••• The New York Times profiles New York Nautical in its “Neighborhood Joint” column, but isn’t the store the opposite of a neighborhood joint? Customers come from all over, not just around here.

••• “Seasonal restaurant phenom brothers Alex and Miles Pincus unveiled Pilot yesterday, a seafood restaurant and bar on a boat that’s a follow-up to their other floating hit, Grand Banks. […] Pilot is docked in Brooklyn Heights, at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where it is expected to stay until October.”

••• “One mother’s fight to expose the hazards at Ground Zero.” —Downtown Express

••• “Ariel Lahmi’s Beekman Real Estate Investment Management picked up a Tribeca commercial building [83-85 Worth] for $21 million, which he plans to convert into residential condominiums.” —Real Deal