MAMDANI INAUGURATION TO CLOSE BROADWAY ON NEW YEAR’S DAY
A seven-block block party will take place on Broadway from Liberty to Murray from 11a to 3p. The inauguration is at City Hall.

SEEN & HEARD
Scaffold comes down on Staple. Plus the SotoMethod expands to the Upper East Side; Friends of Barnett Newman is now a plaza partner; xmas trees can be composted weekly.

FIELD TRIP: THE FRICK COLLECTION
The collection of Renaissance to 19th Century art was closed for five years and reopened in April on the Upper East Side.

A STROLL TO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FIREHOUSES
The FDNY knows how to put on a show at Christmas. This stroll will take you to all five firehouses in the neighborhood, ending with the most poignant one.

BABYCOTTONS AND WILLOW & ZOEY ARE LEAVING;
A JEWELER IS COMING IN
The two stores on the corner of Duane and West Broadway will close next month. dComing in is Shahla Karimi, an eponymous fine jewelry brand founded as a hobby on Etsy in 2008.