Plus Nassau Street between Fulton and John will be closed for much of the month; Battery Park City hosts a chess tournament this week.
Chosen for having made a major commitment to this neighborhood – its people, places or both. There’s no formula for what qualifies someone as the Citizen of the Month, only that you will know him when you see him. / 24 comments
A local costume designer and fashion product developer decided to put on a show, starting Spotlight Kids to show local kids the theater ropes, from costume design to set making to lights up.
Plus Tutto Il Giorno is now open for lunch on Saturdays; neighborhood ice rinks are warming up; Brookfield hosts a contest for the most creative use cans.
The Downtown Giants, founded 13 years ago by a local parent who wanted a football program for his own kids, has added lacrosse in that same spirit and already has 60 kids enrolled. / 3 comments
The bilingual elementary school, which took over the former Church Street School last fall, gives kids exposure to German language, culture and curricula. / 1 comment
Plus a peek at the renovated lounge at the AKA hotel (for guests only); lead testing in Washington Market Park; a Halloween maker event for kids at Portfolio School. / 3 comments
The national preschool network has opened its fourth New York City franchise here, with 11 classrooms and room for 142 kids.
Plus this year's hottest Halloween candy; a hunt for the perfect $900,000 apartment in Fidi; the floating billboard of yesteryear; we are not getting more resilient.
Plus Maison Kayser declines to say why; creepy fowl on display in Hudson Square; open house at Buckle My Shoe; free wifi for Wagner, Teardrop and Rockefeller. / 1 comment
The city estimated that 60,000 kids -- and some adults -- took to local streets on Friday to get world leaders to wake up and smell the warming planet. / 1 comment
A local competitive swimmer realizes her Bard classmates don't know how to swim, so she teaches them. Her goal now? Offer free swim lessons to every high schooler in the city. / 1 comment
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