Is there is a reason why the Rigor Hill sidewalk / roadway application is being decided on 5/21 instead of 5/14 with the other applications? — H on Community Board 1 meetings for May

Marcus - yes please to all of the above. Friday afternoon traffic - and noise- in Hudson trying to get to Holland Tunnel is unbearable. — R on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

My space overlooks Canal Street from Broadway to West Broadway. It is true that the traffic at rush hours is chaotic. But since CP things have improved. The horn noise is much lower and the cars move at a noticeably faster pace. It has made a difference — Don on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

The construction appears to have been abandoned. At what point can the city take over, finish the building and provide affordable housing there? — CdB on Nosy Neighbor: The crane is swinging!

I’ve met Nick a few times at his Hudson Eats. The man really knows beer…brings in the best craft beers from Massachusetts, etc. that aren’t usually available in NYC. Welcome to the neighborhood! — Beer Dad on Sneak Peek II: Olive’s

Olives will be a great addition to the neighborhood! — Tribeca Dad on Sneak Peek II: Olive’s

Is it really wrong for the residents not to want this?! Will this Help the crime rate? You cannot say this isn’t about developer greed! At 90 stories how is it not about greed. — Reade it and weep on More efforts to fight the tower for Greenwich & Jay

I work on the 31st floor of 7 WTC, and I frequently see it "weathervaning." It's disconcerting. And still ... no plan? No end in sight? — Alex in NYC on Nosy Neighbor: The crane is swinging!

Putting the silly politics aside. I went in there yesterday to check it out. Overwhelming in scale and breadth of products. Lot of potentially useful stuff. Lots of fun stuff for kids. Lots of junky stuff too, including stuff that would seem out of place in an urban store. Most interesting, however, was that there were A LOT of people shopping, or at least checking it out. Especially for probably the nicest Saturday afternoon so far this spring. Way more people than I ever saw in BB&B and B&N. That said, it could still be the novelty factor as it's only been open a week. But my guess is the ludicrous haters will be proven wrong about the level of interest the community has in shopping there. As someone up in the comments said, it would actually be kind of nice to not buy a lot of this stuff on Amazon for once. — Johnny on Hobby Lobby is open

For what it is worth, the north part of "FiDi" - let's say Spruce-Maiden Lane - is still home to a number of government offices (Social Security, State Comptroller, ACS and others), NYP Lower Manhattan Hospital and affiliated medical offices, Pace University (which keeps expanding), several schools including special ed schools and St. Margaret's House (Section 8 for senior citizens). Now surrounded by more luxury high-rises and hotels.... — lisa l on Seen & Heard: The neighborhood called Triberia

Ironically the subways got noticeably worse soon after the implementation of CP. At least the 1,2 and 3. Since January there are issues and delays almost daily, just like the pre-Covid days. Sometimes seem to be more riders mid-week but they look like "return to the office" people (20-30ish), not commuters who were driving in. Personally I know many people who now must come into the office — lisa l on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

But when will that crane come down!? Any updates on construction restarting? — CraneHater on Nosy Neighbor: The crane is swinging!

Triburbia, yes. Triberia, never. — Quotidian01 on Seen & Heard: The neighborhood called Triberia

I notice a difference on the Tribeca streets, but Canal Street is still a chaotic jam, with lots of rude (and dangerous) drivers blocking intersections and crosswalks, running red lights, honking, etc. Some of these are of course separate issues which congestion pricing will not resolve; there needs to be proper traffic law enforcement, including enforcement of the no honking laws! If the city needs money, imagine how much money could be raised by ticketing horn-abusers! Failing that, we could try the Mumbai solution: Horn honking delays the green light. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7955187/Motorists-sound-horns-loudly-wait-extra-long-traffic-lights.html Alternative solution: Make the horn as loud inside the vehicle as outside. — Marcus on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

