Category Archives: Gripes

The DOT street plans for slowing traffic on West Thames and South End

June 17, 2013- By Steven E. Greer A nice turnout of concerned citizens walked all the way to City Hall tonight to meet in the Community Board 1 offices and listen to the City DOT present plans for slowing traffic … Continue reading

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Tell us your experience with Urgent Care Tribeca on 200 Chambers

February 22, 2013 The urgent care center at 200 Chambers Street (by The Palm restaurant, on the West Side Highway) provides very prompt care. In most cases, patients can be seen right away. However, we have been receiving complaints also.

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Bullmastiff kills 5-yo who survived Oklahoma tornado

June 10, 2013- By M. Alex Johnson, staff writer, NBC News A 5-year-old boy was killed when a 150-pound dog attacked him in Arkansas, where he was staying with family friends after his family’s home was destroyed by a tornado … Continue reading

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A growing cry to remove free newsracks

June 3, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD Last month, the transportation subcommittee of the Upper West Side’s Community Board 7 voted to approve a resolution cracking down on ugly or abandoned newsracks. The resolution supports the efforts of the … Continue reading

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Complaints about dogs using Teardrop Park as a bathroom

May 7, 2013- By Steven E. Greer At the monthly CB1 Battery Park City subcommittee meeting, CB1 member Dennis Gault, who lives in North BPC, raised the issue of dog owners allowing their pets into the dog-free Teardrop Park to … Continue reading

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Who’s responsible for Gateway not having Citi Bikes?

June 10, 2013- By Steven E. Greer Getting around in New York City is one of the biggest quality of life issues. Taxis are now very costly, not always available, and not always driven by safe drivers. The subways of … Continue reading

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Letter: New anglers on esplanade are a problem

Letter to the Editor June 6, 2013, By B. Rosen I would like to address the arrival of fisherman now using the Esplanade between Liberty Street and the South Cove. That strip of the esplanade between those two locations is home to … Continue reading

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CB1′s Jeff Galloway meets in secret with city official about West Thames Bridge

Updated June 6, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD At the June 4 meeting of the BPC subcommittee of the Manhattan Community Board 1 (CB1), Matt Best of the Office of Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, presented the first specific … Continue reading

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Two new preschools for B.P.C.

May 30, 2013- Downtown Express is reporting, “By KAITLYN MEADE | With a shortage of public preschool seats in the area, two new, private preschools are opening up in Battery Park City this fall on South End Ave. A new … Continue reading

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Update on the DOT plan to change South End Avenue

June 5, 2013- By Steven E. Greer The June 4th CB1 meeting delivered an update on the DOT studies that will result in design changes to South End Avenue and West Thames Street. First, the most recent traffic study has … Continue reading

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CB7 passes resolution to remove newsracks

May 31, 2013- DNAinfo is reporting, “Hundreds of news racks should be immediately removed from the Upper West Side because they are poorly maintained and clog the streets, local community board members said. Community Board 7 member Marc Glazer has … Continue reading

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Letter: Enough with the charity runs in BPC

Letter to the Editor May 30, 2013- By Debra Banks BPC is changing for the worse…the traffic congestion from tour buses, diverted traffic and road closures due to events taking place down here (i.e. the Wall Street run this evening … Continue reading

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Dog owners ignoring “Dog Free” signs

May 29, 2013- At the most recent meeting of the BPC division of CB1, board member Dennis Gault raised the topic of dog owners allowing their pets to go to the bathroom in the dog free Teardrop Park. Likewise, in … Continue reading

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Citi Bike Share program to begins

May 24, 2013- The Bikes are being inserted into the racks today, for use tomorrow.

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Daily throw-away papers plague South End Avenue

Update May 24, 2013- An Upper East Side group working to clean up that area has extensively investigated the free newspaper box plague. A law was passed in 2002 to curtail this problem, but the city is not enforcing it. … Continue reading

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Results: US Postal Service containers removed

Update May 22, 2013- By Steven E. Greer The US Postal Service container were removed by someone today. We had contacted the head of operations at Brookfield Properties, as well as the BPCA. In addition, a small but growing group … Continue reading

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US post office using Albany Street for storage

May 20, 2013- Letter to Editor from R. Anderson Last year, I had a months-long battle with the US Postal Service to stop using Albany St as a storage area for their orange bins. It took the intervention of the … Continue reading

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ConEd destroys brand new sidewalk and street in Battery Park

May 18, 2013- We asked the crew contracted by ConEd why they are digging up Battery Place yet again. The foreman explained that, after the Hurricane Sandy and electrical outages in Downtown (which did not affect Battery Park City), more … Continue reading

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Important issues Downtown approved without community input

May 9, 2013- By Steven E. Greer Battery Park City residents will now be forced to endure weeks of the latest “outdoor art” chosen by the Brookfield Properties art guru, Debra Simon. The hideous steal cargo ship containers are smack-dab … Continue reading

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BPCA repairs the Rector Street bridge

Update April 26, 2013- The repairs have been completed. Update April 23, 2013- The repairs have begun. April 17, 2013- We have receive some questions as to why the stairs to the Rector Street pedestrian bridge are closed. The BPCA … Continue reading

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