NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHY ISN’T THE PS 89 YARD OPEN?
A reader reports that the PS 89 playground, which was part of the Schoolyards to Playgrounds program, was no longer open on weekends.

BMCC Tribeca PAC presents Cirque-tacular’s Spooktacular, in Association with DCA Productions on Saturday, October 18, at 3PM. Spooks, specters, and scaredy-cats contort and cavort through a high-flying circus of scare. Vampire’s soar, skeletons stagger, and acrobatic cats romp through a humorously haunted bazaar of the bizarre. Indulge your inner eerie in this family-friendly, bone-chilling delight! Cirque-tacular Productions is considered one of the premiere acrobatic production companies
in the United States. All Ages | Sponsored

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BUDDHA-BAR, CLOSED FOR MONTHS, IS TAKING RESERVATIONS
The restaurant space is for rent, but they are still charging for reservations via OpenTable that are not cancelled in advance.

SEEN & HEARD
Local theater company’s new show. Plus Davidoff humidor has closed in Brookfield; Mexi is open on Stone Street; Healthybaby has closed on Warren.

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NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHAT IS THAT GREEN FENCE IN CITY HALL PLAZA?
…It’s been there for years.

IN THE NEWS
Are you a true New Yorker? Plus the world according to Roya; here come the urban country clubs; subsidizing film and TV shoots.

TRIBECA TOWN HALL MEETING NEXT WEEK
Chris Marte will speak at a meeting about development. Plus The New Yorkers podcast with a longtime Tribecan; Maum Market at the Seaport; emergency preparedness panel at Downtown Community Center.

SEEN & HEARD
New martial arts for kids in Fidi. Plus a paper shredding day in Washington Market Park; Wasserman volunteers chip in; Carini carpets is once again Carini Lang.

IN THE NEWS: “I’M NOT TRYING TO BE DIFFICULT”
Tribeca Grill’s Drew Nieporent pens a memoir. Plus the decade-long battle for a bench; Jake Gyllenhaal decamps; still waiting on pedestrian study of Fidi.

NOSY NEIGHBOR: WHY ARE BRICKS MISSING AROUND THE GAZEBO?
A. wrote: “Every time I go there is a big hole where a bunch of them used to be.”