Seen & Heard: Springsteen plays Tribeca Grill
Plus the Museum of Chinese in America gets a city grant; shows at Bartolomi closing this weekend; a speakers series at SoHo Photo; 180 The Store goes digital.
Signs of spring in Tribeca: Part Deux
From basketball in the PS 89 yard to blooms at PS 234 and BPC to lounging on the deck at Grand Banks to photo shoots on Staple, and that sure sign of spring: little leaguers at bat.
In the News: Fidi comic book store Chameleon closed
The store was opened at the Broadway and Maiden Lane location in 1992 by Jimmy Wu, who founded what he called Comics Underground in 1989 while he was in college. / 2 comments
Seen & Heard: Grand Banks is open on Pier 25
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
Liberty Residences: A unique opportunity to own or rent on the Hudson
Located on Rector Place, these state-of-the-art luxury high-rises with views of the Statue of Liberty are just steps from the the parks, shops and restaurants of Battery Park City. / Sponsored
In the News: Thai Sliders takes a lease on Cliff
Plus teeing up at the Nexus Club at 100 Church; a taproom and a parlor for Dead Rabbit that adds space; calculating your mansion tax; Gov's Island purchases a new ferry.
Newsletter: April 15 Happy Tax Day
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Where in Tribeca?
Comment here if you have spotted this charming detail on an even more charming building. / 3 comments
Seen & Heard: Protest on Harrison against Heastie fundraiser
Plus Taco Bell on Fulton will serve beer and wine; Kings is serving up CBD products along with everyone else in the neighborhood; Philly Pretzel on Chambers is back. / 3 comments
Battery Park City gets ready for the next flood
Brookfield tested its Tiger Dam system last weekend -- a method for keeping the high waters out that replaces sandbags and can be deployed in minutes.
New restaurant for former Bouley space backs out
Residents of 161 Duane – which has the former Bouley space on its ground floor – successfully scared off the applicants for a 128-seat Southeast Asian hot spot. / 4 comments
Seen & Heard: Soho/Noho planning meeting tonight
Plus the founder of Peloton in a podcast live at Tribeca PAC tonight; a meeting on the future of Wagner Park; a guest chef at Racine's from Montreal; Taste of Tribeca tix are on sale now. / 5 comments
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History of Tribeca Buildings
This Streetsblog post is over 4 years old, with no clear update since then. I see the Tribeca Trib also... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Eliz, I tried to make clear my disgust and disdain for placard abuse. I validated your outrage at the top... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
https://tribecacitizen.com/2026/06/17/icymi-the-speed-limit-is-now-20-mph/ — Tribeca Citizen / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Ah yes, the city was given permission to lower limits, I just didn't know that Chambers had gotten the treatment... — malcolm / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
If free and easy on-street parking isn't compatible with lower Manhattan, then why is it available to city workers? The... — Elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Apparently the speed limit is now 20. No one would ever know that since the street is usually backed up... — elizabeth / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses
Sorry, your lone justifiable outrage IMO is that cops, firemen, court officers and other apparatchiks get free parking spaces. We... — Komanoff / In the News: Hunting down parking placard abuses