Jeff Bezos' ex-wife has just given away more than $4 billion and the local community college is one of 384 recipients of grants intended for institutions that serve regional, minority and low-income people. / 4 comments
Local schools are all going at least half remote -- and BMCC is fully remote -- meaning our streets will be a lot quieter this fall. / 3 comments
Local resident and BMCC professor Cheryl J. Fish has released a collection of poetry that discusses shared trauma and environmental crises. / 3 comments
An encampment on a bench on the north side of Fiterman Hall has been cleared after outreach from the city's homeless teams. / 4 comments
Plus: books as art (and art as books) on display at the Children's Museum of the Arts; a community meeting with the 1st Precinct; snow business for the Parks Department. / 5 comments
Plus: The BMCC pool finally reopens today; Pier 17 advertising lights; midcentury-modern furniture store coming to Crosby; a new kosher steakhouse in FiDi. / 1 comment
Plus: A visit to the underground farm; students got to Skype with an astronaut about the International Space Station; BMCC president to step down after 23 years. / 8 comments
Plus: A Subway sandwich shop closed; Laughing Man holiday party; toy drive at ARC Athletics; WeWork opened its first Tribeca location; "Succession" and "240" shoots. / 2 comments
Plus: Parkour classes for kids; Broadway condo sales office (and narrow entryway); donate a gently used bra to help fight sex trafficking; meeting about Peck Slip park design; BMCC pool delay.
Plus: BMCC's swimming pool is finally going to reopen; ball field padding replaced; Franklin Street art; why DanceBody didn't open; city council candidate filed complaint against Chin; "La La Land" and Harry Potter outdoor film screenings; White Street renovation reveal; mysterious storefront; Barbara Kasten art show. / 6 comments
Plus: The De Blasio administration has jacked up commercial real estate taxes (and an acclaimed West Village restaurant is closing partly as a result); Cut has Sunday brunch and a lunch deal; when Broadway was Typewriter Row; East River Esplanade logjam cleared.
Plus: Funky storefronts getting replaced; BMCC's 5 a.m. alarm; the weathered car that's always at Harrison and Greenwich; the Whopperito. / 8 comments
Contact Christopher Marte's office. They are very big on trees. — Heide Fasnacht / Nosy Neighbor: What happened to our trees?
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I have been attending to Zumba classes with Carlos Chavez more than 3 years. He is a great teacher, fantastic... — BGD / Nosy Neighbor: Can you take classes at Asphalt Green if you are not a member?
I agree that this is an example of government incompetence. They've probably had it on their to-do list since 2018:... — Thomas Hagen / Nosy Neighbor: What happened to our trees?
Zumba changed my life! Dancing at the park, with the breeze, the trees, the Hudson river, the birds and, of... — Alicia / Nosy Neighbor: Can you take classes at Asphalt Green if you are not a member?
I discovered Zumba with Carlos through as friend, and I have to say it was the best gift she ever... — AK / Nosy Neighbor: Can you take classes at Asphalt Green if you are not a member?
File a claim against the city in civil court. Sounds pretty simple, esp if the Coop has records of the... — J Frank P / Nosy Neighbor: What happened to our trees?