September 24, 2013- The ice rink of BPC was first located in 2010 on the ballfields and was hugely popular with TriBeCa and BPC families. It was not renewed for a year due to disputes with the contractor, then it was located for the 2012 winter far south on the Wagner Park lawn where far fewer families used it. It also killed the lawn. (The BPCA’s VP of Operations, Anne Fenton, arranged for the Wagner location).
Plans for this winter are under way, and Continue reading
October 2, 2013- That mysterious Korean restaurant on Harrison and Hudson, that never seems to have people inside, has quickly become one of the best restaurants in the country. The 2014 Michelin book gave it two stars. Continue reading
October 13, 2013- A blogger for the Huff Post nails the stereotypes nearby
TriBeCa: This Lululemon wearing, stroller pushing, prominent young woman enjoys having “made it” in New York City. Her husband works in finance Continue reading
Update October 14, 2013- The Irish Memorial is finally being repaired.
July 4, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
On August 12th, 2012, a man in a stolen vehicle, confirmed to be intoxicated, crashed a car into the north wall of the Irish Memorial on River Terrace. The hole has never been repaired and is one of the many items of disrepair throughout the parks.
In response to BatteryPark.TV reporting, the communications team of the BPCA, Anne Fenton and Matt Monahan, appeared before the CB1 meeting on July 2nd to give updates on the repair projects. They failed to address the Irish Memorial, so we asked them.
Anne Fenton was unable to give any dates as to when the repairs would take place. In her usual manner, she was also unable to recall any specifics on the contractor chosen to do the work, (if there even is one), so she confabulated an excuse that the small hole in the wall cannot be repaired because the entire concrete floor to the museum is leaking and needs extensive repairs.
In fact, the concrete basin that holds the soil and plantings of the park had a crack and leaked from the early days of construction. The only Continue reading
Updated October 11, 2013- The PS 276 PTA met today and discussed the issue detailed by BatteryPark.TV reporting, below. Mr. Sadowsky spoke and spun the scandal as an error on the part of the Julie Menin campaign, implying that he did not authorize the use of his name and PTA title on the Menin campaign advertisement letters.
The PS 276 Principal, Terri Ruyter, forwarded the matter to Continue reading
February 13, 2011, Updated February 13, 2012
There are many high-end chocolate shops in New York that sell $3-per-piece chocolates. Do they makes those in-house or import them? Is their chocolate any better than Hershey’s? To learn more, last May we spoke with nearby chocolate guru Jacques Torres, who has his largest chocolate shop on Hudson Street (near Houston Street). Continue reading
Update October 9, 2013- The NY Post has a video of a woman being pummeled in the face for her smartphone (not even an Apple).
August 29, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD
BatteryPark.TV has extensively reported on the increase of thefts in the city, which has not spared swanky Tribeca and Battery Park. In all of the cases, the crimes were committed by organized groups of thieves targeting unsuspecting victims. People in Tribeca and BPC are unaccustomed to crime and make for the perfect mark.
Apple electronic products are the items stolen Continue reading
October 7, 2013- By Steven E. Greer
Previous letters to the editor from BPCA insiders have accused the Battery Park City Authority’s Chairman/CEO, Dennis Mehiel, of firing employees without cause, only to then hire replacements at higher wages, awarding those jobs in crony fashion. Some have claimed that Continue reading