Month: November 2022

Lower Manhattan’s highly regarded Blue School is closing. In a story first reported by Bloomberg, the acclaimed elementary school will cease operations at the conclusion of 2023’s spring semester. A statement posted on the school’s website explains, “it is with great sadness that we announce that the 2022-2023 school year will be Blue School’s last...

Above: Members of the Gateway Plaza Tenants Association executive board gather with State Senator Brian Kavanagh at a 2019 meeting of the organization, which seeks to protect the interests of renters in Battery Park City’s largest residential complex. Tonight (Thursday, November 17) the Gateway Plaza Tenants Association (GPTA) will host its annual meeting, via Zoom,...

The Battery Park City Authority (BCPA) is suing the operators of the now-shuttered bar and restaurant at Pier A for more than $8 million. The legal action seeks a combination of unpaid rent, interest, and rent that would otherwise have been collected—if the restaurant had not ceased operations, and if it had not been given earlier concessions on its rent by the Authority...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Migrant Kids Scarce in Lower Manhattan Downtown One of Three Communities in City Where Local Public Schools Have Not Absorbed Influx Highly regarded public schools in Lower Manhattan, such as Battery Park City’s PS/IS 276, have yet to be designated to take in children from...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice If you seek his monument, look around. It is with deep sadness that the Broadsheet must announce the passing of its co-founder, Robert Simko, who died on Thursday morning, at age 68, after a long illness. He is survived by his...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage How Lower Manhattan Is Voting Preliminary Tallies Indicate Downtown Is Deeper Blue Than City or State, But Paler Than Manhattan Incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul (shown here dedicating the Hurricane Maria Memorial in Battery Park City, in September, 2021) bested opponent Lee Zeldin in Lower Manhattan...