An H-Mart would be nice in the neighborhood but Hashi Market on Greenwich has certainly beat them to it. Kind of don't care anymore after being teased for so long. — Thomas on (Sort of) Progress report on H Mart

It's not worth getting into the back-and-forth over the jail; pretty sure everyone's positions are hardened at this point. (Reminds me of another recurring topic here!) But: do people really not understand why a jail costs a lot more to construct than a corporate tower? — malcolm on In the News: NYC Jailgate and the cost of prison

It was fun recalling my days in Tribeca. The neighborhood still had remnants of its industrial days as well as signs of coming changes to make it extremely interesting. Artists are always the first to see the possibilities. Thank you, Jan, for presenting my descriptions so accurately! — Joyce Gold on Reflecting on Tribeca in the 1970s

The cost of the misguided jail plan is absolutely shameful. And of course, the cost will keep going up as the project goes on, due to "over-runs". — Marcus on In the News: NYC Jailgate and the cost of prison

Agree with B! Toby’s is one of the best. Excited to finally have some quality Aussie coffee in the neighborhood. — Aussie on Coming to Greenwich and Duane: Toby’s Estate Coffee Roasters

I reported the litter around the post office to 311. To my pleasant surprise, today when I walked by the area was all cleaned up. Coincidence? I'm sure it will be trashed again soon enough though. There needs to be consistent cleaning (and enforcement against the litterbugs). — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Wok in Duane

Also, if rules were enforced against blocking the intersection (remember "Don't Block the Box"), that would make a great difference for traffic, horn honking, and human civility. — Marcus on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

Would love to get an update on this! It's been years! — J Tribeca on Market coming to Hudson and N. Moore soon?

It absolutely was. It's rude to suggest otherwise. — Tribeca Citizen on Hobby Lobby is open

Add one more to the list: Brooks Brothers has opened their Flagship Store at 195 Broadway (corner of Fulton). — Luis Vazquez (FiDi Fan Page) on Seen & Heard: A slew of updates from Fidi

Because the sanitation police know that the residential buildings in Tribeca, etc. are not going to waste their time going to court to fight a $100 ticket. Easy money and they reach their monthly quota. — TribecaMom on Seen & Heard: Wok in Duane

The photo that accompanied the article of the guns on display was NOT taken at the Tribeca Hobby Lobby. And it's irresponsible to include it. — Lynn S. on Hobby Lobby is open

How about not cherry picking as an example of traffic the night when NJ Transit went on strike and all rail service was suspended? "Oh, and btw, last Friday evening I spent 30 minutes in a taxi going from Bond Street to Canal on B’way. Is this our improved future?" If anything this shows the impact of mass transit, not any failure of congestion pricing. — James on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

Is Greenwich St going to break the record for the most coffee shops on a single street? — Tribeca Dad on Coming to Greenwich and Duane: Toby’s Estate Coffee Roasters

@mulciber: Yes, the CRZ surcharge for your taxicab ride would have been $3.25. It may be useful to know that $2.50 of that was for the FHV congestion surcharges enacted in 2018 and implemented in 2019. The other $0.75 was for the additional surcharges imposed as part of the big congestion pricing plan. (For Ubers, the figures are $2.75 old and $1.50 new for a total of $4.25.) So your incremental cost for that trip was just 75 cents. For your next trip to Trenton, you'll pay zero congestion toll going and $9 (or $2.25 off peak) coming back -- not 18 bucks. My larger point is that your Fri night traffic nightmare is a pretty small reed on which to hang a big conclusion about CP. From startup to last Friday, some 65 million car, truck, taxi and Uber trips have been tolled. The data make clear that the vast majority of those trips took less time this year than the same trips a year earlier. There are going to be exceptions. But it's also true that Fri evenings aren't the best time to be in a motor vehicle anywhere in Manhattan. I hope you have better luck -- and timing -- next time. — Komanoff on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

