I too am not happy with the handicap access or to the Path Train when you have a suitcase going to Newark. To get to the Path train from the Vesey St entrance you go down one escalator then you have to switch to an elevator since there are not escalators on the next level. The escalators are only on every other level which is ridiculous. Then when you get to the last part of getting to the train there is another set of stairs and no elevator or escalator in sight. I usually ask a family member to go with me or I am lucky enough to get help from a stranger to get a suitcase down this last set of stairs. At least they put escalators to the Path train level. the rest makes no sense. The stairs on every other level do not even make people go past stores they are just poor planning — Tom on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

Harrison Street numbers begins at Hudson Street goes from East to West. with even numbers on the North side and odd numbers on the South side, That is how the Street is numbered. — PerryR on Nosy Neighbor: Why Are Tribeca’s Street Numbers Messed Up?

Could they build above the old subway shop? — Jamie on In the News: Former Subway Shop Sold

So appropriate that this appeared on my Facebook Feed today. http://www.delish.com/restaurants/videos/a53381/ring-ding-bar-video/ Duane Park Patisserie never disappoints. — TribecaMom on Spotlight: Duane Park Patisserie

No escalators or elevators..... just stairs coming into Oculus from the entrance of E Train station is also unexplainable. After you enter into the Oculus from the E Train station there is a handicap ramp that leads you to a just stairs. — Tribeca Local on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

We love Madeline and Duane Park Patisserie! They have been stalwart supporters of our event and our local public schools since we first started 23 years ago. People return to Taste year after year for their molten chocolate cakes. We go by regularly for the bacon scones and lemon tarts. — Taste of Tribeca on Spotlight: Duane Park Patisserie

The Escalator-Stairway-Escalator coming in from the entrance on Vesy is unexplainable. How on earth could that be plausible? Why the stairway instead of another escalator to keep the flow going? Zero sense. — BobR on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

Ha! I think I saw your sister on Harrison. (I did think...'that looks tough') — julieJ on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

Even for someone who can manage stairs but needs to hold the bannister for balance, navigating the Oculus is difficult. Most of the stair runs are very wide with few banisters. On the trip down from Vesey there's a bit where the bannister stops at an internal round column. The wide cascade of stairs from the lower floor of the Oculus retail level to the Path entry/tunnel to 1WTC level is especially bad. It's as if the architect's beautiful conceptual rendering got built without any input from the engineers as to things code requires but clutter the "clean lines and views". — N on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

I agree about Oculus elevators. Very inconvenient and bad design. — Suman Gollamudi on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

Agree with Oculus design fail! I wanted to go to Newark Airport a couple of months ago (during Penn Station Summer of Hell) and decided to take the PATH to Newark and then NJ Transit to EWR. I had one suitcase (checked size but not large) and found myself carrying my suitcase down multiple staircases to get to the PATH turnstyles. From the entrance on Vesey I started on one escalator and then was forced to take the stairs. I assume there is an elevator somewhere but not super close to the escalators and staircases. Really annoying to have to lug a suitcase while in a hurry in an "ultra modern transportation hub". — Tina on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

It also affects the use of strollers. Any downtown residents or tourists with young kids that might want to explore the space during non crowded times face the same issues..just adding to how ridiculous the setup is. — BPCrez on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

The escalators are also ridiculous - escalator - staircase - escalator - staircase. And the adjacent elevators rarely work. $4 Billion in stupidity. — Bec on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

Well, it's certainly around there somewhere. I often spotted him dining/lunching on the dock at Tribeca Grill while passing by. — Andrea on In the News: The Fed on Fire

Erik, thank you for writing about the Oculus and it's serious fail re: Handicapped access. I have been so frustrated about this myself and am glad you've said something. I was in a cast and on a knee scooter for the better part of 9 months. My daily commute is to and from Jersey City via the PATH, and I have never seen such a poorly designed system as the Oculus. When entering between Church and W.Bway (automatic handicapped doors often are inoperable), navigate to the bank of elevators in the back of this floor (again, often out of order), then take them down to the retail level where one must traverse diagonally across the very large and busy floor to another elevator, just to go down one level, then go diagonally back through to the handicapped PATH turnstile and to the other end of the station to get to the elevator down to the tracks. It is an overly complicated system to navigate. I don't know how this was approved and made ADA compliant. It really opened my eyes as to what life-long handicapped people have to deal with. Had I been in a wheelchair there would have been many days where I couldn't have made it into work because the elevators were out of service. And who decided to split up the escalators up and down 3 levels with a bank of steps in the middle?? Perhaps that's a trendy design feature, but it's senseless. I'm back on two feet again, but I haven't forgotten how difficult this is. Thanks for speaking up about it. — Holmeslice on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

LOVE IT ! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! The Pier Lighting Video post got the 2nd highest number of likes on FiDi Fan Page ever. :-) — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Seen & Heard: The Oculus’s Absurd Elevators

This would have been good for the area. It's a mess now, I was walking by it today, looms oppressively — Jean on City Building to Get Residential Makeover

it's not exactly "his office." the weinstein company has the whole third floor of the tribeca film center. — safe as milk on In the News: The Fed on Fire

The fence is down at 88 White Street. It looks nice. — James on Seen & Heard: A School on Beach Street

Wow...nice. Thanks for sharing these slides. — Will Meyerhofer on The Revised Design for Pier 26

That is outrageous (but not unexpected) land grab of a public space by BNY Mellon. Space grabbers (like AT&T Long Lines building) should be given meaningful fines. Maybe a simple doubling of their property taxes would get their attention. — Troy Torrison on Seen & Heard: Beautiful Bridal Shoot

Nope, no turf war. We wish our friends at Taste of the Seaport good weather and good luck! CUT by Wolfgang Puck put on an incredible display at Taste of Tribeca last year; we're sure they will do the same on Oct. 21. — Taste of Tribeca on Seen & Heard: Beautiful Bridal Shoot

Here's how Comptroller's audits work: They issue a preliminary report, the agency being audited responds to the findings, they negotiate and the Comptroller issues a final report. The agency formally responds with a compliance plan. The agency is supposed to implement the corrective actions agreed to, which can take years. I don't recall if the Comptroller follows up. Your first stop for compliance information would be the Commissioner of the agency audited. It might be interesting to request the compliance plan, if it isn't included in the report. It can be FOILed. Since the agency cited is a "Mayoral agency," if the Commissioner is unresponsive, you could follow up with those tasked with overseeing it: the Deputy Mayor to whom the agency responds, the City Council subcommittee. The Deputy Mayor is a much better bet. The BNY Mellon situation is especially egregious because the guards come out, tell you to stop and threaten you when you try to take a picture of that sign. — A on Seen & Heard: Beautiful Bridal Shoot

His office entrance is between Tribeca Grill and The Greenwich Hotel. — TribecaMom on In the News: The Fed on Fire

Re: Hotel - been stopped for so long and tying up all the sidewalks that used to be around it. I hope this means it is starting again as it will be really good for the neighborhood. Hopefully another Greenwich Hotel... — Rohin on Seen & Heard: A Peek Inside Il Mulino