An hour's drive gets you over the Bear Mountain Bridge to a popular-for-a-reason hike up to a viewy outcropping; 10 minutes away is the waterfront town of Peekskill.
The NYPD has the vestigial remains of the uptown portion of West Broadway -- between Lispenard and Canal -- barricaded to traffic, along with the easternmost lane of Sixth Avenue. / 16 comments
After a few years of alternate plans, lawsuits and false starts, New York State can now enforce the Bag Waste Reduction law, meaning no more plastic bags, for reals. / 10 comments
A new NISA soccer club, founded by a Tribecan, is playing some high level practice games right here on the fields. It's the next best thing to stadium soccer. / 10 comments
City Hall Park is open. Plus local preschools will host a virtual fair; outdoor movies are already sold out at the Oculus; but the beer is coming. / 2 comments
Bogardus Plaza is finally coming into focus, nearly three years to the day of the start of construction, and could be completed this month?! / 9 comments
An hour's drive gets you to Croton Gorge Park, a piece of the Old Croton Aqueduct that once supplied the city with its drinking water. / 3 comments
You can now take your compost to Pier 25, where it will be reused someday in the park's garden beds; or get a pickup service and support a Hell's Kitchen nonprofit at the same time. / 5 comments
Plus 16 Handles is open on Chambers; Pier 26 is ready for its closeup; several storefront windows are smashed on Worth Street. / 4 comments
The pier park that extends west from City Vineyard opened this afternoon and includes a playing court, deck chairs, swings and a deck that extends down over an engineered wetland.
A 17-mile route takes you over the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, Pulaski and Queensboro bridges, with an option of adding on a train and a tram. / 3 comments
Poets House has installed fragments of 53 poems throughout the park, making for an inspirational weekend -- or anytime -- activity. / 1 comment
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