How about an outpost of the Smacking Burger? It’s far enough from the gas station in the west village and would be delicious. — Sarah on Tribeca Plate at Bogardus Plaza will close Friday

Good variety & fun to see such happy choices, also inviting to go to the many shops. Thanks! — Lisa on 2024 Shop-Local Gift Guide: Baubles

Couple of suggestions: The food cart vendors (like Mohammed and the fruit guy on Greenwich) can maybe rent out. Or the bike guy can rent out. Perhaps a specialty bakery like frenchette or magnolia. — Sandra on Tribeca Plate at Bogardus Plaza will close Friday

There are tons of places to get and have food. It is oversaturated and they end up cannibalizing each other. Not everything can and should be food. East Village dog cafe Boris and Horton just called it quits. Vesuvio is closing its Hell's Kitchen location. Plus not everything can and should be food. This summer hosted various family and work visitors to NYC. They all observed that after a while it became numbing seeing food everywhere and "everyone" sitting around outside having "brunch" or Starbucks etc, leaving trash and looking at their phones...generic urban NYC — Lisa on Tribeca Plate at Bogardus Plaza will close Friday

When do you think you will reopen — Arlene Ancona on Thalassa is closed until further notice

The coffee vendor, Mohammed, has been there for years but he is illegally parked according to city rules. He is too close to the crosswalk and the entrance to a building. Sanitation controls carts these days but seem unable to get him to move down the block. He is a good guy but it definitely creates competition for the kiosk — victoria on Tribeca Plate at Bogardus Plaza will close Friday

Love seeing the greatest sport on Earth show some life in inner cities. That's two batting cages in Tribeca now! — Hank on Sneak Peek: Baseball Pill

Amen! B&N was a beacon of light in the community. The Mysterious Bookshop is great as well, so book lovers should support them as well. I think B&N missed crucial opportunities to expand once Staples closed. They could have sold computer printer paper and ink, expanded their cafe, while maintaining their rep. Evolution is the key to survival in the fluid tsunami of change heading our way. — MosesX on Seen & Heard: Hobby Lobby construction happening?

Groundsel! I am thrilled to see this update. Thank you! — Daren Salter on South Cove jetty gets some TLC after three decades

The theft story is a great read, but also frustrating. Imagine his helpless the security guards feel as they watch shoplifters walk away, knowing there is nothing they can do. I’ve watched it happen several times in Target. It’s not fun to shop there, waiting for an employee to unlock cases and feeling rushed when they do. — JC on In the News: Now we know why there were cops at Target

The coffee vendor by the subway doesn't help either. — G on Tribeca Plate at Bogardus Plaza will close Friday

This place is a treasure in the neighborhood. My kids LOVE it there. — Michael C on Sneak Peek: Baseball Pill

You have only scratched the surface here. The food from Olive’s we all know is world class and so were the craft beers at the Brookfield Plaza location. The coffee there was great too, but the new location will be full of coffee producing machines and equipment I guarantee 90+% of the patrons will never have seen or heard of (I certainly hadn’t) and I have already had the best cup of coffee, by far, in my life there with Nick as he continues to renovate and build out the facility while diligently working daily to create what will arguably be the finest coffee experience in the US. If you enjoy coffee the way a wine lover appreciates perfectly aged Chateau Petrus, you will be anxiously waiting with me for the lights to go on and the doors to open. And if you simply enjoy good coffee (and could care less about Chateau Watchamacallit) this will be the place for you too! — Skip on Sneak Peek: Olive’s

May as well install a cot, my son lives here now. — Margaret S. on Sneak Peek: Baseball Pill

They should sell cannabis . . . — Reademan on Tribeca Plate at Bogardus Plaza will close Friday

Such a shame that so far the business model hasn't worked, but I think you're right -- it has to be something unique that isn't available close by elsewhere. Benvenuto's menu just wasn't different enough from the coffee cart/Starbucks (depending on your price/quality preference). And the price point probably needs to be a bit lower to serve the student / nanny crowd who hang out there. — Nicole Vianna on Tribeca Plate at Bogardus Plaza will close Friday

This is a great space and our son loves their sessions! — Ami M on Sneak Peek: Baseball Pill

I added you, but I assume there's no website other than the Friends of Duane Park website? — Tribeca Citizen on Happy Thanksgiving to all, and thanks to all who make this a great place to live

Thanks so much! — Tribeca Citizen on Happy Thanksgiving to all, and thanks to all who make this a great place to live

Overlooked is Friends of Tribeca Park. A hardy band of volunteers who have dedicated over 20 years to keeping TP, the intersection of East and West Tribeca, looking good. Thanks to partnerships with Friends of Duane Park and The New York HORT, the park is better than ever! — Don on Happy Thanksgiving to all, and thanks to all who make this a great place to live

Yes, thank you, Pam for all that you do. I don’t know you personally, but I sure feel like I do. Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season to you and yours. — DSSA on Happy Thanksgiving to all, and thanks to all who make this a great place to live

Kudos to these amazing stewards! Thanks for shining a light on this group. — Paul Mutter on Happy Thanksgiving to all, and thanks to all who make this a great place to live

All curbside sheds should have been down by Nov. 29. If not, they will get fined. Sidewalk cafes can be year-round. — Tribeca Citizen on The Zona sidewalk shed is down

@Matt (replying to your Nov 29): I brought up CSS b/c you contend CP is regressive. If it were, CSS would be the first to call it out. Their mission is empowering and uplifting NYC's lower-income households. (Their web homepage says in big letters, "Powering a more equitable New York.") Memorial Sloan-Kettering, a beloved/admired medical research & care organization, has no stake or expertise in economic equity and uplift. Your lack of interest in reading the CSS report belies your claim to care about CP's regressivity or progressivity. Fare evasion is a problem but it isn't credible to posit that combatting it can replace CP as a revenue source (let alone reduce the oppressive volume of cars in and en route to the congestion zone). I appreciate your collegiablity (btw, I did have a lovely Thanksgiving and hope you did too). Please try to consider that off-the-cuff opinions aren't a substitute for hard analysis and, dare I say, expertise. Thanks. — Komanoff on ICYMI, Congestion pricing is back

NYC has a major scaffolding issue. They stay up forever and become outdoor homeless shelters and clandestine locations for drug dealing and other street crime. The city needs to figure out how to balance the demands of Local Law 11 with common sense public safety and quality of life. — Matt on The last of the PS 234 sidewalk shed comes down?