By: 7:30 am on May 5 YIMBY photographed the sites of two forthcoming developments on Manhattan’s Upper East Side The properties are likely to give rise to new residential buildings that will add much-needed housing units to the thriving neighborhood 3,472-square-foot interior lot between Second and Third Avenues Demolition has concluded on the former occupant which stood five stories and was owned by the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health The 48-foot-tall structure had served as a community housing building with 36 units managed by the New York City Department of Homeless Services and also included on-site case management and clinical services It is currently unclear what will replace the building The following photos show the site cleared of its former occupant and masonry rubble scattered across the rectangular parcel A lone excavator remains on the property from the demolition Additional photographs below show the site at the beginning of the year when crews were in the process of dismantling the ground level of the former 99-year-old building The below Google Street View image shows the former occupant before its demolition. Stroh Engineering Services filed demolition permits for the structure in December 2022 The nearest subways from the site are the Q train at the 86th Street station to the east along Second Avenue and 6 trains at the 86th Street station to the west at Lexington Avenue and a construction timeline for 222 East 86th Street have yet to be revealed The second development is 1482-1484 First Avenue a pair of interior lots between East 77th and East 78th Streets Demolition preparations are underway on 1482 First Avenue which stands four stories and spans 7,100 square feet which stands two stories and measures 13,600 square feet Demolition is anticipated to cost approximately $900,000 per building Alchemy Properties purchased the assemblage from Parkoff Organization and Prize Network Group for $33.7 million last fall Plans have yet to be announced for the project but given the Alchemy’s history of condominium developments the new structure will most likely be residential The following photos show the buildings shrouded in scaffolding and black netting YIMBY expects both structures to be razed by the summer The below Google Street View image shows the appearance of the occupants before work began The nearest subway from the development is the Q train at the 86th Street station along Second Avenue and construction timeline for 1482-1484 First Avenue have also yet to be revealed Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates Like YIMBY on Facebook Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews Do you have any news regarding the graffiti covered building at corner of 9th avenue Where is the information on the new developments All I see is demolition without any plans for the new construction The UES has a history of “evict and demolish first The biggest offender is currently 1st and 85/86th where Extell is speculating on a full block face of first avenue They are no doubt waiting to put up another medical office building which I find ridiculous since they evicted many rent stabilized tenants due to an imminent residential project Shockingly that project hasn’t materialized So is it going to be a rent stabilize resident place or is it going to be homeless families forst ga('send', 'event', 'beautyofblock', 'Impression', 'https://newyorkyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Standard_336x280-100-2.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ADVERTISEMENT ga('send', 'event', 'PCRichards Builders Division', 'Impression', 'https://newyorkyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/PCR_Beko_Compact_YIMB_336x280.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'yimby+', 'Impression', 'https://newyorkyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image.png', { nonInteraction: true }); Follow on Instagram var sb_instagram_js_options = {"font_method":"svg","placeholder":"https:\/\/www.newyorkyimby.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png","resized_url":"https:\/\/www.newyorkyimby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sb-instagram-feed-images\/","ajax_url":"https:\/\/www.newyorkyimby.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"}; © COPYRIGHT New York YIMBY® LLC YIMBY IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF NIKOLAI FEDAK / NEW YORK YIMBY LLC TrendingCommercialNationalAManhattan’s office market is having a momentMapping the players in Trump’s Palm Beach orbit former Meridian brokers go after their old firm and more national news from this week Listen to this article00:001xAfter years of grim headlines about remote work decimating demand Manhattan’s office market is flipping the script April capped off a hot streak in the borough with 3.38 million square feet of office space leased — up 23 percent year-over-year and pushing 2025 toward what could be the best leasing year since 2000 The recovery has been driven by a one-two punch of tightening availability and heavyweight tenants making big bets every one of the top five leases was a new deal — not just renewals or expansions Amazon led the charge with a 330,000-square-foot lease