Month: July 2017

Here’s a Jolly Good Velo…

A new report from the online real estate database company StreetEasy ranks Battery Park City as the third bike-friendliest community anywhere in the five boroughs of New York, trailing only the Lenox Hill section of the Upper East Side, and Park Slope, Brooklyn. The report cites the availability of bike lanes, the number of Citi...
According to StreetEasy, Battery Park City has 6.4 miles of bike lanes, including the Esplanade and pedestrian park paths.

July 24

1487 – Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against a ban on foreign beer. 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI. 1823 – Slavery is abolished in Chile. 1823 – In Maracaibo, Venezuela the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo takes place, where Admiral José Prudencio...
Apollo 11 capsule floating in ocean after splashdown.

EYES TO THE SKY July 24 – August 6, 2017

In parks, greenways and the countryside, feel the gentle air where fireflies lift, dip and blink to the bullfrog’s bellow and grey frog’s trill under a soft blue sky. Above the cityscape, too, half an hour after sunset, brilliant Jupiter is the first heavenly light turned on. While the sky is still blue, the planet...

Submit (Your Questions) to Authority

The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) will host an “Open Community Meeting” tonight (Monday, July 24), from 6:00 to 8:00 pm, at Six River Terrace (opposite the Irish Hunger Memorial and next to Le Pain Quotidien restaurant). Residents are urged to attend, hear a presentation from Authority staff on their vision for the community, and...
Battery Park City resident and Community Board 1 public member Dr. Michael Gordon speaks at the most recent Open Community Meeting hosted by the BPCA, in March. At a similar session, to be held tonight, Dr. Gordon hopes the Battery Park City Authority will address concerns about bike safety and the disruption caused by outdoor events that require street closures

July 21

356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. 1568 – Eighty Years’ War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau. 1645 – Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to...
Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon.

Quality of Life Issue in BPC

To the editor: What happened to Ms. Galluzzi is both shocking and AVOIDABLE. It was just a matter of time before an accident such as hers happened. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has been startled numerous times by Parks vehicles moving far too quickly and far too close to me and other...