Most notaries don’t have a storefront but they are out there. There’s also “The Notary Giant” who has an office on Wall Street. — Teresa Browne-Parris on Crowd Sourcing: Where can you find a notary around here?

Any news on the building on the corner of Greenwich and Jay? My kids have been asking about their Halloween decorations and last year they shut down the street and threw such a great party. — Tribeca mom on What’s doing for Halloween

I've also had incidents of them grabbing my arm or aggressively blocking my way to try to sell me junk. I never make eye contact or look at their trash for sale, so it should be obvious I am not interested. I (externally at least) keep my cool in these situations and walk on without responding, but there's no excuse for this. It's become a lawless zone. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: A meeting to discuss illegal street vendors on Canal

Move to the suburbs, then, where's there's no "savages," amIright? Just drunk driving and mass shootings ... — jfrankp on Boy is attacked at Pier 40 during soccer practice

amen to that. But the politicians care more about their virtue signaling stupidity than they do about the safety of our families. — Mr T on Boy is attacked at Pier 40 during soccer practice

Hopefully they can now afford an exterminator to come help with the rat infestation, — TA on Washington Market Park will get another cash infusion for playgrounds

Need to get these lunatics off the street. Instead of CB1 spending 90% of its time debating whether a restaurant can be open until 12a instead 11p, they should be pressuring the City Council and the useless DA to remove these savages from the streets where they are free to terrorize innocent people. — Matt on Boy is attacked at Pier 40 during soccer practice

I am sure he has already been released . . . — Reademan on Boy is attacked at Pier 40 during soccer practice

That’s great news, we can’t wait! (Celiac family over here haha) — ET on Modern Bread & Bagel is coming to Church and Duane

There have been sections of bricks missing for a while. Two have been fixed, but now another area is pulled out and it continues to get bigger as kids pull more pavers out. — Tribeca Citizen on Nosy Neighbor: Why are the bricks missing around the gazebo all the time?

You can unsubscribe, but the content is free thanks to advertisers like them! — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: A meeting to discuss illegal street vendors on Canal

I assume so. The space is coming along... — Tribeca Citizen on Modern Bread & Bagel is coming to Church and Duane

Is this still happening?! We were so excited to first read this news, but haven’t seen any other coverage and are hoping it’s still in the works! — ET on Modern Bread & Bagel is coming to Church and Duane

I would be glad if all of them were ruled "out of compliance" and shut down (with exceptions for medical applications). Or at least if smoking it were restricted to certain designated areas. The pollution even gets into our apartment, even if windows are closed. The entire city smells like skunk, and the rest of us are forced to breathe that second-hand neurotoxin. — Marcus on Alto Canna dispensary caught in bureaucratic snag

Oh no! I would hate to see the place that keeps all of the Fresh Direct drivers and Starbucks employees in a state of utter confusion go out of business. They should definitely be allowed to be located as close to underage kids as possible to expose them to that sweet, sweet smell and start them early. Seriously, this whole endeavor has been a ridiculous disaster. Take a few mins walk North to Canal street to see the free-for-all drug market that legalization has created. No tears here. — Downtown Dad Reborn on Alto Canna dispensary caught in bureaucratic snag

Hopefully they won't have to move! It's such a shame that a business does everything right to comply with all laws etc (and provides wonderful, friendly service) and may have to incur so much cost to move based upon a technicality that the government got wrong! — Tribeca Local on Alto Canna dispensary caught in bureaucratic snag

Lee Katcher- is quite the hero. What a great story! Thank you! — DaniB on In the News: “I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult”

Why do I get an ad for BOERUM HILL in my inbox? A. It’s not in Tribeca. B. You are not Streeteasy nor Curbed. Stick to Tribeca please. — Steve Miller on Seen & Heard: A meeting to discuss illegal street vendors on Canal

Anna Rita is a lovely person and skilled educator. — BPCdad on Seen & Heard: Rosie’s Kids Cuts is back open

What does that mean: "Every time I go there" ?? Like on Monday the bricks are gone, and also on Tuesday? then also on Wednesday?? — steve miller on Nosy Neighbor: Why are the bricks missing around the gazebo all the time?

