Archives for April 2019

1PM Adult Chorus Battery Park City Parks   Directed by Church Street School for Music and Art, the BPC Chorus is open to all adults who love to sing. Learn a mix of contemporary and classic songs, and perform at community events throughout the year. Meet at 6 River Terrace. FREE 7PM Bowne Printers Workshop: […]

While a spate of recent media stories have heralded newly published statistics from the federal Census Bureau, indicating that both New York City and the State have recently declined slightly in population, Lower Manhattan appears to be bucking this trends. The Census data shows that New York lost more population than an other state in […]

2PM Meeting of the Members of the  Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority 200 Liberty Street, 24th floor Click here for the Agenda The meeting is open to the public. A public comment period will be scheduled at a time on the agenda determined by the chairman. 6PM CB 1 Monthly Meeting Blue School  241 […]

Two Gold Street after Hurricane Sandy A lawsuit filed by a group of tenants in two adjoining Financial District apartment buildings, arising from harm they suffered in the wake of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy, has been dismissed by the Appellate Division of the New York State Supreme Court. The rental buildings, at Two Gold Street and […]

The crowds and flowers at City Hall   3PM Love Thy Neighbor Tour Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Join us for the Love Thy Neighbor tour, an hour-long tour that discusses the stories of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany and settling in the United States using unique artifacts from […]

Community leaders fear that the number of apartments contained in a building this large could overwhelm local infrastructure – particularly schools. The on-again/off-again skyscraper proposed for 80 South Street, in the Seaport District may be on again. In a story first reported by online development newsletter New York YIMBY, renderings have surfaced that indicate a […]

Community Board 1 wants this land devoted to public uses, under the plan for Brooklyn Bridge Esplanade, which is currently in the design phase. Community Board 1 (CB1) is lobbying to recover for public use multiple acres of taxpayer-owned land that the City has monetized for decades as parking facilities. The space at issue is […]

6PM Executive Committee  (tentative) Community Board 1 – Conference Room 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North  AGENDA Committee reports 6:30PM Person Place Thing Podcast Fraunces Tavern Museum At this recording of Person Place Thing, host Randy Cohen chats with bestselling author Russell Shorto. Person Place Thing is an interview show based on this idea: that people […]

CLICK TO WATCH THE NORWEGIAN ESCAPE ARRIVE Thursday, April 18 Norwegian Jade Inbound 6:30 am(Brooklyn); 10:30 pm; Bermuda Norwegian Pearl Inbound 9:30 am; outbound 8:30 pm; Nassau Saturday, April 20 Norwegian Getaway Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 3:30 pm; Nassau Anthem of the Seas Inbound 5:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 3:00 pm; Kings Wharf Sunday, April 21 […]

One Seaport, also known as 161 Maiden Lane, as seen from the East River. A 670-foot residential building now under construction in the South Street Seaport neighborhood is leaning precipitously north and east, according to a lawsuit filed against the developer by one of its former contractors. The tower, known as One Seaport, is located […]

Congressman Jerry Nadler: “The president — he wasn’t president [then] — but Donald Trump actually took a $150,000 grant from the Bush administration. They let him take a $150_000 grant meant for small businessmen, for 40 Wall Street, the ‘small business’ [of] 40 Wall Street.”   On Sunday, United States Congressman Jerry Nadler, who represents […]

  These days, one doesn’t have to venture uptown to take advantage of viewing world-class art. Lower Manhattan is a neighborhood where Keith Haring, Mark di Suvero, Isamu Noguchi, Jean Dubuffet and others are on display outdoors and free for the viewing. Add to this art-filled environment, a remarkable new show of painting, poetry and […]

  Tribeca Alliance Partnership is a non-profit organization made up of volunteers from our community in support of neighborhood goals.    We are merchants, residents, community representatives and others who have an interest in seeing that Tribeca remains a desirable neighborhood enriched by its small businesses.  Our goal is to build a strong and unified […]

6-8PM 6 River Terrace The Battery Park City Authority and Manhattan Community Board 1 will host a design discussion about the future of Wagner Park as part of the South BPC Resiliency Project. Intended to be a deeper dive on the Wagner Park portion of the project, this discussion follows the March 12 South BPC […]

The rail car was loaded onto a truck bound for Battery Park City  after its transatlantic voyage. (Editor’s Note: The author, David Cohen, is a 36-year resident of Battery Park City and the co-founder of Masterpiece International, a firm based in Lower Manhattan that specializes in transporting fine art objects for most of the world’s […]