The CRZ surcharge was, in fact, $3.25, but the point was that it took 30 minutes of standing in traffic right around Canal Street and that raised the total fare of a relatively short trip across Manhattan to $50. And we didn't take a subway because my wife and I were hauling a bunch of luggage. Sitting in that traffic I had plenty of time to think about what we've "gained". And about the $9 being "hardly extreme": true. But let's say I don't have a lot of money (I don't) and I have to go to Trenton overnight to look after a sick friend. Last year that would cost me the price of a car rental, as I don't own a car. This year it costs that, plus an additional $18. If I'm paying that extra, burdensome cost, I expect something for it. I'm skeptical of what many are saying that I'm currently getting in return. — mulciber on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

malcom wrote: "Speaking of which, that trip you noted would have been two stops on the 6" ...or 15-20 minutes walk. — Marcus on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

Yes, of course, my teacher's hyperbole was the point of the discussion, which was that any measure taken to control behavior should be "symmetrical" to the negative consequences of that behavior. Thus, shooting people for littering would be attaining the desirable end through unacceptable means. I won't go back into the endless discussions of this point, but both the London and Stockholm schemes were more rational. To begin with, people living within them didn't have to pay, or paid almost nothing, to _leave and return to their homes_. — mulciber on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

Yes, pointing out significantly fewer cars on the streets is sort of the main thrust of the discussion. That was the intent, and that's the outcome. So of course supporters want to identify and highlight that as a mark of success. I appreciate that your teacher isn't a fan of retributive and extreme justice, but that doesn't really have much bearing here. It's $9, hardly extreme. In your taxi your surcharge would have been under $3. And that is, as I keep pointing out here, and I realize I'm annoying about it, about one subway fare. Speaking of which, that trip you noted would have been two stops on the 6. — malcolm on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

The death penalty does not seem quite a fair comparison to congestion pricing. If anything, congestion pricing is intended to save lives and reduce injuries. In London, for example, which has had congestion pricing in place far longer, congestion pricing significantly reduced crashes within the zone, and also in areas around the zone. "Estimated reductions of the number of road traffic crashes following CPP implementation included 3.6% per year in Stockholm’s zone-based charging area and 35% per month in London’s zone-based charging area. An additional study of London’s policy observed not only a 46.3% decrease in road traffic crashes in the charging zone but also observed significant decreases in non-charged areas adjacent to the charging zone." https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8545360/ — Marcus on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

I hope I can be forgiven for suggesting that certain forces with vested interests are lately trying a bit too hard to convince the rest of us that congestion pricing has been a roaring success. Pointing out that there are fewer cars on the streets completely, and I mean completely, avoids discussing everything that made this (in my opinion misbegotten) plan controversial. In 8th grade I had an amazing teacher who conducted a class in civics by saying, "if the penalty for littering in our dirty city were death, it could be the cleanest city in the world... discuss". Blunt and elementary, but invaluable. Oh, and btw, last Friday evening I spent 30 minutes in a taxi going from Bond Street to Canal on B'way. Is this our improved future? — mulciber on In the News: Everything that’s changed since congestion pricing

I can't comment on the merits of Goody's proposal, but I applaud their lawyer's word choice. i was searching for a good adjective for Broadway while walking from Reade Street to Park Place. With the vacant storefronts, accumulated trash and overall uninviting, rundown look, "seedy" certainly fits the bill. — Gary on An all-day cafe and nightclub has taken the Wooly space

Regarding the litter: Maybe if enough of us report this, things would change? That may be delusional, but I will try: "You can report an area where people repeatedly litter." https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-01673 — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Wok in Duane

Our building has been fined more than once for a single piece of litter in front of it. One time the litter was not even on the sidewalk, but in the street. Our super comes every day to clean, but he cannot be there every minute. Yet the post office looks like a garbage dump and nothing is done. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Wok in Duane

Yes, I've also witnessed them peeing on the walls, the postal service trucks, and random cars. I confronted one once and he said "Where am I supposed to do it? Do you want me to do it on your door instead?" Disgusting. — Marcus on Seen & Heard: Wok in Duane