Two local couples have founded a members-only social club for kids and parents, filling the former Best Market space with very little to create just that: space.. / 2 comments
The former supermarket provides 16,000 square feet of play and learning space over two levels and activates that stretch of Greenwich again. / 27 comments
The members-only family play and education facility is coming along, revealing the open windows there for the first time in ages. / 5 comments
Gristedes' "Store 70" at 71 South End Ave. and West Thames will close on Jan. 28, the latest in what seems like a citywide shuttering of supermarkets. / 19 comments
The Best Market space at 316 Greenwich has a new tenant applying for a liquor license, and it's a "community space for modern families" started by local investors. / 48 comments
Plus: Parking garage at 56 Leonard accused of mangling a Ferrari; new rendering for 100 Franklin; Best Market chain sold to German grocer; recipes from Yves; meeting about storm resiliency at ball fields. / 7 comments
Plus: Best Market's owner on the store's closing; recent muggings and thefts; big playpen bar opens in FiDi; that annoying ad barge and similar signage at Brookfield Place. / 2 comments
Plus: Street closure for a private party; actors' union bake sale to protest Tribeca ad agency; Soho salon hosting a talk about Jane Freeman's miniatures; Preschool of Sciences update; a cautionary tale. / 17 comments
Now that Independence Plaza's owners have declined to renew the lease for a school and a supermarket, perhaps they'll tell us what exactly they have planned for the strip. / 56 comments
Plus: Enthusiastic crossing guard could use your help; plastic surgeon opening big office on Laight; new shows at Soho Photo; at least three shoots this week. / 3 comments
Plus: The Cortlandt Street subway station on the 1 line looks close to opening (and may not be called Cortlandt Street); an increase in burglaries in Soho; brewery and beer garden to open near Trader Joe's. / 22 comments
Plus: Quest for a coin-counting machine; construction activity at stalled hotel site; the holdouts at 67 Vestry; future tenant on Church. / 17 comments
@Larry, good point about time saved in traffic. @Charles, thanks for explaining the "Jane the plumber/18 wheeler" issue. Which elected... — Jeff / There’s an election this month!
The rotating Downtown Alliance ad is really annoying and makes it hard to keep your eyes concentrated on any other... — N / Another Japanese omakase coming to the neighborhood
Yes, it seems more and more so. What happened, for example, to "Don't block the box" and enforcement against red-light... — Marcus / Another smoke shop coming to Church
@Larry, thanks for saying in under 30 words what would have taken me 300. @Jeff, thanks for your kind words.... — Komanoff / There’s an election this month!
The Smoke Shop at 321 Broadway across the street from the Federal Building was just busted on Thursday. — FiDiGuy / Another smoke shop coming to Church
We live in a completely lawless city, where obvious criminal activity is just ignored. Our public leaders are completely incompetent... — Reademan / Another smoke shop coming to Church
Even though I work but do not live in Tribeca, I feel sad when a long-time business closes in this... — Gary / Kings Pharmacy, a Tribeca staple for 25 years, will close on June 30