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The Battery Park City ball fields were largely destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but expedited repair work allowed them to reopen the following spring. After input from residents and consultation with Community Board 1 (CB1), the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has agreed to revisit its plan to bring resiliency features to the ballfields....

10AM Governors Island Opening Governors Island Governors Island will be open daily from May 1 to October 31, with extended late-night hours every Friday and Saturday between Memorial and Labor Day. Ferries will be free for all visitors from Wednesday, May 1 to Sunday, May 5. govisland.com 11AM Elements of Nature Drawing Battery Park City...

The newsstand currently operated by Abdur Patwary at the corner of Greenwich and Murray Streets. Community Board 1 (CB1) is urging the City’s Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to reject an application by a Tribeca newsstand operator to open a second kiosk one block away from his current location. The applicant, Abdur Patwary, first came...

5:30PM Battery Park City Book Club New York Public Library Join the Battery Park Book Club for a lively discussion of a great book. This month’s book is Absalom, Absalom by William Faulkner. Battery Park City branch of the New York Public Library. 175 North End Avenue. 7PM Epic Voices: Charles Olson’s The Maximus Poems...

U.S. Congressman Jerry Nadler (center) and City Council member Margaret Chin (left) look on as MTA chief Patrick Foye describes a plan to reinstitute two-way tolling on the Verrazzano Bridge. A gaggle of elected and appointed officials gathered on Staten Island on Sunday morning to announce their support for changing a decades-old tolling policy on...

Evening twilight, end of April, first days of May. image: Starry Night, Judy Isacoff For delight in discovery plan to observe many fleeting moments that mark the movement of the seasons and other special events in the sky this week. Beginning with the short window of evening twilight, bid farewell to the scintillating stars of...