Battery Park

The Power of New York City's Farmers' Markets

In a populist sense, a farmers' market is like the gastronomic version of a town hall; citizens come to barter with other citizens, trading locally grown strawberries instead of talking points. Every day of the week, you can find one of these fine establishments in almost every borough. It is a tren ... More >>

EASY RIDERS

It's time to dust off that bike

'The Sphere' To Leave Battery Park

"The Sphere" -- a sculpture that survived the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center -- will leave Battery Park at the end of the month, according to the Associated Press. The sculpture sat in the plaza between the two towers and became a memorial after it was recovered from the rubble. Despite an o ... More >>

Hand in Hand: Remembering 9/11

IT'S WAR!

Bring your armor for the Battle of Agincourt

Perfect Picnic to Pack Your Lunch, New York

A perfect picnic, delivered.​Summer may not be here yet, officially speaking, but picnicking season is already in full swing. Perfect Picnic, a new food shop and picnic-delivery service based on the Lower East Side, has you covered for all your packed-lunch needs.

NYC Is Getting Free Wi-Fi in Parks

Wikipedia​New York is becoming just like a college campus -- Wi-Fi will soon be available all over the place! The city announced today that 26 locations in 20 parks are getting free AT&T Wi-Fi over the summer. You can boot up in three spots already: the Battery Bosque in Battery Park, the nort ... More >>

Rhong-Tiam Is Taking Itself to the Financial District

The new Rhong-Tiam will be located behind this truck.​Seems that Rhong-Tiam has its fingers in quite a few pies these days: in addition to opening a new location in the former Chinito space on Orchard Street, the Thai restaurant is planning to open another in the financial district. This news ... More >>

Fatty Kiosks Will Peddle Fatty Fun in Battery Park

Rebecca MarxThe transformative powers of barbecue.​ Remember way, way back to August of 2009, when everyone couldn't wait to get their ass down to Wall Street to try the brisket at Picnick Smoked? As the food blogosphere has the attention span of a drunk gnat, the mania surrounding Will Goldfa ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Ciano; Goodbye to Donald Sacks

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Bossa Nova Brazil in Hell's Kitchen has closed to make room for Flavor, which looks like it could be a martini bar. [Life with Food and Drink]​ Donald Sacks in Battery Park is closing do ... More >>

10 NYC Hotels Better Fitted for Charlie Sheen to Do Blow in Than the Plaza

​Home Alone 2. North by Northwest. Crocodile Dundee. Arthur. Eloise and her motherfucking Pet Turtle!* New York City's landmark The Plaza Hotel has been home to many famous scenes over its 103-year history. Yet Charlie Sheen has managed to sully it, as it is now also home to the famous scene that ... More >>

Bike Lanes on City Streets Coming 'Soon': 1970

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 24, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 39 Cyclists in The City: Ride On! By Clark Whelton A thousand bicyclists left Central Park last Wednesday morning and headed down Fifth Avenue to demonstrate that New York would be a better city if more ... More >>

Shake Shack Migrates North to Connecticut

​Here's further evidence that the conservation-of-energy principle applies to the Danny Meyer empire: Even when a restaurant closes, it isn't really lost; it just takes on a different form. Case in point: Two weeks after announcing Tabla's imminent shutter, the Union Square Hospitality Group h ... More >>

As Polls Go Against the Mosque, Bloomberg Preaches Religious Liberty

The Mayor stands tall

Goldman Sachs Finding New and Improved Ways to Piss Off New Yorkers: Ferry Boats, Spendthrifts

​If anyone was wondering whether or not Goldman Sachs would be kinder to the American public after the banking monolith was fined a $500M slap on the wrist and finance reform was put into place, well, wonder no more. Because we have the answer, and it's apparently Hell no.

FANTASY ISLAND

Leave Manhattan and reality behind

Treme Character Works for The Village Voice, Is Accurate, Awesome

​The Wire creator David Simon's new show Treme has been called both "TV that viewers ask for but rarely get" and by another: "Boring." Most of us here, however, think it's pretty wonderful. Especially since the show now features a character who works at the Village Voice on it!

Chatting With Picnick, Smoked's Kevin Pomplun: "We're Planning to be Here Year-Round"

Kevin Pomplun when he's not making brisket.​When Picnick, Smoked first opened in Wall Street Park just over three weeks ago, Financial District workers flocked to it like piranhas to a synchronized swimmer. Tales of 100-deep lines and depleted brisket supplies were commonplace, and Will Goldf ... More >>

News Roundup: Lupe Fiasco, Elliott Smith, Brooklyn Bowl, Late Night TV

-- Lupe Fiasco released the first single from his upcoming album, Lasers. The track is the spacey "Shining Down," which has Lupe taking a dig at autotune by using it. It leaked last month to the rapper's dismay. He plays Governors Island on Sept 11 (tickets go on sale Friday at noon) and SUNY's Dewa ... More >>

This Weekend! 4th of July Edition

It's our country's birthday this weekend. Thursday, the Celebrate Brooklyn festival hosts Puetro Rican pop star Obie Bermudez at the Bandshell; he paid his dues working a Bronx laundromat job for three years. Luke Temple earned his weight by pulling hours at a candy store; Friday, he fronts Here We ... More >>

WAKE-UP CALL

Shakespeare in the other park

NTSB Tries to Extract Downed Airliner, Fails

The tail of Flight 1459 bobs out of the water, surrounded by disaster personnel. (click to enlarge) Saturday, the city tried for a second time to pull doomed US Airways Flight 1549 out of the soup. After the belly flop into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, the corpse of the airline--from wh ... More >>

ODE TO THE CITY

Poets House celebrates its new home in Battery Park

Course(s) for Adventure

You've got a thing or two to learn. . .

New Year's Eve Event Guide

Reprint: City of Ghosts

100 minutes of tragedy that will haunt us all

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Black-Car Blight

First the bankers descended on Battery Park City. Then came another plague for the neighborhood.

On the Waterfront

Cruising over to work was never so easy

Close-Up on Battery Park City

Rock

Open City

Affordable Housing Gets Sacked

Battery Park City's funds intercepted by the city's big west side project

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Dance

Close-up on the Financial District

Listings

Dance

Party Harding

Lush-Living Rudy Aide Threw $22K Bash for Board Chairman

The Way We Shop Now

One Month Later

One-Bedroom Apartment in 19th-Century Brownstone

City of Ghosts

100 Minutes of Tragedy That Will Haunt Us All

Rock: Festivals

American Bandshell

Get Rolling!

A Bike Week Calendar

Trust Fund Trussed?

World Trade Center Lease Deal Could Slash Housing Revenue

Saved by the Classics

Bell Meets (Is?) Big Brother

Smoke and Jeers

Million Marijuana March Protests NYC's Record-High Pot Arrests

The River Wild

Exploring Manhattan's Hudson Coast before a park plan paves it over

Hemp and Circumstance

Family Day Values Uproot the Weed in Washington Square