While honking noise is upsetting, it is transitory. The real, pervasive and dangerous noise is loud music from neighbors and restaurants and bar. Lasts for hours, sometimes all night. And of course typically worse in the summer. Huge issue all over NYC. The City does nothing. — LTM on Looking back on a year of congestion pricing

Congratulations to Nicki on her next chapter! She is an integral part of our community & neighborhood. Year after year, she has been generous with her amazing personality & her wonderful products. When I think of Nicki, I always see her radiant smile! Good luck to Nicki and please keep that positive energy flowing!! xoxo — Clare on Nicki Francis will wrap up Khushi Spa Products — for now

Just a block from city hall!!! Thank you for reporting this - and (NOT) surprised that other news media hasn't picked this up. — Mike on Carjacking on Broadway and Reade last night

The Bubby’s line never fails to astonish me but … I love it nonetheless. With so many empty storefronts and long standing neighborhood shops closing, I’m happy for Bubby’s to have all the queues and tourists. I’m sure the foot traffic drives value for other local businesses (eg L’Atelier coffee shop next door) and we all benefit from the vibrancy the crowd brings to the neighborhood. — Local on Seen & Heard: An all-time record at Bubby’s?

The complaint should be in the waste, fraud, and corruption that has been the hallmark of the MTA since its beginning. If the congestion tarrif actually produces some real, verifiable, and noticeable positives, then perhaps people might be a bit more accepting. But, until that happens, most non-idealogues will be skeptical and cynical that the money will be wasted, and the public will have been fleeced again. I, for one, do not believe the propaganda numbers that Hochuel, Lieber, Mamdani are putting out there. — Jimmy Hops on Looking back on a year of congestion pricing

The fare increase was implemented mainly in response to inflation, as I understand, for general operation cost. (As anyone who deals with repairs, contractors, maintenance etc. of anything in this town (as I do) knows, the costs of everything -- from labor to parts to raw materials -- have increased painfully since pre-pandemic and seem to just go up and up. Some costs of repairs in our building have DOUBLED since 2019, for the same work! Congestion pricing income is separately targeted for capital improvements and major projects. What are the concerns about service? I've ridden the subway for decades and find it effective and convenient to get to wherever I need to go. Of course, in a system so large and complex, with so many uncontrollable variables (trash on tracks, humans on tracks, humans on top of trains, aging infrastructure, people holding up trains by holding open doors, etc.), there will be occasional delays, but I imagine that's the case in any large city transit system. I suspect perfection is impossible in the face of so many variables. Stations and trains could be cleaner, but again it's a huge system, and responsibility for keeping them clean also rests on the riders. So much littering and vandalism. Also there needs to be serious enforcement against the fare-cheaters. Those who advocate for "free" transit must remember that nothing is free; we would still pay for it somehow, typically through higher taxes. But overall I see the system as effective, convenient, and cost-effective. For $3 I can get to pretty much anywhere in the vast system. One reason I live in NYC is the public transit system, as it's one of the few (or the only?) large cities in the USA where there's no need for a car. — Marcus on Looking back on a year of congestion pricing

Didn't stop them from raising the fares. $550 million in net revenue and the public is still paying more per ride and service is still awful! — TribecaMom on Looking back on a year of congestion pricing

As I wrote in September 2024, when the story of the renovation cancellation appeared here: "This station’s platform level has all the charm, warmth (and sense of impending danger) of the ancient subway scene in 'Beneath The Planet of the Apes.'" Nothing has changed except a new promise of help. The renovation is needed more than ever. Compared with the sparkling, limited-access, museum-grade City Hall station, or even the workhorse Brooklyn Bridge stop, the crumbling J/Z is in very poor condition. How sad to see the level of disrepair that a National Register of Historic Places property can fall into. — Gary on Chambers Street J/Z station to get makeover

All sounds great! Now if the city would enforce actual traffic laws and no honking laws and other noise laws (against modified engines and plastic car stereos), that would be a win-win in so many ways, including lots of ticket revenue for the city. — Marcus on Looking back on a year of congestion pricing

