Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea National Night Out Against Crime / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / Shred Day / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / National Night Out Against Crime Observed […]
NOTE: Originally scheduled to shutter in Auguat, The Laurie Beechman Theatre will remain open through September. For the Beechman’s public performance calendar, clIck here. When word got out a few weeks ago that West Bank Cafe (opened on West 42nd Street in 1978) would be closing its doors this month, that meant the same fate would await […]
—News Briefs Compiled by Scott Stiffler— Subject Matter in Order of Appearance: 10th Precinct Coverage Area / Third Quarter Build the Block Meetings / New Police Officers Assigned / National Night Out Against Crime, Locally / Criminal Complaint Stats for the Week of July 22 to 28, 2024 / Community Council Meetings / Bike Laws […]
BY SAM TURVEY (Chairperson, ReThinkNYC) | A presentation by Amtrak, the MTA and New Jersey Transit (the Railroads) will take place on Monday morning, August 5, at NYU. Click here to register for the event, which will give the Railroads “an opportunity to discuss their plans for Penn Station and the prospects for implementing through running in this […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | The performing careers of ballet dancers are notoriously short, so it behooves an artist to plan ahead. Calvin Royal III, only the third person of color to achieve the rank of principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, has been dancing for more than 20 years and is still at it. Now […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | If there is one issue that unites New Yorkers from every walk of life, it’s housing. Our city’s rental vacancy rate is at a historic low of 1.4 percent, which shows how few homes in our city are available for rent; and half of all New Yorkers pay more […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Meet My Friend Speed Dating / Free Programming in Bella Abzug Park / The Rhythms of Carnival: A Cuban Musical Adventure / The Sweat Sessions / HYHK Alliance Needs Assessment Survey / Food Bag Program: Fresh Food for Seniors / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea […]
Note: This look at Chelsea Green’s history incorporates previous reporting by Kristen Ancillotti, Mark Nimar, & Scott Stiffler. Email Friends of Chelsea Green at ChelseaGreenPark@gmail.com to join their mailing list. On Instagram: @chelseagreennyc. BY SCOTT STIFFLER | It was 5 years ago this week—July 25, 2019—when the photo seen directly above was taken. Seconds later, […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | Still on Facebook? Join the dwindling club. But even though we’re basically dinosaurs roaming the social landscape in search of a branch to nibble on, there are still rules as to how to behave there. Let me make it easy for you. Here’s what NOT to do as a Facebook user. […]
Note: The following is a letter sent on July 10, 2024 to NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, NYC Department of Homeless Services. It is presented as a Guest Opinion piece at the request of its authors. Those who wish to add their names and/or groups/organizations to the list of supporters appearing […]