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City Council bill to limit tour buses Downtown

September 26, 2016- From a press release, “Today at 1 p.m., a bill introduced by Council (more…)

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NYPD make good effort against tour buses in south BPC

May 1, 2014- A team of NYPD traffic cops were promptly eradicating illegally parked tour buses on South End Avenue. Recall, the BPCA (more…)

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Tour buses line entire length of Battery Place

April 15, 2014- In what might be a hint of things to come when the Pier A event space opens, the entire length of Battery Place was jammed full of tour buses. The Ritz-Carlton did not know why they were … Continue reading

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PEP now suddenly refusing to remove tour buses

October 5, 2013- By Steven E. Greer Illegally parked tour buses is a major concern for Battery Park City residents. The Community Board and local Park Enforcement Patrol (PEP) have been willing to assist in eradicating the buses. Suddenly, for … Continue reading

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Tour buses invade North End Ave thanks to Conrad Hotel

May 2, 2013– By Steven E. Greer At 5:00 PM on Thursday, March 2nd, on a beautiful day, the entire micro-community of North End Avenue was thrown into disarray by a fleet of three huge tour buses. They were hired … Continue reading

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Statue of Liberty Cons Pack Downtown Alliance Buses with Duped Tourists

July 25, 2018- At the July 24th BPCA board meeting, resident Maryanne Braverman spoke about (more…)

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The new Downtown Alliance shuttle buses start today

(3,700 people have viewed this as of November 15th, 2015) Update November 15, 2015- The new bus operator and their red buses start service today. (more…)

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Mystery solved: Why MTA buses are parking on North End Ave

Update November 19, 2015- Mystery solved: these buses used to sit and wait across the street on Murray (more…)

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Miracles do happen: PEP chase off tour bus

July 29, 2014- By Steven Greer Today, I spotted two huge (more…)

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A good day for the hood: NYPD ticket tour bus

September 8, 2013- In a major development, the actual NYPD ticketed a tour bus today. Normally, the local PEP office has to be called, with no penalty to the driver. Occasionally, the TLC will send enforcement agents, but the NYPD … Continue reading

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Conrad Hotel causes resurgence of tour bus problem

September 2, 2013- By Steven E. Greer The problem of tour buses illegally parking on North End Avenue has returned, after a community effort had eradicated the scourge. The Conrad Hotel is the reason. Junior front desk “managers” are belligerently … Continue reading

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A remarkable community collaborative effort deals with the tour bus and livery cab problems

May 15, 2012 By Steven Greer, MD Due to policy decisions at City Hall beyond the scope if this report that freed up town car and SUV livery cabs to solicit cash fares more like a yellow cab, the streets … Continue reading

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Much needed traffic light at North End and Murray Streets

September 22, 2012 By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV was asked by a local business owner whether we could assist in having the city or BPCA (more…)

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BPC kids preyed upon by parasitic ice cream trucks

June 6, 2016- The New York Times ran a series last week about the thugs who run the competing ice cream trucks (more…)

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AlliedBarton security winning over the public by doing functions the PEP refused to do

April 16, 2016- by Steven E. Greer As viewers know, BatteryPark.TV was instrumental in the BPCA firing the Park Enforcement Patrol (more…)

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About that “Teen attack” reported in the TribecaTrib

Update January 13, 2016- A second juvenile male was arrested for the robbery described below. (more…)

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The PEP are still roughing up people for walking their dogs

September 11, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Recall, our local park enforcement officers (PEP), who are not police officers, were abusing (more…)

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Tribeca Tribune misleads public on PEP firing issue

November 4, 2015- by Steven E. Greer Being very similar to the Broadsheet in how it is operated and funded (i.e. by one man who (more…)

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Latest “broken window” problem in BPC

Update September 15, 2015- The NYPD helped out. This lane-blocking SUV is gone and the entire doughnut trailer leaves after 4:00 PM instead of staying 24/7. (more…)

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North End Grill opens an outdoor bar

Update June 12, 2015- The outdoor bar seems to be ready. What do you think? Take our survey below. (more…)

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