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Food & Drinks in ...
John Coppola will open Dumbo Diner at 53 Pearl Street, occupying about 3,000 square feet in a building that once housed a 19th-century paint factory. The all-day spot is slated to open this fall.
Philippe Chow has relocated its New York flagship to 10 East 52nd Street, opening March 27, 2026. The Fifth Avenue space keeps tableside Peking duck and adds private wine rooms and a Moët‑paired tasting.
Real Estate & Development in ...
Joe Sitt’s Thor Equities paid $56M for 1165 Broadway in NoMad, a fully leased office-retail building anchored by Aesop and Primary Wave.
Patient family offices are buying deeply discounted retail, office and multifamily assets as larger investors hold back.
NYU signed a 70‑year triple‑net master lease at 770 Broadway, funding the deal with a roughly $935M prepayment and transforming a landmarked NoHo block into a long‑term campus.
Crime & Emergencies in ...
Derell Mickles is due in Brooklyn court on June 3 after being shot nine times by officers at the Sutter Avenue L-train station in 2024. The case arrives amid an $80M bystander claim and simmering local outrage.
Ilan Bracha’s IB Global paid $9.5M for 3 East 48th Street, the smaller neighbor to the Scribner Building in Midtown, setting up a possible redevelopment or retail play.
NYPD closed West 2nd Street between Avenue Y and Avenue Z after reporting a suspicious device. Officials warned of delays and asked the public to avoid the block.
Developers want to convert the old Watchtower campus at 25–30 Columbia Heights into 661 apartments, with about a quarter permanently affordable. The rezoning is now in city review.
Parks & Nature in ...
A 1,200-square-foot Classroom has opened inside the Wagner Park Pavilion, offering harbor views and programming from immersive performances to neighborhood meetings.
Following an endorsement visit from Mayor Mamdani, the City Council has officially approved a plan to bring roughly 200 affordable and supportive homes and a new community center to 1727 Amsterdam Ave.
Sergimmo Salumeria closed March 18 and The Meatball Shop's Ninth Avenue location could shut by month-end, leaving a hole in Hell's Kitchen's Italian options.
A 1.3M‑sqft conversion of Chelsea’s 1891 Terminal Warehouse won a 2026 CoStar Impact Award after a tricky retrofit that kept a freight tunnel and reclaimed centuries‑old timbers.
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