Another Starbucks in Tribeca
It'll be going head-to-head with La Colombe. / 4 comments
Newsletter: Mar. 3
New Kids on the Block: The Bullett Shop and Cafe Boca Ciega • A Landmark Reborn • Nosy Neighbor: 87 Leonard • Return of the Gay Pride Pier Dance • City Hall Park Art Show • Worth Street Construction • Chipotle • More
Seen & Heard: El Vez Is on the Building
Plus: Five R stations getting renovated; Hudson storefront mystery (and availability); is 443 Greenwich stalled?; eating pizza for charity; 87 Leonard update. / 2 comments
In the News: Cafeteria Restaurant May Yet Happen
Plus: Biker-gang beatdown charges; inside glorious 5 Beekman; west Soho hotel to have rooftop bar; Seamless scam update; affordable housing in Hudson Square; heated sidewalks. / 6 comments
A Landmark Is Reborn
Parts of 502 Canal—long neglected, then finally renovated—have been unveiled. It's looking wonderful! / 2 comments
Worth Street Is About to Go One-Way
But it's only for three months (or so they say...). UPDATE: It's just one block, so you can probably not get too worried about this. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: City Hall Park’s Next Sculpture Exhibit
The Statue of Liberty, as body parts. Plus: Indian-Chinese food; Brooklyn Robot Foundry soft opening; Juice Press getting close?; half-marathon street closures; sidewalk damage.
In the News: Kindergarten Applications Are Up Over Last Year
Plus: Marc Forgione's cookbook; Quiznos bankruptcy; homeless encampment at the World Trade Center's E station; art show rave; former Southbridge Towers board president pleads guilty. / 1 comment
New Kid on the Block: Cafe Boca Ciega
"This is rocket fuel," says Osiel Rojas, cofounder of Cafe Boca Ciega, of "the first good cup of Cuban coffee in New York." Plus: A related gallery will soon open in the adjacent space.









That's what this looks like indeed. Either horrible incompetence or actual intentional corruption. — Marcus / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now
Corner of Chambers and Reade??? Huh??? — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Nosy Neighbor: Why does the corner of Warren and Greenwich smell so bad?
You've already forgotten the $600 hammer from decades ago? The high cost includes all the kickbacks and graft needed to... — Makes You Go Hmmmm.... / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now
It's not only that it is a very busy pedestrian thoroughfare including to the subway entrance across the driveway, the... — Skip Blumberg / Deliverista Hub at City Hall will open soon
Add to this the northeast corner of Chambers and Reade Streets. Very often, noxious vapors come from a large grate... — Gary / Nosy Neighbor: Why does the corner of Warren and Greenwich smell so bad?
I think the PS/IS 276 playground is a bit too much. That area has plenty of open space and play... — G / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now
These prices seem insane. $350k for a commercial dishwasher? I just checked online and the rates for commercial dishwashers =... — Marcus / Participatory Budgeting voting is open now