This is definitely the first time it’s been open. My daughter has been asking why it’s not open since last spring. — JC on Nosy Neighbor: Isn’t the yard at PS 89 supposed to be open on weekends?

Embarrassingly, the original quiz only had wrong answers for what the MTA stands for. The Times has lost its standing as a paper of, and for, New Yorkers many years ago. — malcolm on In the News: Are you a true New Yorker?

The "boundaries" changed over time, per the Times. March 25, 1961: "And yesterday, the present Fire Commissioner, Cavanagh, echoed the warning: ''Fifty years or fifty decades will not dim the horror or tragedy of fire. The shadow of another Triangle fire continues to hang over that area. In recent years there have been three major fires in the area, which have cost the lives of firemen and workers. I am determined to prosecute every law and regulation of the Fire Department to bring about the greatest degree of fire prevention possible in that area. I have designated it as 'Hell's Hundred Acres,' and I will so call it until I am satisfied that every possible step to minimize the fire threat has been taken.'' " Ada Louise Huxtable, May 24, 1970: "THE subject today is an area called SoHo, a 20‐ block section of lower Manhattan bounded roughly, north and south, by Houston and Canal Streets, and east and west, by Broad way and West Broadway. "SoHo stands for South Houston, and it is in the news right now because artists living and working there illegally have been publicizing their plight — caught between the harassment of city agencies and the mercies of their landlords, in one of the last stands of superb, reasonably priced, increasingly scarce loft space that the city offers. They are there illegally because the area is zoned commercially, not residentially, and most of the buildings are occupied by small industries. The artists, and some galleries, have recently moved in. [...] "It has still another name, Hell's Hundred Acres, be stowed on it by a Fire Department of unsuspected literary flair, after several disastrous conflagrations. These were not caused by the buildings' age or instability, as claimed, for they are extra ordinarily sound, but by violations and bad housekeeping habits of some of the district's waste industries. [...]" June 19, 1986: "EDWARD CAVANAGH JR. DIES; FORMER FIRE COMMISSIONER" "[...]Assistant Fire Commissioner John Mulligan said yesterday, 'Commissioner Cavanagh is remembered by many present and past firefighters as the Commissioner who reorganized and modernized the Fire Department during his eight-year tenure as Fire Commissioner.' "A Phrase-Maker "Mr. Mulligan noted that Mr. Cavanagh, a phrase-maker, had coined the term Hell's Hundred Acres for a portion of lower Manhattan - part of what is now known as SoHo - where century-old loft buildings posed fire hazards and been the site of disastrous blazes. "To combat such dangers, Mr. Cavanagh initiated field inspection and public awareness fire prevention programs, initially in Hell's Hundred Acres and then elsewhere. [...]" — James Bogardus on In the News: Are you a true New Yorker?

Hell's Hundred Acres first in print: The New York Times, November 22, 1960 "VIOLATIONS FOUND BEFORE LOFT FIRE Cavanagh Checks on Failure to Follow Up in Building Where 3 Were Killed WIDE SURVEY TO START 50 Teams of Firemen Will Study 3,000 Structures in Lower Manhatttan" "Fire Commissioner Edward F. Cavanagh Jr. said yesterday that inspections made almost two years ago showed major fire hazards in the lower Manhattan loft building [463-67 Broadway] where three firemen lost their lives in a fire Friday night. [...] "Meanwhile, Commissioner Cavanagh said, he would have fifty inspection teams working on an intensified survey of the area in which the loft fire occurred. The work will start today or tomorrow. "Describing the area as 'Hell's Hundred Acres,' he gave its boundaries as Reade and Eighth Streets, between Broadway and the Hudson River. Of the 3,000 old buildings in the area, Commissioner Cavanagh said, he expects to close a 'couple of hundred.' [...]" https://www.nytimes.com/1960/11/22/archives/violations-found-before-loft-fire-cavanagh-checks-on-failure-to.html — James Bogardus on In the News: Are you a true New Yorker?

I pass by there often and the school yard was open this past weekend but I don’t recall it being open any other time since maybe last fall. I have always wondered why it wasn’t open more often considering that sign you have pictured. Your question of who is responsible for unlocking the gate is a good question. — a neighbor on Nosy Neighbor: Isn’t the yard at PS 89 supposed to be open on weekends?