at 10 Bryant Park and an acquisition of 522 Fifth Avenue — part of its broader real estate push that began with the $1.15 billion purchase of the former Lord & Taylor building Other major moves included Goodwin Procter’s 250,000-square-foot lease at 200 Fifth Avenue and Apollo Global Management taking 100,000 square feet at 590 Madison Avenue — a property now in the final bidding stages of what could become Manhattan’s first billion-dollar office sale since 2022. Deloitte made the biggest splash locking down 800,000 square feet at 70 Hudson Yards First quarter leasing hit 12.2 million square feet Sixteen of those deals were for over 100,000 square feet Sublease availability is down for the seventh straight month Return-to-office momentum is gaining real traction Work-in-office rates in Manhattan have reached 76 percent of pre-pandemic levels according to The Partnership for New York City and one in four employers say they’ll require more in-office presence over the next year Real estate firms are already leading the pack with 85 percent office attendance Trophy and Class A+ buildings are commanding rents of $160 per square foot with some deals surpassing $200 in Hudson Yards and the Plaza District (This will actually be the topic of a panel discussion at our forum in New York on May 7 — make sure you get tickets) There’s also capital confidence returning to the sector. March’s top two loans in NYC were for office properties, including $645 million to refinance Milstein’s revamped 22 Vanderbilt. Blackstone is also circling 590 Madison signaling a potential return to office after a prolonged retreat which hit over 25 percent in the first quarter but some investors view the downturn as a buying opportunity New York’s office market is moving in the right direction With major tenants doubling down on high-quality space and institutional capital showing signs of thaw the narrative in Midtown and beyond is shifting We map out Trump’s inner circle in Palm Beach a judge set the trial date for Ohad Fisherman and former Meridian brokers go after their old firm SIGN UPMiami-Dade judge sets trial for Ohad Fisherman, Alexanders in sexual battery case  A Miami-Dade judge set the trial date for Ohad Fisherman an alleged accomplice of Oren Alexander and his twin brother in a sexual battery case prosecutors unveiled in December The case is separate from the federal charges brought by the Southern District of New York against Oren Oren is also facing a separate state sexual battery charge Mapping the players in Trump’s Palm Beach orbit Palm Beach is 998 miles from Washington, D.C., but the island exerts unprecedented influence on the goings-on in the nation’s capital. The Florida enclave, once a sleepy town unfamiliar to most Americans, is President Donald Trump’s home away from home Trump’s private club and residence on the island CEOs and donors stay in relation to the club clarifies who circles in Trump’s orbit — and how closely — without the help of a powerful telescope Fired Meridian brokers blast “fire sale” of scandal-plagued mortgage business Two former Meridian brokers are suing their former firm over the $425 million sale of its mortgage business and putting the company’s “unregulated culture” on blast Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson allege that Meridian sold NewPoint Capital — holder of a coveted Fannie and Freddie lending license — at “fire-sale” prices after the brokerage was blacklisted by the agencies amid a mortgage fraud scandal Waterfront Naples estate sells for $225M, marking second-highest US home sale The billionaire DeGroote family sold their waterfront Naples estate for $225 million marking the second-highest priced home sale in the country to a land trust that conceals the identity of the buyer surpassing Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison’s $173 million purchase of a Manalapan estate in 2022 Resi’s monopolistic dreams Residential real estate is thinking big again Weathered by years of a stalled housing market and high mortgage rates mortgage companies and other residential firms have been pushed to join forces or perish But with bigger deals come antitrust concerns Pressure on the industry isn’t new: The Department of Justice is less than a year off securing record settlements from residential players and the industry’s top authority But how big can the consolidation wave get before drawing federal action United Center redevelopment could re-ignite an old turf war A $7 billion redevelopment plan for Chicago’s United Center could spark a new clash over zoning and re-ignite an old turf war The mega-project is poised to transform the area but just north of the arena lies the Kinzie Corridor a protected industrial zone backed by powerful allies at City Hall that some commercial real estate players see as a potential extension of the buzzy Fulton Market neighborhood California landlords: “Nice try” after rent control bill meets sudden death A bill that would have tightened price controls on rental housing in California and expanded eviction protections died suddenly Tuesday after landlords and pro-housing allies mounted a furious attack in Sacramento introduced Assembly Bill 1157 in February to little fanfare with a