Regarding Congestion Pricing impact. Still long waits for MTA buses in Manhattan even if there is no traffic as the MTA has not increased bus frequency. And buses still crowded. (My understanding is that the MTA will increase a few bus routes in Queens and Brooklyn?) Also the MTA continues to remove/move bus stops meaning longer walks. And DOT seems to be closing more streets for street fairs/events/open streets - so constant bus rerouting on weekends. Bus service/experience hasn't improved for my family. — Lin on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

Reminds me of when some real estate whippersnappers tried to make BoCoCa a thing in Brooklyn. — malcolm on Seen & Heard: The neighborhood called Triberia

With the influx of families and kids after 9/11, I have heard of the neighborhood being sarcastically referred to as Triburbia, there's even a book by the name, but this one is new to me. — TribecaMom on Seen & Heard: The neighborhood called Triberia

No one is saying this word. this sounds like someone made it up at a happy hour and claimed people were using it. I live on Park Row, am VERY involved in this neighborhood, Friends of City Hall park. We refer to our neighborhood as City Hall Park and some say Fidi. Tribeca+ Civic Center + Fulton/Seaport + World Trade areas are best described by City Hall Park. I am a part of multiple messaging boards on Park row. NO ONE is saying this. don't let it start happening. it makes no sense. — Sean Kosofsky on Seen & Heard: The neighborhood called Triberia

Yes, everything west of Broadway is legit Tribeca -- I think everyone agrees on that. I am talking about the chunk of property east of Broadway and north of Worth, but largely around Cortlandt Alley. — Tribeca Citizen on Seen & Heard: The neighborhood called Triberia

Amazing level of sanctimony and arrogant contempt for ordinary Americans in these comments from Tribecan mostly Democrats explains why Trump is serving a second term. — Lowrider on Hobby Lobby is open

One of the many factors I can't abide in Starbuck's coffee is the insistence on paper cups, even if you want to drink the coffee in the "shop". Unaesthetic, toxic, and yet more landfill. See here, for example: https://www.wired.com/story/paper-cups-toxic/ — Marcus on The retrenching of Starbucks?

On the list of city issues helicopter noise should be a low priority. However, I feel like majority of us residents are in favor of a ban or heavily reducing helicopter tourism. — Tribeca Dad on In the News: Reducing noise from helicopters

I won’t be shedding a single tear! Our neighborhood has way too many coffee shops as it is. Would prefer to see the local coffee shops survive over Starbucks. — Tribeca Dad on The retrenching of Starbucks?

The city has a tendency of searching for "wins", although they are usually not the biggest, most important and necessary wins. Those usually require a bit more work, passion, also offer a possibility of failure, which makes the "electeds & appointeds" involved look bad...which they really don't like. — P on In the News: Reducing noise from helicopters

When the Open Streets program was first introduced, in order to "close a street", it was necessary to have three (3) restaurants on the same block join in the permit being submitted. Not just one. Don't know if things have changed legally (don't think so) or things are just suffering from another area of "sloppy enforcement." It's correct, in the past only the north side of the street was closed to allow for street dining structures and the south side was allowed to be utilized by traffic (traveling carefully and at the speed limit.) The other thing that was originally included in the Open Streets plan was that a representative (or representatives) from the block were supposed to be "in charge" of setting up and taking down the barricades depending on the permitted hours...AND, if the weather was inclement and the restaurant(s) were not going to be offering outside dining on any particular day, the barricades (based on common sense) we not to be put into place. BTW, if you're not a driver you really have no right to comment on driver inconveniences. Yes, there is always an alternative route, but believe it or not, some of them, no matter how close they appear, are still inconvenient when you factor in the already existing traffic on that route now being doubled and the traffic leading to that route also being backed up with new and possibly unexpected traffic. I'm all for outdoor dining, whether it be on sidewalks or in properly permitted street shacks, but why does everything lately always have to be either one extreme or the other? There is a thing called compromise, no? — P on Nosy Neighbor: Why is Duane between Hudson and West B’way closed to traffic?