What a great piece. We will all miss Richie tremendously. I hope the Parks Dept takes seriously the community’s desire to maintain this level of gardening in WMP. — MFS on Washington Market Park gardener will retire this month

This is great market but I am very sad it is not coming further South where it is desperately needed. This location is a 3 minutes walk from Gourmet Garage... A similar size market! We need a market on Broadway that would serve the many big residential buildings down here desperately! Every market is a ten or more minute walk and the only place to buy milk closer is CVS! — RS on Mulberry Market coming to Worth and Lafayette

Info about Hobby Lobby culled from the Tribeca Citizen. Important to note that journalist did not credit her sources. TC was the first up to bat on this issue. — Heide Fasnacht on Hobby Lobby aiming for May 12 opening

A wonderful, generous man and great source of gardening information! I once took a class with him at Brooklyn Botanical Garden on plant propagation. Absolutely fascinating. The Tribeca park was so lucky to have him for so long!! Wishing him well on his retirement. — Bobbie on Washington Market Park gardener will retire this month

Several weeks back, I finally tried the fare at the much ballyhooed Apollo Bagels at 73 Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, formerly home to concerns like Zazzy’s Pizza and, further back, Two Boots. At the time, Apollo had become a flashpoint for controversy, being that lines to get into the place worthy of Studio 54 were routinely clogging up the front sidewalk and surrounding byways, upsetting fellow merchants and locals. When I went, there was no line outside, although inside was indeed packed. I ordered a simple buttered bagel. Four dollars and ten minutes later, I got one. It came toasted, although I was not asked if I wanted it that way. Believe it or not, according to many food experts, a good quality, fresh bagel is not meant to be toasted as toasting can detract from its ideal texture and flavor. The best way to enjoy a fresh bagel, allegedly, is to eat it untoasted. Regardless, this came toasted. The verdict? It was perfectly fine, but in no way remarkable. — Alex in NYC on Apollo Bagels has leased the Kings space

They used to sell steel head trout at $13 a pound that was a good deal and very fresh. Now —they are selling it at $30 a pound —- telling customers it is because they are sourcing it from a different purveyor . I guess they only cater to wealthier customers — Maureen Silverman on BEC Report: Rigor Hill Market

$48 — Maureen Silverman on BEC Report: Rigor Hill Market

I've driven into New York a couple times during the midday. I've come to the conclusion that $9 is a small price to pay to zip in and out. I save at least 45 minutes round trip. For me, that is definitely worth the $9 fee. Save 45 minutes, I'm worth it! — Tom Howes on In the News: A slew of updates on congestion pricing

Viet Cafe is dearly missed. — Martine on Previewing Teakwood Thai Chophouse in Hell’s Kitchen

also ironic that the origin of the name sarah is hebrew. can't make it up. — Mr T on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

lmao sarah that is some precious naivete regarding not only the circumstances of what has taken place in gaza due to the raping, baby-killing, mutilating, murdering, indeed actually genocidal, organization called hamas, but also the sum total of human (and likely pre-human) history. it's quite sad that people have to go to such lengths to rationalize their own hatred of Jews. just own it if that's who you are, would have far more respect for someone like you if you did. — Mr T on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

Poor journalism to say the Times put Apollo at the top of their bagel list. THE LIST WAS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. — Rob on Apollo Bagels has leased the Kings space

Israel is killing Palestinians, not Hamas. But well done, Mr T, I see you’ve passed Hasbara 101. Israeli historian, llan Pappé, sums it up quite nicely: "Some of the most sophisticated and articulate people become such imbeciles who parrot the Israeli script without any criticism, without any of the faculties that they have whenever they examine anything else in the world. You are willing to degrade yourself, to satisfy what? To satisfy a state that commits daily genocide.” — Sarah on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

Have any of the hamas supporters here blamed HAMAS for the deaths of palistinians? they could have stopped it at pretty much any time. including now. But when your “religion” mandates the hatred and massacre of Jews well this is what you get until every last vestige of hamas is destroyed. — Mr T on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

"My guess is neither of these jagoffs was living in tribeca the day america was attacked 24 years ago." I was. I was living in Tribeca on 9/11. And you know what it taught me? People will use their religion and their convictions to destroy life and start wars because they're so convinced they're right that they can't see how wrong they've become. Hamas are monsters and have given the Israeli government the opportunity to show they are, too (just as we did in our revenge-fueled post-9/11 wars). Stop conflating Hamas with Palestinians. Are you MAGA just because you're American? It's a simplification of something that is beyond complicated, but there is no excuse for this sort of death, killing, maiming. Where does it end? And yet here are a ton of people mad about a dumb concert. I don't care what your religion is: no one "deserves" ANY land badly enough that they're allowed to murder children asleep in their beds, and it doesn't make a damn bit of difference if they're in Gaza or Be'eri. — Elizabeth on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

Richie is the best! He will be very missed — LD on Washington Market Park gardener will retire this month

Where in the comments do you see anyone saying anything akin to any of this? No one in the comment section has defended the atrocities of 10/7 or said anything in support of Hamas. Questioning the breadth and scope of Israel's actions over the past year isn't the same as supporting Hamas. AT ALL. The mental gymnastics required to get from here to there is wild. — MD on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

Rereading in case I missed something but havent seen a single commenter on here defending Hamas’ actions on 10/7, so I’m not sure why the argument keeps coming back to “but Hamas.” Israel is committing crimes against humanity and nearly every human rights organization in the world, including Israeli ones, agree. Accusing people of being “antisemitic jew haters” for saying innocent people shouldnt be killed does not help your cause. You aren’t fooling anyone — Sarah on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

:) — malcolm on In the News: A slew of updates on congestion pricing

Maybe one of the less brain-dead hamas supporters on here can intelligently make the case for what hamas and their ideology add to the world in a positive way. Maybe one of the female Jew haters on here can explain why they would gladly go live among and be ruled by hamas and be enslaved under their radical medieval woman-hating ideology. Maybe one of the antisemites on here can educate the rest of us on why any group or society whose primary objective is the eradication of a nation and race of people who contribute to the world and the advancement of civilization should not be demonized and eradicated themselves. If there is a single "positive" thing that came out of 10/7 it's that the disgusting "americans" that support terrorists and hate Jews have made themselves known for the rest of us to see and shun -- at least the few of those who do not cowardly hide behind masks or keyboards while they spew their hatred. — Mr T on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

Yes! I saw -- and I had just checked DOB the week before! — Tribeca Citizen on In the News: Best restaurants in Tribeca

Since 10/7, antisemitic incidents in New York City have risen 148%. In our precious neighborhood, I have witnessed anti-Jewish graffiti, marches where participants are wearing Hezbollah and Hamas headbands, and protests with signage suggesting that Jews belong in the garbage in order to "clean up." As sad and dismayed as I have been for the past 18 months, I was stupidly under the assumption that these acts were not carried out by my neighbors. The comments here have proven otherwise. I actually cannot believe what I am reading from people who have lived side by side with my family for over 25 years. — Alyssa Sadoff on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

I like the "driven directly" turn of phrase there! — Marcus on In the News: A slew of updates on congestion pricing

The headline has since been changed to “band that supports Palestine” (previously “band that supports Hamas”) which seems like a more objective, journalistic headline. And agreed — perhaps the band intentionally scheduled the concert for Yom Kippur. Maybe it was a random Saturday night in October. Both seem equally plausible so it seems like a stretch to make guesses either way unless it’s confirmed. — MD on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur

Just curious, can you show me an example of the band specifically supporting what Hamas did? — Chris on Irish band that supports Palestine is scheduled at Pier 17 on Yom Kippur