Plus, while rents rise in Battery Park City, Gateway tenants organize for rent protections; Manafort's apartment seized by marshal; Barnes & Noble sold to a hedge fund. / 2 comments
Plus: The Ponte family's nasty legal battle; more on P.S. 150 having to move; Community Board 1's refusal to support a street-naming for a cop killed in Iraq; single mother moved from Tribeca to Battery Park City. / 5 comments
Plus: Opening forecast for the Martignetti brothers' bar at W. Broadway and Canal; a second outpost of Greenwich Street Tavern; Gateway Plaza rent fight; wedding site to become jail complex.
Plus: Gateway Plaza residents protest doorman decision; Burger N Grill review; more poke restaurants; interview with a Patron of the New founder; Salvatore Ferragamo designer has a place in Tribeca; FiDi affordable housing lottery. / 1 comment
Plus: Remembering Linda Belfer; schedule for the new Astoria ferry route; fight over a vacant lot on Washington Street.
Plus: Milk Bar opening in FiDi; Pace University expansion gets the Landmarks Preservation Commission's approval; Battery Park City chapel faces rent hike. / 3 comments
Plus: Uniqlo is said to be mulling a massive FiDi store; student in hit-and-run accident; the history of a Chambers Street building and western Canal Street; Gateway Plaza drama; steam vents. / 1 comment
Plus: Downtown Alliance's founding chairman, Robert Douglass, has died; night-vision cameras at Battery Park City ball fields; pop-up caviar restaurant; Gateway plaza tenants accuse landlord of fraud; Larry Silverstein is moving downtown. / 2 comments
Plus: Prominent building to be converted to offices; careless people find their stuff has been stolen; Gateway Plaza tenant spat; customizable landfill at Target; new museum on Liberty Island. / 5 comments
Plus: FiDi resident Yuh-Line Niou won the state-assembly primary; "the Jerry Seinfeld of France" bought in Tribeca; Viking ship to visit Battery Park City; Chuck Schumer had to skip event honoring him. / 1 comment
Plus: New entrances to the R train at the World Trade Center; Thomas Street closure on Sunday; Warby Parker pop-up; Le Pain Quotidien in Battery Park City said to be opening this week; "Law & Order: SVU" is back yet again. / 10 comments
Plus: New ferry service to increase air pollution; Sheldon Silver sentenced; more thefts; Carson Street clothing shop is closing; outdoor seating at the new Le Pain Quotidien in Battery Park City; R & Company exhibits. / 4 comments
I thought this park project was a product of the Onion. I watched a man poo on the street today... — Chambers Resi / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
There is a friends group you can contact: https://www.finnsquare.org/ — Tribeca Citizen / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
Finn Square is desperately in need for some TLC. Those sidwalks are in disrepair and the surrounding area + electrical... — Brian / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
They are absolutely thinking in the right direction. The streets need a massive road diet and the community would benefit... — FiDiGuy / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
Small and local businesses still exist, they just thrive closer to where people live rather than work. It's a new... — mactosh / Winston’s fails to launch
I agree that the options presented are too limited. I agree with Pam and Kathleen that we should pick one... — Jon Dubster / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint
I'd like to see Friends of Duane Park advocate for a fourth option - closing at least one side of... — Kathleen / Friends of Duane Park is seeking input on a bigger footprint