Plus Manhattan Youth honors local kids and adults; Torly kids hosts a kids book swap; a new family club proposed for Greenwich and Hubert; Washington Market Park celebrates Earth Day. / 2 comments
Yvonne Fox wasn't ready to say goodbye to the store she opened 27 years ago, but she's resigned. And one by one, her customers and their owners are coming by to sneak in a last chat and a last treat. / 17 comments
Plus Frankly Wines is expanding; Pen Parentis presents a panel discussion on individualism; a study of Jack the Ripper at the Mysterious Bookshop; get a dose of Bach at lunchtime at St. Paul's. / 1 comment
As S. and J. first reported, the fashion designer Cynthia Rowley has indeed taken over the space at 8 Jay – on the corner of Staple, for an office-slash-showroom. / 1 comment
Plus happy hour on a rooftop bar in the Seaport; local kids speak up at a meeting for Pier 40; a new store for the space at Jay and Staple; a peek inside a loft in 165 Duane, the former coconut factory. / 9 comments
Plus One Beekman Street rising; Star sightings at Frenchette (mais bien sur); Brookfield gets a smell-full tenant; Instacart gets pushed out of Whole Foods / 3 comments
Plus gardening for kids in BPC parks starts this week; the Holocaust museum hosts a discussion; Whole Foods hosts a beauty product swap; R&Co. shows bentwood from South Korea.
The national hospitality chain Convene will take 73,000 square feet and use it for two large catering halls that will seat 500 people each, plus several other smaller meeting rooms. / 4 comments
Plus lots of news in Fidi: Justino's open on Fulton; Blue Bottle to open soon; Elysium Health to open in WTC; Primp NYC open on Beekman; Purim parties for this week.
Plus an art installation of 7-foot prisms at the Seaport; photography at Alexander and Bonin; construction inconveniences on Warren and Worth; Daily Goods on John; Color Vue on Warren; Fellow Barber on Fulton; BPC ballfields meeting this week. / 1 comment
Plus a book signing by Jenni Kayne; Sweetgreen coming to Chambers; Downtown Yogurt & Ice Cream is open; shade for 99 Hudson. / 2 comments
First it was the end of 24-hour service from our corner grocer down here on the south end of the district, and now it's the hot/cold station. / 3 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