent addition to the Tribeca Gallery District, Ippodo Gallery, opens on Thursday with a reception from 5 to 8p at 35 N. Moore. The Japanese gallery, which has another location in Tokyo, will open with “Light and Abundance,” an exhibit highlighting the rich use of gold in traditional mediums. The collection features contemporary masterworks by distinguished artists in lacquer, metal, Nihonga painting and ceramics. More soon when I get over there.

53 BEACH STREET HAS SOLD
The WeWork building (it once housed the Montessori school) at the corner of Beach and Collister, 53 Beach, sold for $34 million. See more on the building, which is in the Tribeca West Historic District, here.

TAKING ON RATS IN HUDSON SQUARE
The Hudson Square BID is now using Burrow RX, the Parks Department’s favorite new tool in the war on rats, which uses hot carbon dioxide to kill them in their burrows (watch the video!). The BID said that NYC has experienced the fourth-highest increase in the rat population among 16 major cities — hard to believe we are not #1 in this category… And what’s driving it? Climate change.

SMORGASBURG OPENS ON APRIL 4
Smorgasburg, the prepared food market out of Williamsburg, will reopen for the season at the Oculus on April 4, 11a. I had to dig for that info — more when they send a release about new vendors. It will run every Friday through October.