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Almost a year ago, on September 6, 2016, the barque Peking pushed off from South Street Seaport for one last time to begin her final trip home to the land of her birth, Hamburg Germany. Eased out into the slack tide of the East River and assisted by a few tugs and many well wishers,...

Three Lower Manhattan neighborhoods have posted the biggest price jumps for condominiums in the second quarter of 2017, and all three are among the most expensive communities in which to buy such property, according to a new report. The most expensive neighborhood anywhere in the five boroughs remains Tribeca, according to PropertyShark, a real estate...

The tenth annual City of Water Day will drench participants in fun tomorrow (Saturday, July 15) at more than 60 venues throughout the five boroughs, New Jersey and Westchester. But Lower Manhattan residents will want to cruise over to Governors Island, which will be the center of the region’s most popular family-friendly harbor festival. While...

The husband of cyclist Olga Cook, who was killed by a drunk driver last June at the intersection of West and Chambers Streets, is suing the City of New York, the State of New York, the Hudson River Park Trust, and the Battery Park City Authority over her death. “There were 17 prior crashes at...

A national theater chain that aims to make movies fun again (with equal parts etiquette and alcohol) is coming to the Financial District. The Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse has signed a lease for a 40,000-square foot space at 28 Liberty Street, formerly known as One Chase Manhattan Plaza. The chain is widely hailed for providing fine...

A leading housing advocacy organization has completed an exhaustive look at threats to affordability in every community in the five boroughs, and has found that Lower Manhattan ranks among the ten most at-risk neighborhoods, as measured by two key metrics. The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD), an umbrella organization of 100 non-profit affordable...