1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) 1642 – England’s Parliament...
On September 5 for eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September raided the Munich Olympic Village building housing Israeli Olympians. The terrorists killed two team members, took nine hostage and demanded the release of 234 of their jailed compatriots.
During the the 21-hour hostage standoff, one of the Black Septemberists made his way out onto the apartment's balcony. Associated Press photographer Kurt Strumpf shot this image, the faceless look of terror. In the end, as the terrorists attempted to flee, German snipers tried to take them out. The Palestinians killed the hostages and a policeman.
More than a decade of advocacy by community leaders came to fruition at a meeting of the Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) on Tuesday evening, when Tammy Meltzer announced that the City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has agreed to install a traffic light at the intersection of South End Avenue and...
September, 2011: Rector Place resident Seema Galati is run over on South End Avenue and Rector Place when a speeding car hits as she crosses the intersection.
1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul’s Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died. 1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry. 1774 –...
Brookdale Senior Living, the largest owner and operator of senior living communities throughout the United States, is selling its local outpost, Brookdale Battery Park, located at the corner of Chambers Street and North End Avenue, for $194 million. The purchaser is a real estate investment trust, Ventas, which invests primarily in properties serving various aspects...
The Brookdale Senior Living facility (formerly known as The Hallmark), in northern Battery Park City, was recently sold for $194 million.
There are eight elite public high schools in New York City that admit students based on their score on the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT). More than 27,000 middle schoolers will take this test in the fall, but fewer than one in five will earn a coveted seat at one of the schools,...
To the Editor: Chutzpah…It is not surprising to Seaport denizens that the Dallas-based Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) fully understands the meaning of this word. HHC finally showed its hand at last month’s Manhattan Community Board 1 Executive Committee meeting: they want to line their pockets by bending the rules and asked the community to...
