BY CHRISTINE BERTHET, CO-FOUNDER OF CHEKPEDS | The COVID-19 quarantine has made us all aware of how wonderful New York can be: How clean and fresh the air has been, how quiet without gridlock blocking EMS, and without too many cars! Most significantly, there were no pedestrian fatalities in the last two months in Manhattan[1]. […]
COMPILED BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Sunday, October 1, 2023: After a few too many successive days of drizzles, downpours, and every imaginable iteration of wet weather inbetween, the clouds parted and the sun beamed down on Chelsea as if on cue, allowing for the return of The Longest Table to West 21st Street, between Ninth […]
How very appropriate that the Chelsea West 200 Block Association’s recently updated logo (seen on the left) is anchored by a towering tree whose thick trunk implies deep roots. As one of the neighborhood’s very first block associations, West 200 was instrumental in establishing and inspiring the practice of lining Chelsea’s side streets with the […]
BY EILEEN STUKANE | A chartreuse T-shirted workman is unwrapping a sandwich lunch while sitting under a red umbrella-shaded table on cobblestoned Gansevoort Plaza, between Hudson Street and Ninth Ave. At another similarly shaded table, a man with the white sleeves of his shirt rolled up is working on a computer. At another, two women […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | On Wednesday, June 21, the NYC Department of Transportation presented to Manhattan Community Board 4 their design proposal for the 200 block of West 22nd Street. As part of the City’s Open Streets program since May 2020, the elimination of most vehicular traffic between Seventh and Eighth Aves. for as much […]
Happening This Week, in “This Week In & Around Chelsea” NYC Pride March / W. 22nd St. Pride Pop-Up / DOT Presents W. 22nd St. Plan to CB4 / Tribeca Film Festival Online / Free Classes at Pier 57 / Affordable Housing Application / CSA Food Share / The NYC Pride March 2023: Noon to ? on […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | The flowers are blooming, the weather is warming up, and it’s starting to feel a lot like summer in New York City. It’s a great time to get outside, go for a run or walk, or just breathe in the fresh air. Summer also means that I get to […]
In This Week’s “THIS WEEK IN & AROUND CHELSEA” White Rabbit Red Rabbit / This Week’s CB4 Committee Meetings / Public Transportation in NYC: A Conversation / World Premiere Play at the Chain Theatre / St. Patrick’s Day in Chelsea Green Park / Community Cleanups / Apply by March 22 for the Manhattan DA’s High […]
BY SCOTT STIFFLER | World-weary policy wonks with the need for speed will lavish their attention upon the first-Wednesday-of-the-Month, breakneck paced full board meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4 (CB4)–but detail-oriented deep divers will tell you the real action takes place at the eight monthly committee meetings, from which letters are generated, and from whose […]
BY NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS | Last week, in Queens—the borough I grew up in—I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city. I outlined what we’ve accomplished in the year since I took office, and my vision for the future. We are going to build a city for working people, one that is […]