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Downtown Little League All Star Softball advances to championship
July 17, 2013- By Scott Morrison The girls (9 to 10 ages) Downtown Little League All Star Softball Team just beat Garden City South, 2 to 0, in the 3rd game of the Section Tournament. They play in the Section Championship this Friday. This is the first time a team (more…)
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Town cars block all yellow taxis from Gateway taxi line
July 23, 2013- Perhaps as a result of recent court rulings allowing the Bloomberg administration plan to proceed, which allows livery cabs to behave more like yellow taxis, the taxi lineup by the Gateway Plaza entrance is not completely occupied by livery cabs that no one wants. As a result, (more…)
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Brookfield finally admits “Coming in 2014”
July 18, 2013- To no one’s surprise, Brookfield has given up on the opening date of 2013 for Brookfield Place. Battle of the restaurants: Goldman Sachs v Brookfield Place (more…)
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Blue Smoke adds tamales for Restaurant Week
July 23, 2013- Authentic corn-wrapped tamales added for restaurant Week, part of a $25 three-course meal. (Not surprisingly, North End Grill is not participating) (more…)
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Sequoia tree killed by Hurricane Sandy
Update July 22, 2013- This Sequoia has died and will be removed and replaced with one more sturdy in saltwater conditions.
May 7, 2013- The sequoia tree seems to be surviving, with green shoots appearing.
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Morton’s Steakhouse
Morton’s opened on Albany and Washington Streets, next to the 9/11 Memorial. Tell us what you think. The Restaurant Week special strip steak, 9 ounces, $25, three-courses (more…)
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Exclusive: BPCA to remove remaining trees on esplanade
Update July 22, 2013- As we first reported exclusively, the BPCA is planning to chop down more trees on the esplanade that are still standing and that were not obviously damaged by the storms. Of course, anytime a tree is cut, controversy brews, so the BPCA propaganda team is in (more…)
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Let there be bacon
July 18, 2012- Admittedly, we missed the memo on this one, but we just learned that Shake Shack in Battery Park has the SmokeShack that debuted in April elsewhere. It’s the normal stuff with bacon available. You can also get bacon on your cheese fries. (more…)
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Made in the shade
July 16, 2013- With the 100-degree East Coast heat wave, we found these images under The Conrad cooling. (more…)
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NBC’s Brian Williams insults all New Yorkers in the vilest of ways
July 17, 2013- For some unknown reason driven by an agenda, NBC’s Brian Williams is critical of Citi Bikes. It is likely an agenda favoring the powerful NYC taxi industry, or simply an agenda to retaliate against Mayor Bloomberg. Watch William insult the hell out of all New Yorkers stating (more…)
CB3 session for gripes about Citi Bikes turns into lovefest
July 17, 2013- Stephen Miller posted these comments on Twitter about a planned session in a school auditorium to vent gripes about Citi Bikes. However, only 25 people showed, and they all loved the bikes. @miller_stephen CB 3 committee booked IS 131 auditorium to handle the big crowd for the (more…)
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Citi Bikes stolen from Irish Memorial rack. Fools busted.
July 17, 2013- DNAinfo is reporting, “On July 10, Rafael Vasquez, 38, yanked at more than 10 Citi Bikes at the bike share dock near 8 River Terrace after 1 a.m., police said. When one blue bike came loose from the station, Vasquez walked away with it, according to cops. (more…)
DOJ calls out WSJ and others for making up “sources” on SAC Capital stories
July 17, 2013- DowntownTV has the best sources possible relating to the prosecution of SAC Capital and founder Stevie Cohen, and also was the source for numerous front-page WSJ articles since 2011. That is how we were confident that most of the articles claiming to have “sources close to the (more…)
CB1 finally holds meeting about Pier 26 music concerts
In response to BatteryPark.TV reporting that the concerts on Pier 26 were organized without CB1 or community input, as leaders of CB1, also on HRPT boards, likely knew full well what was transpiring, the C1 is now going to discuss the noise problem tomorrow. 7/18 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 (more…)
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Shake Shack, of all places, now has best tap beer on the block
July 16, 2013- Union Square’s newest fining dining restaurant, North End Grill, on the Conrad Hotel block, used to have the best array of 33 degree tap beers. For Continue reading
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Exclusive: Citi Bikes installed at Gateway Plaza now
Update July 16, 2013- The bikes have arrived and were an instant hit. The rack emptied out right away.
Update July 11, 2013- As we predicted, Citi Bikes have just gone in at Gateway Plaza where the old junk pile of bikes used to be. BatteryPark.TV reporting triggered the removal of the old rack, enabling Citi Bikes to enter. (photo soon)
Update July 5, 2013- The bike rack has been removed, after BatteryPark.TV reported on the problem (below), and a Citi Bike rack seems likely.
Update June 25, 2013- The deadline has passed and it seems that the once planned Citi Bike rack to be installed by Gateway will not happen, thanks to the opposition led by Shelly Mossey. Approximately 6,000 residents of Gateway Plaza will now have to endure the ugly site of the existing bike racks, filled mostly with abandoned bikes, rather than have a functional Citi Bike rack.
Update June 20, 2013- Gateway Plaza is trying again to install a Citi Bike rack at the corner by the cafe, and once again, Shelly Mossey is opposing the removal of the personal-use rack in place now. We spoke with him about his concerns. He explained that if the current rack is removed, then there would be a major bike storage shortage for the residents. Instead, Mr. Mossey suggested placing the Citi Bike rack nearby on the dog run overlooking the marina.
A bigger problem to the Gateway bike racks is Continue reading
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Park rangers assaulted by skateboarders
https://youtu.be/lBsgmK4i-dM
July 16, 2013- We previously reported on a gang-style fight in the East Village whereby skateboarders brutally assaulted some clubgoers, knocking one unconscious and trying to then steal his sneakers (That video has been removed by the owner). The relevance to BPC was that similar skateboard gangs travel to the parks to use the esplanade, and have also assaulted PEPs in the past, two years ago hitting a male PEP officer over the head with a skateboard.
BP.TV has learned that the PEP were assaulted once again, last month, by a violent gang of skateboarders. An officer was knocked unconscious and arrests were made (see video).
Note, at the 4-minute mark of the video, the tough guys get excited when told that a lawyer is watching the arrest. They change from using the N-word to seeking the help of an ambulance chaser.
On the YouTube site of the man arrested, which posted the video above, he gives a description of the incident, admitting to assaulting the PEP and fleeing arrest Continue reading
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