Author: Matthew Fenton

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...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Where There’s Smoke… Convenience Stores Raise Concerns about Neighborhood Going to Pot Children crowd around the counter of the Battery Park Convenience store on its opening day. A new convenience store on Battery Place is sparking concerns about the possible sale of smoking and vaping...

The Broadsheet – Lower Manhattan’s Local Newspaper View as Webpage Wagnerian Woes Battery Park City Hotel Operator Implodes Amid Allegations of Loan Default, Fraud Even by the standards of the distressed Lower Manhattan hotel industry, the spiraling adversity faced by the owners of the shuttered Wagner Hotel in Battery Park City is remarkable. On Thursday,...