BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | St. Columba Roman Catholic Church has been a staple of the Chelsea neighborhood since 1845. Located at 343 West 25th Street (btw. Eighth & Ninth Aves.), its considerable complex includes the Church and Rectory (at 343), the next-door school building (at 331), and the Convent (at 329), a residence for retired […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A busy and much-beloved 7-Eleven whose 2015 arrival initially seemed out of step with the neighborhood’s mom-and-pop shop density has withdrawn from its 194 Seventh Ave. location, leaving Slurpee-loving supporters longing for the old days. The national chain store’s departure is, unlike their single-dose packs of ibuprofen, a bitter pill to […]
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | Maintaining its need to “provide critical support for improved service,” the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is gearing up to construct a below ground substation on West 28th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. That project continues to fuel concerns from some residents of Penn South—the sprawling six-block, 10-building co-op and NORC […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | A longtime Chelsea resident who recalibrated his daily life and his locally based business after surviving a devastating brain injury will represent New York City as a regional honoree at the Saturday, September 10 March On for Brain Injury Walk. An annual day of solidarity and visibility created by the nonprofit […]
BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | As I write, the first breezes of fall have begun to blow, and my feet, long laid low by months of heat and humidity, are itching to be out and about. Chelsea enjoys an abundance of walkable performance spaces, and the first offerings of the season. Here are two such opportunities. […]
BY MICHAEL MUSTO | I’ve lived in New York City my entire life—by choice—and as a result, I want to share my native wisdoms in the form of insider tips as to how to get the best bang out of the Apple. Here we go! Avoid the Village on weekends. Enough said. The best tailor […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Founded in 2010 and operating from the fourth floor of 312 West 36th Street since 2018, Chain Theatre’s restless quest to contemplate “the cyclical nature of history and complexity of the human spirit” has expressed itself through muscular revivals of proven stage works (The Pillowman), film and play festivals, and NYC […]
Rally to Save the Penn Station Neighborhood | It’s always darkest before. . . something dramatic. With the clock ticking on the dog and pony show that is the public vetting process, chances grow each day that we’ll end up with some kind of largely loyalist plan for the area around Penn Station favored by […]
BY MARK BLOCH | I write the readers of Chelsea Community News out of serious concern about what I am hearing with regard to the MTA’s plan to build a substation in the middle of the community I live in at Penn South—in particular, right next to two residences (mine and one across the street, […]
Dear Chelsea Community News Reader: Below, please see a press release announcing an online event we’re proud to present, in partnership with the London Terrace Tenants Association. Please consider joining us for this look inside the mechanizations of the NYPD, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and the court system. —Scott Stiffler, CCNews founder/editor For Immediate Release: Aug. […]