The Battery Park City Authority will start collecting and composting the dog poop produced in the area's three dog runs, at a rate of 75 pounds per day. / 2 comments
Plus Battery Park City schools will host their annual fun run 4 knowledge; Tunnel To Towers run is this Sunday; there will be bluegrass on the grass in WMP.
Plus another Chelsea gallery is uprooting and heading down here; a few local spots make a fancy lunch list; the Tribeca Film Festival makes a deal at Pier 57 for movies on the roof. / 3 comments
Plus local framers star on the silver screen; a shout out to the gardeners of PS 234; a local artist has an installation at a shop in Two Bridges.
Plus new stretch studio - Outer Reach - opens on Greenwich; Japanese on Warren is coming along; Meryl Streep's digs on Laight are relisted and reduced in price.
Plus fighter jets over the Hudson; park vendors lose a legal battle; Meryl Streep's still trying to sell penthouse.
Plus 74 Trinity Place update; a feature on Aisling Franciosi; war on Battery Park ticket sellers. / 3 comments
The tiny non-profit that maintains the tiny traffic triangle has launched a website and a fundraising campaign, and is seeking volunteers with time or talent -- or both. / 10 comments
Putting aside the decades-old system of a paper sheet passed around at 7a each morning in the park, the Parks Department is considering moving to online reservations starting in 2020. / 6 comments
Plus longtime resident Joan Panzer turns 90 in Vermont; The Battery will honor monarch butterflies at its annual garden luncheon; late night fireworks wake residents.
The Battery Park City Authority is making some updates to the yard at PS 89 and have removed all the trees, but they will restore them to bring shade back to the playground. / 3 comments
There have been several reports of squirrels biting humans -- for no apparent reason -- and the Battery Park City Authority is warning people to beware while they work on the problem. / 14 comments
Cars are not allowed to make right and left turns? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Please, let me shed a tear for the poor driver who can’t make u-turns or speed. Yeah cyclists don’t pay... — Cd / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
A nightmare for Chinatown neighbors (and perhaps Tribeca too, if these ever open). These foolish and too small mini-jails were... — Marcus / Halting overnight work on the supertall jail on White Street
We can consistently be for: - stricter traffic enforcement against cars - stricter traffic enforcement against bicycles It's not either/or.... — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Yes, please. Wasn't this in the works? — Marcus / The neighborhood’s camera infrastructure
Whom should we be contacting then? Who has the power of these matters? Our congress and senate reps, or some... — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest
We want Venetian gondolas — Marcus / Canal Street ranks as one of city’s deadliest