In This Expanded Edition of This Week In & Around Chelsea: NYC Council Member Erik Bottcher in an Online Conversation with Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg / The 10th Precinct Community Council / NYCHA Tenants: Know Your Rights on Thursday, April 27, 4pm via Zoom / EVENT POSTPONED: Camp Chelsea Green: An All-Ages Spring Fling Block Party […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Summer is a great time for children, but it’s a challenging time for working parents. No parent wants to leave their child at home if they don’t have family or trusted friends to look after them. Learning loss also happens over the summer. Studies have shown that during the summer, […]
MICHELE CARLO | Organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art to coincide with the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the first survey of Puerto Rican art at a major U.S. museum in 50 years takes its name—no existe un poshuracán (which loosely translates to “a post-hurricane world does not exist”)—from while they sleep (under the bed is […]
TEXT, QUESTIONS & PHOTOS BY JOANNE ADLER SINOVOI Last year I was on my way to Whole Foods market in Manhattan West when I noticed OPR Eyewear (click here to visit their website). The outside window caught my eye, so to speak, and I walked in to take a look, as I knew I needed […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 2, Flatiron North Plaza (Broadway & 23rd St.) was the setting for the first-ever Flatiron NoMad Plant-Based Food Fair, hosted by the Flatiron NoMad Partnership and Eleven Madison Home (from the team and kitchen behind Eleven Madison Park). Timed to celebrate the start of April’s […]
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 | Congratulations to the team of reporters and critics whose work in 2022 was recognized by the New York Press Association (NYPA) Better Newspaper Contest. During a March 31 awards ceremony held as part of NYPA’s 2023 Spring Conference, Chelsea Community News won First Place in the category of Coverage of the […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Built in 197 and having made its bones as a shipping and storage terminal, the long-dormant Pier 57 (at W. 15th St. in Hudson River Par) oened to the public on April 1 as a multi-tasking destination for those with a mind for the stomach (via a 15-kiosk, ground floor food hall) […]
Once a month, the full membership of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) meets to, among other things, vote on letters whose calls to action and recommendations originated from the previous month’s committee meetings–where the real action is! All committee and Full Board meetings of CB4 are being held virtually, via Zoom, through 2023. Meeting dates, times, […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” One Day Earlier Than Usual, the Full Board Meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4) / E-Waste Recycling / Community Cleanups / In The Coming Weeks, In & Around Chelsea: Earth Day (April 22) in Clement Clarke Moore Park and The Return of Down to Earth […]