News

Kindergarten crunch puts Spruce middle school in doubt

City makes deal to keep 2 P.S. 234 classrooms open

W.T.C. work less than liberating for many walkers 

Mayor flirting with buying B.P.C.

Greenmarket exploring B.P.C.

Rejected by W.T.C., mural finds home at Whitehall
The mural deemed not “extraordinary enough” for the construction fence around the World Trade Center site is now wrapping a construction fence near the Whitehall Ferry Terminal instead.

Part of Chambers to remain 2-way during construction
By Lesley Sussman
First there was “The Nightmare on Elm Street.”

$300 million Brooklyn Bridge project to begin
Noisy construction on the Brooklyn Bridge could begin as soon as next month, as the city Dept. of Transportation launches a four-year, $300 million overhaul of the bridge.

Two local lawyers file suits to keep St. Vincent’s open
By Albert Amateau
St. Vincent’s Hospital filed for bankruptcy last week and wound down to its last 60 inpatients, with about two-thirds of its medical and support staff having received notice of termination by this week.

Duane St. stop sign is still a no-go
The city is sticking to its refusal to install a traffic signal or stop sign at Greenwich and Duane Sts. near the entrance to Washington Market Park.

Bigger farmers’ markets returning to the Seaport
Two farmers’ markets are growing in the South Street Seaport.

City casts its line for E. River waterfront tenants
A cafe, classrooms and recreational space could all be coming to the rebuilt East River Waterfront.

Cimino makes history with shot heard round B.P.C.
Kaylee Cimino on Saturday likely became the first softball player in Downtown Little League history to hit an out-of-the park homer.

ARTS DOWNTOWN

Let’s hear it for New York
BY TRAV S.D.
Local filmmakers represent at TFF.

Delving into ‘American Mystic’

TFF Chelsea Preview
BY SCOTT STIFFLER
The name in the title may say Tribeca — but many of the 85 selections in the Tribeca Film Festival...

Koch on Film
By Ed Koch