United American Land concluded that "the office market [is] not viable at present" per Crain's New York Business. That said, they can always build a foundation here that is suitable for a taller building. Building in the vicinity of a subway station is complicated and delayed by having to comply with MTA's rules and precautions. — James Bogardus on Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building

Ah, a member of that diminishing band of Tribecans who remember the Towers Cafeteria! Of course in those days they were not Tribecans but Washington Marketeers . . . — George Bacon on TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad

Great story & pictures. This historical gem should be open to more NYC history lovers (and one shouldn't practically need a passport to get in!). How ironic is that this story is adjacent to your piece discussing the renovation of the nearby Chambers Street J/Z station. The contrast between this premier station, and the plain vanilla, rundown BMT is amazing. Scintillating versus shabby. Distinguished versus disreputable. Opulent versus offensive. And these stations are just a few hundred yards apart! Obviously, the latter will never resemble the former, since the City Hall station will remain a restricted Wonderland, and Chambers Street is just a shabby old, broken-down workhorse. — Gary on Field Trip: The old City Hall station

Seems a complete waste of space. The 8-story building made far more sense, and at least it covered up those vandalized neighboring walls. What happened to the original plan? — Marcus on Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building

I am so sorry to hear this. We keep losing small businesses and gaining vacant storefronts. It is such a loss to the vitality of our neighborhood and city. — SusanD on Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month

Seriously? Trading a contextually appropriate (and beautiful) eight-story office building development for a one story strip mall on a prime, transit-rich corner? Ugh. — Reader on Reade on Canal and Broadway corner will get a new one-story building

Not sure Eileen O’Connor ended up at Liberty View - balcony photo doesn’t look quite right and no central air. Close though! — CBH on In the News: Mamdani will be sworn in underground

Neil and Erica are some of the last people still there who made Tribeca such a great place to live. Ernie and I miss you both and your pups! And yes, Duane Park Patisserie is a gem in the city. Not to be missed! — Kate Shore on TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad

No! This makes me so sad - they were the best - what a loss! — JVZ on Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month

My understanding is that New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams did not not focus on the criminality of what the vendors of counterfeit goods were doing and, in fact, stated that federal agents were actually targeting "Black street vendors" during an immigration enforcement operation on Canal Street in Lower Manhattan — Larry on World’s largest chain restaurant is coming to Canal Street

great interview, Neal- and thanks for your kind words! — Madeline Lanciani on TCQ&A: Cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Neal Marshad

The counterfeit goods vendors have all of the advantages over legitimate businesses. They (illegally) operate tax-free in an all-cash economy.  They occupy public spaces and pay no rent or fees. Somehow, many naive New Yorkers support the tax-free vendors of illegitimate goods and ignore the plight of the honest businesses that are struggling to survive on Canal Street. — Larry on In the News: Mamdani will be sworn in underground

Citibank is W Broadway and Duane, not Hudson (which is Forge). Also, Chase is at Greenwich and Murray Worth and Church Broadway and Murray — Nicole Vianna on Wells Fargo is open on Chambers and West Broadway

A 26-story building is too high and expensive. It should be lower than that, like 11 stories. — Paul Borri on Site at 250 Water has sold

This is such sad news. All of the toys I’ve bought there were of such high quality they got passed down to baby brothers and sisters. With Baby Cottons closing as well Tribeca is losing more unique kids retail, stuff you don’t find online. — Jean Grillo on Boomerang Toys will close at the end of the month

How terrifying, and thank God you are finally asking the hard questions instead of, say, noticing that this city has survived marathons, parades, protests, street fairs, SantaCon, and New Year’s Eve for decades with the exact same level of bathroom planning. But you are right, this is the pivotal moment that illustrates his clear unfitness for office. Blue plastic toilets were left out of his leadership. I can only assume Broadway will instantly become a post-apocalyptic urinal, and our society will collapse as the mayor will not be personally handing out citations for public peeing. — GetOutOfTheKitchen on Mamdani inauguration will close off Broadway on New Year’s Day