Emphasis is placed on creating “a Community Engagement Plan to better understand neighborhood priorities and build consensus around proposed improvements.” The RFP adds, “strategy may include public ...

To build the foundations of new reefs, BOP collects more than 300,000 pounds of oyster shells from New York restaurants each year. The shells are hauled to the group’s headquarters on Governors Island ...

A trio of Lower Manhattan subway stations is slated to chill out under a plan by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to bring experimental climate-control technology underground.

Pier A, a dock dating from the late 1800s, has been a restaurant and tavern since 2014, but recently closed. The Harbor House Restaurant on Pier A has shut down, with no definite plan to reopen. A ...

Newly released data from the City’s Department of Education (DOE) indicate that the Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) at ten Lower Manhattan public schools raised almost $5.8 million in 2025. Five ...

On May 29, Congressman Dan Goldman, who represents Lower Manhattan in Washington, was between meetings at his Manhattan office in the federal building at 290 Broadway when he was urged by his staff to ...

NY Waterway is moving full ahead with a plan to convert four of its vessels to diesel-electric hybrid propulsion, but needs 12 months more than originally planned to launch the first eco-friendly ...

Local leaders, activists, and elected officials are sounding the alarm about inaction and administrative chaos at the World Trade Center Health Program, which serves people made sick by toxic debris ...

The Airbus A320 that ditched in the Hudson River in January, 2009-without the loss of a single life-and came to rest alongside Rockefeller Park (above) was hoisted onto a barge, after which salvage ...

The Trust for Governors Island has named six winners in its Water Abundance Challenge. The competition called for projects that utilize water in strategies addressing the causes and consequences of ...

The population of Lower Manhattan is poised to swell by four in the next few days, as the eggs of a pair of peregrine falcons nesting on the roof of 55 Water Street near hatching. The aerie at the top ...

This spring, watch for temporary, large-scale public art exhibitions to appear at Lower Manhattan construction sites. As development ramps up at 250 Water Street, a three-part exhibition called “Views ...