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 […]
NYC Pride March to End & Disperse in Chelsea The route of June 30’s 2024 NYC Pride March will see participants and spectators along portions of Fifth and Sixth Avenues, as well as a section of Christopher Street that has it passing Stonewall Inn and Stonewall National Monument. But when it comes to crossing the […]
BY CHARLI BATTERSBY | The Tribeca Film Festival (now known as Tribeca Festival) began with co-founder Robert De Niro trying to help his neighborhood recover from 9/11. After 20+ years, the festival is acknowledging that this De Niro fellow seems to have made quite a few good movies over the years, and has devoted a […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A storefront at 196 Seventh Ave. (between West 21st and 22nd Streets) that stood shuttered for months is now home to a new business–and no, its not a smoke shop. It’s something cooler. Much, much cooler. Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream (“New York’s favorite Italian Ice since 1928”) is […]
Tribeca Festival Presents De Niro Con Friday, June 14 through Sunday, June 16 At Spring Studios (6 St. Johns Ln.) BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Having first taken place in 2002 as a way to bring attention—and people, and spending—back to Lower Manhattan after the previous year’s terrorist attack, the Tribeca Film Festival, these days, goes […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A number of neighbors based on or near the 400 block of West 21st Street have a gift for coming up with grand gestures that galvanize. Long known for their groovy, ghoulish (and winning) entries in the area’s annual Outdoor Halloween Decorating Contest, the affable, action-minded residents were also instrumental in […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Programming In, Around Bella Abzug Park / ¡Arriba! Celebrates the High Line’s Birthday / The Puccini Jukebox / Super Sidewalk Fest / Buy Black Marketplace / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / PRIDE Month Events: Chelsea Community Church PRIDE-Themed 1pm June Sunday Services The Hudson […]
Here’s What’s Happening This Week In & Around Chelsea Spring Fling / Down to Earth Farmers Market Chelsea / The Full Board of Manhattan Community Board 4 / Programming In, Around Bella Abzug Park / Gianetta’s Vendetta: A Free Musical Event / Super Sidewalk Fest / June PRIDE Month Events: Paws for Pride; Seventh Avenue […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Spring spruce-up efforts at Clement Clarke Moore Park (W. 22nd St. & 10th Ave.) have bloomed, finding the beloved West Chelsea destination poised for another season in the sun, as soaked up by the park’s perennial summertime patrons. The greening initiative was rooted in April 28’s Earth Day celebration. “We wanted […]
Remember when all of NYC stopped what they’re doing, spilled out onto the streets, and gazed skyward to observe April 8’s solar eclipse? Those who somehow missed the massively hyped event may well be crestfallen to know the next comparable event won’t happen in NYC until May 1, 2079. Until then—and this is no mere […]
