Hennessy $3 M Small Business Grant Program designed to help Asian, African and Latino small business. Apply on line between 6/22 to 7/1. https://www.unfinishedbusiness.us/ — TribecaMom on In the News: Restaurants struggle with booze costs

Hi. Any news on when (or if) Walker‘s is reopening? — Christina on Seen & Heard: Congrats to the class of 2020

I actually spoke to a few artists while they were still working and at least the two that I had spoken to had received permission from the store owners and were life long soho residents. I bet not everyone got permission--I think that is part of the point. What a delight to see art (even if fleeting) replace the predictably mundane windows of global luxury retailers that are patronized by Karen. — cami on The expanding street art scene in Soho

I just found out when I called to ask why he no longer accepted my insurance (as per the letter they sent). After I was told that all the other doctors accept my insurance, I said I cant pick just like that. Dr. Qurashi has been my doctor for 20 years. I cried on the phone when the customer service rep told members. No one expects the doctor to be sick. They are like super human. Dr. Q made me feel protected because he always took the right precautions. But now I feel lost. And I will be sure to eat my veggies. And each time I exercise, I will remember him saying "you can do it" with such confidence in me.... RIP doc.. — Pauline Pratt on Dr. Nisar Quraishi dies from the coronavirus at 74

As the saying goes, the battle of Waterloo was won on the playgrounds of Washington Market Park. :-) — James on Washington Market Park playgrounds are open

You are trusting the fate of civilization to Tribeca's moms & nannies? We are all dead. — Jim Smithers on Washington Market Park playgrounds are open

Just visited WMP where the majority of grown ups ( 80%?}, moms/ nannies were NOT wearing masks at all, wearing masks down, clearly not observing social distancing by grouping together all around kids who were running around next to them. We left after realizing this was not a good decision to visit. Please don’t ruin this. Moms/ dads wear your masks! Parents tell your nannies to wear a mask at ALL times. Clearly this is not looking very promising. — Mom of 2 on Washington Market Park playgrounds are open

I do wish that they would close off Duane Park! It is not a necessary throughway. I also wish that the restaurants/bars would provide *AMPLE* trash receptacles- as a resident of Duane Park, it is super gross to see all the plastic cups and plates with foil strewn around. I can't imagine people could be that inconsiderate, but some are. Trash cans will solve this! — Nichole on Phase 2 outdoor dining starts Monday, and drinking on the streets is legal!

I've been commuting via the 1, 2, 3 to 34th or 42nd the last two weeks and have found the trains very clean but eerily empty. Being exposed to germs is not an issue at all because so far whether I travelled at 9am or 11am, you're hard pressed to find a train w/at least 2 ppl in it. By late afternoon, you'll get approx. 4-6 ppl/car heading downtown which, for me, feels way more safe especially for a woman. My co-workers from the UWS have the opposite issue, they complain of more crowded trains (12-16 ppl) with a few ppl not wearing masks. I'm hoping phase 2 will bring more ppl into the trains and into midtown bc if it doesn't happen soon, it's going to decimate midtown and the surrounding areas :( — acj on Are we facing a new wave of car traffic?

I was there Friday at 11. The park had been open not 2 hours and only 1 in 10 kids were wearing masks. As you say it will be hard to keep kids separate BUT it’s not hard to tell them to wear their mask or they go home. People, do the right thing and mask your child so it STAYS open. We do need the park, but let’s not ruin it for everyone. — Distant social on Washington Market Park playgrounds are open

Sorry, no. — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

Yes! — Tribeca Citizen on Where in Tribeca?

This is located outside where numerous on the ground surround the Ted Weiss Federal building on Broadway and Rease Street be safe all, Sonia S. — Sonia Stock on Where in Tribeca?

Pier 26? — Adrian on Where in Tribeca?

Thank you for the reminder about the fare-free buses. I've only taken a couple of bus rides in this shutdown and indeed they were fare-free; there was actually no way to pay since the driver area with the MetroCard reader was roped off. Surely MTA can't keep operating fare-free though as the city re-opens, unless the bail-out money is unlimited. True that going underground seems more dangerous in pandemic times, both since enclosed unventilated spaces are higher infection risk, and apparently there has been more subway crime. A thought: perhaps buses need to have openable windows again. Since buses are still enclosed spaces and thus higher infection risks. One of the reasons I prefer NYC to other cities is that you don't need a car to survive here. Maybe I'll find myself walking long distances a lot more often. — Marcus on Are we facing a new wave of car traffic?

Unlike the subways, buses have been effectively fare-free since they blocked off the front entrance during the pandemic. They have run 24 hours and as a substitute for essential workers during the late night subway shutdown and with fewer homeless people overrunning them. Whose first choice in a respiratory disease pandemic is to ride in a hole in the ground? IMO MTA should first compare ridership in those areas served by both means of transit. Plenty of outer-borough resident essential workers live where no subways exist to bring them to Manhattan. I would bet plenty of office-working and other commuters who typically ride the subway to/from Grand Central and Penn Station and PATH as their last travel leg have been staying-at-home and not riding the City bus instead. — James on Are we facing a new wave of car traffic?

If you can't afford to give your child their own bedroom in NYC, then you should move where you can. The NYC quarantine should have made that more apparent. If not, you're being selfish. — Tribeca-ish Momma on Are Tribecans moving to the suburbs?

It's interesting that bus ridership is not down as much. Maybe one solution is to add more bus routes and lanes... Some steps in this direction: http://secondavenuesagas.com/2020/06/09/thoughts-as-the-mayor-unveils-just-20-miles-of-new-busways-and-bus-lanes-as-nycs-pandemic-response/ — Marcus on Are we facing a new wave of car traffic?

That sounds promising...I hope it's effective. — Marcus on Phase 2 outdoor dining starts Monday, and drinking on the streets is legal!

I produced the debate at MNN. Here is the link: https://www.mnn.org/blog/represent-nyc-election-coverage-democratic-primary-debate It's available on MNN.org — Victoria Bert on In the News: Downtown Shake Shack did *not* poison NYPD

The restaurants must provide safe social distancing methods for using the bathrooms, according to DOH rules here. — Tribeca Citizen on Phase 2 outdoor dining starts Monday, and drinking on the streets is legal!

Keep the traffic coming... unless we're keen on watching the rest of the few remaining shops and restaurants get decimated. Whatever it is at now is still far less vehicle traffic than normal, and the big garages in the area are still largely empty. Maybe when traffic for the Holland is backed up every day to Reade St, some of those folks might even want to get a place down here to ditch the commute. Would be nice. — alee on Are we facing a new wave of car traffic?

Love it or leave it Jim. — Tribeca Proud on Are Tribecans moving to the suburbs?

Drinking in the streets with no access to restrooms -> https://ny.eater.com/2020/6/11/21287735/public-urination-nyc-takeout-cocktails — Marcus on Phase 2 outdoor dining starts Monday, and drinking on the streets is legal!

this has been going on forever. many people move here, have kids and move out before their kids hit middle school. — josh on Are Tribecans moving to the suburbs?