BY SCOTT STIFFLER | The sidewalk scaffolding that long served as cover for open-air narcotics sales and a myriad of quality of life infractions including urination and intimidation may be gone—but the corner of West 21st Street and Eighth Avenue continues its reign of geographic infamy. Of particular concern is the loitering-outside, once-busted-for-fencing-inside cornershop, nearby […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting / West Side Community Fund Grant Applications / The Greater Good Series / Bingo Night / From 50 the Future: A Hip-Hop Exhibit at Chelsea Market / Apply to Serve on Your Manhattan Community Board / Admiration: A Black History Month […]
The 10th Precinct Community Council Meeting Wednesday, January 31, 7pm At the 10th Precinct (230 W. 20th St. btw. 7th & 8th Aves.) UPDATE: Since this article’s publication, the 10th Precint has noted that because of illness, CO Capt. Brathwaite will not attend the Jan. 31 Community Council meeting. Executive NYPD Officer Captain Magliente will […]
BY JESSE GERICKE & SCOTT STIFFLER | Founded in 1949 by a group of visionary entrepreneurs, the coverage area of the Greenwich Village Chelsea Chamber of Commerce (GVCCC) has grown to include the SoHo, NoHo, Union Square, and Flatiron communities. Its contemporary membership—ranging from independent and sole proprietorships to major institutions and organizations—benefits from services […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | In another signifiant sign that’s helping to define what we mean by the “post-pandemic era,” all of the public meetings coming out of Chelsea’s 10th Precinct have made the transition from online Zoom forums to a time when small meeting rooms or sweeping outdoor spaces will serve as host venues. This […]
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BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A 30-year-old male criminal recidivist—known to the 10th Precinct as an individual who exhibits signs of emotional distress—was arrested again on Tuesday, April 25, nearly six hours after a violent incident inside Rainbow Station. The adult store’s 203 Eighth Ave. address (btw. W. 20th & 21st Sts.) makes it part of […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Like the guest at a party who wouldn’t leave—and was never on the invite list—the scaffolding and shedding mandated by the city to shield passersby from debris during building construction has long been the bane of those it intends to protect. “Ask New Yorkers what gets on their nerves, and a […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Founded in 1993 as a way for non-violent offenders to avoid incarceration if they access social serices and/or perform community service, calls to restore full-time operations of Midtown Community Court (MCC; 314 W. 54th St.) began soon into its COVID-era closure. Those calls were answered in March of 2022, when MCC reopened as […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” Participatory Budgeting Vote Week / / The First Annual Flatiron/NoMad Plant-Based Food Fair / Chelsea Community Church Palm Sunday Service / Community Cleanups / Past Tense: Events from Earlier in the Week (calendar updated 3/30): Remaining CB4 March Meetings / Rise and Resist Elevator Action Group Rally […]
