Kudos to Bike New York for listening to the community and keeping the noise down. / 3 comments
Plus: The big event at Pier 26; Kafkaesque conversation about the Smyth; the Parks Department's takeover of the Warren Street Dog Park; checking in on the hotel construction in northwest Tribeca; Cheryl Hazan show. / 5 comments
Sue attended the CB1 Licensing Committee meeting in order to learn more about changes that organizer Bike New York is willing to make to this year's Five Boro Bike Tour. / 3 comments
Plus: Bike NY promises to address amplification at the Five Boro Bike Tour; bunny spotted at Rockefeller Park; Jeff Zimmerman at R & Company; another skincare company opening at World Trade Center mall. / 3 comments
Anecdotally, yesterday's Five Boro Bike Tour appears to have been less bothersome than in recent years. But there were still complaints, and a resident measured the noise with a sound meter. / 4 comments
Plus: More promises about noise reduction from the Five Boro Bike Tour organizers; demolition at the former New York Sports Club; menus for Blue Ribbon Federal Grill and the Roxy's oyster bar; Worth Street traffic mess; Walgreens is subletting. / 3 comments
And reopens late next week. Plus: Five Boro Bike Tour response; another Duane Park building as single-family mansion?; N. Moore cobblestones paved over; NYPD cars keep making that illegal turn; "Custody" film shoot. / 4 comments
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