BIGGER! BETTER! THE NEW COLLECT POND PARK HAS OPENED
The long-overlooked Collect Pond Park has finally reopened after a major renovation, including an expansion, and it’s lovely. The centerpiece is a wide water feature that nods to the area’s history. See the first photos.

SEEN & HEARD
••• 5/22: Cafeteria opposition. Plus: Northwest Tribeca landmark unveiled; elegant Starbucks signage; Washington Market Tavern; Lower Manhattan Tuesdays; 56 Leonard popping up all over.
••• 5/22: La Garçonne is open. Plus: Fundraising drive for Church Street School; El Vez margarita workaround; brownies at Le Pain Quotidien; Showboat Circus; checking in on Canal Street hotels.
••• 5/23: Organic Avenue rumor. Plus: Faking 1920s Havana; the vendors at next weekend’s New Amsterdam Market; Worth Street retail openings; karate open house; Centre Street wine bar.
••• 5/24: Tutto Il Giorno is open. Plus: Homeless Mike has passed away; New York Sports Club renews its lease; new website on area construction projects; Gateway Plaza to finally get heating upgrade; Sherman Zwicker en route; 1 World Trade Center lighting (above).

THE BARLEYCORN COMPROMISE
Residents persuaded the owners to limit the use of the Murray Street entrance. Plus: There will be pizza.

IN THE NEWS
••• 5/22: Another Hideaway. Plus: 9/11 Museum restaurant rant; Time Inc. signs lease here; New York Academy of Art; frightening theft on Desbrosses; Pier 40 deal secretly done months ago; New York Ranger; 1 Wall Street sold; Pier A bells; Seaport food trucks and sailing; Canal Street building.
••• 5/23: Sheldon Silver thinks we’re idiots. Plus: Rowing studio looking to open here; thefts in Tribeca; 9/11 Museum kicks out reporter; Governors Island opens this weekend; South Street Seaport shops and restaurants; jewelry studio.
••• 5/24: Whole Foods Tribeca accused of racism. Plus: Pier A’s Peter Poulakakos; “bitter war” over Southbridge Towers offering plan; Raccoon Lodge theft.

WHERE IN TRIBECA…?
Congratulations to Cookie for correctly identifying last week’s Where in Tribeca…? (Click the link to learn the answer). We’ll play again Friday morning.

WELCOME TO TWEEBECA
Can you believe what @soandso tweeted about Tribeca?