Just catching up to the past month's of meetings, including applications for sidewalk cafes, cannabis and updates on the jail. / 4 comments
The MTA has released some numbers: traffic is down around 8 percent. But neighbors report an even bigger change. / 18 comments
The MTA is aiming to phase out MetroCards, though there is no set date. In the meantime, every station is getting one OMNY machine and keeping one MetroCard machine.
Plus 7 Platt tops out; billionaire sells apartment on Hubert; a cool loft furnished by Jean Lin of Colony.
Two economics students built a tracker that compares traffic data on 15 commuter routes from before Jan. 5, when congestion pricing began, to now. / 10 comments
The sidewalk on Park Place has been cut off since 2016, and now maybe forever. / 7 comments
The ups and downs -- though overall down -- of the storefront vacancies in the neighborhood. / 8 comments
Barring any last-minute injunctions, the tolling program for Downtown will start on Saturday at midnight. / 74 comments
A list of the 25 posts that received the most traffic over the past year, reflecting both the ups and downs and significant losses.
A new study from the city shows that Lower Manhattan has the highest storefront vacancy rates in the city. / 5 comments
Plus dubious street art on Franklin; PS 150 to hold its Lunar New Year celebration. / 1 comment
Plus a passage opens east of Broadway on Duane; Star Light Star Bright art installation in Fidi; Duane Park Groundhog Day fundraiser. / 10 comments
Society has lost its mind letting people walk around outdoors with masks on as if it's not obviously insanely suspicious.... — person / Carjacking on North Moore has a happy ending…
I'm okay with extra reinforcing, recalling what happened at Pfizer's residential conversion on 42nd Street. Demolition could have been dusty... — Gary / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
I am curious how they came to the decision to rehabilitate the existing structure rather than just tear it down.... — Reademan / Construction Update: 100 Franklin / 250 Church
There is widespread agreement that the illegal Canal vendors are destroying the quality of life for local residents because they... — lowrider / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
Well said! — Robert Ripps / Demolition should start soon on the Tribeca Pharmacy building
Can we please stop calling them “vendors”!! A vendor runs a business that sells merchandise to other businesses. E.g. a... — S. / In the News: More on the counterfeit vendors of Canal Street
There are still many free attractions on Governors Island. Well worth the trip over. — JS Miller / Seen & Heard: Ess-a-Bagel getting ready on Murray