By KAITLYN MEADE | The heightened security in New York City since the Boston Marathon bombings migrated to Tribeca on Monday morning when a bomb squad was called in to investigate an abandoned package, which proved to be harmless. The package in question was left on a city bus April 22 as the bus parked [...]
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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | At Community Board 1’s Seaport Committee meeting on April 16, Jerry Gallagher, general manager of the South Street Seaport Museum, said that the museum only has enough money to carry it through the end of June. He also accused The Howard Hughes Corporation, which has a 60-year lease on much [...]
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(Originally posted April 10, 2012) By JOSH ROGERS | City Council candidate Jenifer Rajkumar made her formal announcement April 7 accusing opponent Margaret Chin of listening more to big developers than the people of Lower Manhattan. “Under this top-down approach, the councilmember goes into the room with a real estate or outside interest, closes the [...]
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Woman found dead on subway tracks A woman was found dead on the tracks of a Canal St. subway station on Sunday afternoon, police said. The body was spotted by a passerby at about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 7. Police could not immediately tell whether she had been hit by a train. The woman [...]
Continue reading …ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING IS IN EFFECT ALL WEEK Street fair season is upon us! This weekend, the Astor Place Festival will cause a stir on Astor Pl. between Lafayette St. and Broadway 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. Check next week’s column for more announcements, and follow me on Twitter @gridlocksam. Street closures in Tribeca: [...]
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BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | Around a thousand people streamed onto the Battery Park City ball fields on Sun., April 7 for the opening of the 2013 Downtown Little League season. Everyone was beaming. The ball fields, trashed by Superstorm Sandy, had to be completely rebuilt and it was touch and go as to whether [...]
Continue reading …By KAITLYN MEADE | A massive fashion and event complex coming to Tribeca put neighbors on the offensive when it applied for a liquor license at Community Board 1 in November, but as the application nears review, an agreement is struggling to take shape. Spring Studios, a London-based fashion advertising company, has been negotiating with [...]
Continue reading …BY TERESE LOEB KREUZER | The South Street Seaport Museum posted a notice on its website on Friday, April 5 that the galleries at 12 Fulton St. will be closed as of Sunday, April 7 because of Superstorm Sandy-related damage. The website invites visitors to go to Bowne Printers, its 19th-century print shop, at 209 Water [...]
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By JOSH ROGERS Lower Manhattan principals offered lucky children about 400 kindergarten seats this September, leaving 148 others on waiting lists to get into P.S. 234, 276 and the Peck Slips School. At least a few of the waitlisted 4- and 5-year-olds are likely to end up at Spruce Street School, which currently has three [...]
Continue reading …By KAITLYN MEADE | Remember those metal shells on every street corner; the ones mostly used now to shield cigarettes from the wind? Well those relics of 20 years ago are getting a new use thanks to the Bowery’s New Museum and independent advertising network Droga5. Dialing 1-855-FOR-1993 from any of 5,000 Manhattan payphones will [...]
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