DATES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30TH to TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES REMAIN IN EFFECT ALL WEEK Construction will affect both Hudson River tunnels this coming week causing late-night gridlock in the vicinity of the Holland Tunnel. At the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel, all Manhattan-bound lanes of the “helix” road will be closed overnight [...]
Continue reading …ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALL WEEK The traffic dominoes will fall this week, affecting streets in Lower Manhattan. Construction at the Lincoln Tunnel will send droves of drivers to the Holland Tunnel. All New York-bound lanes of the Lincoln Tunnel helix (the spiral approach road to the tunnel) will be closed overnight 10:30 [...]
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Silver protests plans for P.S. 276: In a strongly worded letter to New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked that the Department of Education reconsider its plan to add more kindergarten classes at P.S. 276. “By increasing the number of kindergarten classes next year, the D.O.E. would force [...]
Continue reading …Dates: Tuesday, January 15th to Monday, January 21st ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES ARE SUSPENDED ON MONDAY, JANUARY 21ST FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY; ALL OTHER RULES REMAIN IN EFFECT Because of the school bus strike, please try to avoid driving on streets by schools, particularly betweet 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. [...]
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Asphalt Green Community Center: The Battery Park City Authority has issued a statement about the community center it is constructing at 212 North End Ave. No, it doesn’t know when the community center will open. Yes, Asphalt Green is still the operator of the project. This community center was originally supposed to open in November [...]
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BY JOSH ROGERS | Battery Park City Authority officials are not calling Sandy a “perfect storm,” but they do say it was a once-in-a-century type event that could sideline the neighborhood ballfields for six months or longer. Mathew Monahan, the authority’s spokesperson, said the fields were designed to withstand all but a 100-year storm, which [...]
Continue reading …ALTERNATE SIDE PARKING RULES REMAIN IN EFFECT ALL WEEK Happy 2013, Lower Manhattanites! If you’re planning to take the Brooklyn Bridge, remember all Manhattan-bound lanes will be closed overnight11 p.m. to 6 a.m.Wednesday and Thursday. Also, the bridge’s Ramp F (which allows access to Robert F. Wagner Place from Exit 2 off FDR Drive South) [...]
Continue reading …The Dragons and Cougars battled it out in a basketball showdown between two of Lower Manhattan’s middle schools Dec. 14. The Manhattan Academy of Technology Dragons in Chinatown and Battery Park City’s I.S. 289′s Cougars girls teams played first followed by the boys teams. I.S. 289′s Lady Cougars, coached by Manhattan Youth, started strong in [...]
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M9 buses return to Lower Manhattan on Jan. 6: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has some good news for Battery Park City residents that may partially offset any groans over fare hikes coming our way in March. Beginning Jan. 6, the M9 bus will be back! The route was truncated during 2010 budget cuts. In January, service [...]
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