Seen & Heard: The Tribeca Citizen, on the rocks
Plus a passage opens east of Broadway on Duane; Star Light Star Bright art installation in Fidi; Duane Park Groundhog Day fundraiser. / 10 comments
Tribeca in Exile: An artist returns and reflects
Longtime Tribecan and artist Lisa Stefanelli decamped from the neighborhood but reflects on the beauty of living here. / 1 comment
What’s to do about the few remaining illegal smoke shops?
Canal Smoke Shop is the biggest offender, with a dense sidewalk bazaar in addition to the corner store. / 7 comments
What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
'Tis the season: the illegal vendors are out in force on Canal and Broadway. / 33 comments
Newsletter: December 19
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More Light: Another sidewalk shed comes down
Three prominent sheds are coming down in the neighborhood. That means 254 to go. / 1 comment
PopUp Bagels coming to Greenwich and Reade
The wildly popular award winning bagels started in a home kitchen during the pandemic. The company is now a franchise. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Last-minute gift from the Mmuseumm
Plus Ippodo Gallery will move to N. Moore in January; DSL is collecting gear to donate; a new showroom for Hudson and Duane.
Seen & Heard: Tour City Hall
Plus a shopdog of Tribeca keeping watch; SkinSpirit opened on Washington; a new novella from a Fidi writer featuring the streets of Downtown.
Crowd Sourcing: Where do you go to work in the neighborhood?
Seeking additional suggestions for places to plug in and hunker down for a few hours... / 3 comments
Candidates are lining up for City Council elections
Two candidates have registered to challenge Chris Marte next June. / 6 comments
Seen & Heard: Winter sing at Duane Park
Plus Santa's village on Warren; a scary subway encounter; holiday packages require an extra lobby.









So fortunate that nobody was seriously hurt!!! — Tribeca Local / Parking lift at Warren and West Broadway collapses, injuring attendant
This argument is a bit circular isn’t it? What was “very necessary” about destroying a neighborhood (as is apparent to... — Peter / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
The Battery Park Resiliency Project is a very necessary floodwater management project that has been fully approved. This exact same... — harryh / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/01/an-renewed-effort-to-save-battery-park-citys-trees/ — Tribeca Citizen / The distance we’ve come in 25 years
Would've had to have been kept quiet. NYPD/other agencies wouldn't be able to identify unrelated drones in a flock of... — JT / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
I want to add, like Vickery Eckhoff said, the Lutnick photo is pretty telling. Another person uploaded a pretty normal... — M / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Does anyone have the count of trees in the Battery and Battery Park City that have been felled for the... — Heide Fasnacht / The distance we’ve come in 25 years