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Category Archives: Lower East Side
Chinatown fish causing serious skin infection epidemic
April 3, 2014- DNAinfo reports again of the skin infection caused by fish handled in Chinatown. This is important to BPC because those fish are caught by rod and reel on the esplanade. (more…)
Seaport tourist helicopter crashes into East River, killing several
March 11, 2018- The tourist helicopters on the East River heliport, that have survived despite (more…)
Another helicopter crashes in the Hudson
May 15, 2019- (more…)
In Mayor de Blasio’s NYC, people are being kidnapped, drugged, and robbed
September 3, 2018- A while back, a cardiologist had his life ruined by foolishly going to Scores. (more…)
Review: Chinese Tuxedo
March 18, 2017- by Steven E. Greer I lived in New York for almost 20-years and always struck out when I tried to find good food and (more…)
Posted in Chinese, Lower East Side, Reviews
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Second Review: Fowler & Wells (now Temple Court) in the Beekman Hotel
Update August 22, 2017- NYT reviewer Pete Wells commented that Fowler & Wells was named after a racist phrenologist. Well, after the rise of white supremacist last week, Tom Colicchio, (more…)
Another reason Chinatown needs to be part of City Council District 2
September 12, 2017- Margaret Chin skipped the debates, ran for an illegal third-term, and still won (more…)
Told you so. It was not a blizzard according to the NYT
January 24, 2016- by Steven E. Greer I am such a genius contrarian. All of you thought that I had lost my marbles when I was proclaiming (more…)
Posted in - Downtown oversight, - Read Between the Lines, Accomplishments, Battery Park City and BPCA, City Hall & Civic Center, Film Theater and TV, Financial District, Governors Island, Gripes, Hudson River Park Trust, Lower East Side, Op-Ed, Seaport, SoHo, The Battery, TriBeCa, World Trade Center
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Prosecutors throw the book at infamous slumlord Steve Croman
May 9, 2016- BatteryPark.TV has reported on the political winds that have been changing in (more…)
The perpetual jobs program called The Brooklyn Bridge
May 4, 2016- Downtown Express reports, “Downtowners living near the Brooklyn Bridge are furious (more…)
The lame Manhattan GOP picks a candidate to fill Sheldon Silver’s spot
February 4, 2016- by Steven Greer I knew about this months ago when the head of the Manhattan Republican (more…)
Feckless CB1 and Sheldon Silver fail to bring new schools Downtown, again
Update February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The new City DOE Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced revisions to the old Bloomberg plan for new schools, and Downtown “aint gettin nothin”, so to speak. Despite Downtown Manhattan being one of the … Continue reading
PEP officers allow another woman to be brutally raped in nearby park
Update November 29, 2015- Police have arrested the suspect, according to The Post. He is one (more…)
The Seaport homeless camp
September 7, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD The homeless camps are out of control. (more…)
NYU to build small hospital Downtown
September 1, 2015- by Steven E. Greer, MD I have had extensive talks with the man in charge of strategy and development at NYU Medical Center, (more…)
Review: Fuku fried chicken sandwiches
June 27, 2015- By Steven E. Greer Some people in the restaurant business with opinions I trust mentioned that they tried the (more…)
Posted in American, Hamburgers, fries, Korean, Lower East Side, Reviews
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Parm to open “within two weeks”
Update May 19, 2015- We spoke with the chef who was on the construction site, and Parm will open (more…)
The Third Street Music School Settlement
April 19, 2015- The Third Street Music School Settlement performed in the Winter (more…)
Exclusive: Have rent increases in BPC been illegal?
June 20, 2014- By Steven E. Greer BatteryPark.TV previously reported, “Exclusive: Your building is likely rent stabilized and you had no idea” in which we uncovered (more…)
Lower East Side group that fights CB3 is featured in the news
February 25, 2015- These guys remind us of BatteryPark.TV in many way. The Post reports on (more…)