coalition of labor and tenant groups as co-sponsors Kalra pitched the draft legislation as a stopgap against loopholes in the landmark package of tenant protections state lawmakers passed in 2019 Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article The 18-year-old bagged another victory just days ago, winning the Mission League doubles championship. In a photo, the beaming Levi stands beside teammate Cooper Schwartz, holding up four fingers — one for each of his four straight league doubles championships. Those achievements had to be a bit of a balm for the Levi family, coming just a few months after their home in Pacific Palisades burned in the January firestorm. The family had relocated to the South Bay. It felt beyond comprehension, then, when Loyola Principal Jamal Adams emailed students and staff of the Catholic Jesuit school Sunday to inform them that Levi had been killed in a traffic accident just hours earlier, a month before his high school graduation. “Braun was a shining presence in our Loyola family,” Adams wrote, “bringing light, joy, and inspiration to everyone he touched.” The principal invited the Loyola school family to a prayer vigil on campus Sunday evening. “All members of our community are welcome to join us as we gather in unity and remembrance,” Adams wrote. Manhattan Beach police said they had arrested a 33-year-old Los Angeles woman on suspicion of drunk driving and homicide in connection with the crash, which they said occurred after midnight Sunday morning. A brief news release from the department said only that a call came in at 12:46 a.m. about a traffic accident involving a pedestrian in the 100 block of South Sepulveda Boulevard. They found the victim, whom they did not identify, lying in the street. The police statement said that Jenia Belt of Los Angeles had been arrested in the crash. Belt remained in the Manhattan Beach jail Sunday, a police watch commander said. Friends showered Levi’s social media accounts with tributes to him. Levi was to attend the University of Virginia in the fall. “Anyone who got to know you knows how lucky they are,” said one message. “You never met a stranger, and left an impact on everyone you met. I’m going to live and love as big as you every day.” Said another: “Whether you were lucky enough to cross paths with him for an hour or a lifetime, he left an impression. It was impossible to be sad or bored whenever Braun was around, and his gift for lifting those around him was truly singular.” The images from Levi’s social media hint at a prototypical Southern California upbringing. He’s wading in a High Sierra lake with his family, arm-in-arm with buddies on the beach, posing for a selfie with actor Adam Sandler and rocking a pink suit and a fedora beside a horse racing track. Just two years ago, another Loyola High student-athlete died in the final weeks of his high school career. Ryan Times, a pitcher on the baseball team, was struck and killed by a train in April of 2023, when the school was on spring break. Brian Held, coach of the Loyola varsity tennis team, called Levi, a three-year captain, “probably the most decorated player to ever play for the school.” Held also taught Levi in AP Economics and Statistics. “We are all stunned, devastated and heartbroken with this tragedy,” Held said via email. “Braun was the most amazing, all-around leader, whom everyone loved, even his opponents. He was just that type of kid — unique and special. As one of his teachers, I witnessed how he brought joy to everyone.” Levi is survived by his parents and an older sister. Times staff writer Eric Sondheimer contributed to this report. James Rainey has covered multiple presidential elections, the media and the environment, mostly at the Los Angeles Times, which he first joined in 1984. He was part of Times teams that won three Pulitzer Prizes. World & Nation California Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More The city will electrify 13 existing Citi Bike stations across Manhattan and Brooklyn this spring allowing e-bikes to charge on-site rather than requiring staff to swap batteries by hand The expansion builds on two pilot sites launched last spring at West 35th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan and at Meserole and Manhattan avenues in Brooklyn city Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said in a release the network will boast 15 grid-connected stations designed to boost the availability of fully charged e-bikes and cut operational costs “The demand for Citi Bike e-bikes has never been higher and we are proud to deliver new infrastructure that meets the needs of riders,” Rodriguez said in a statement “Expanding our network of charging stations means riders will have better access to fully charged bikes executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice added that charging e-bikes while docked makes “micromobility” more practical for New Yorkers in every neighborhood.  we have to make it easier and safer to bike and use other forms of healthier and more efficient transportation,” Hutchinson said in a statement Citi Bike users took more than 29 million e-bike trips in 2024 — including a single-day high of 130,709 rides on Sept 2024 — and more than 7 million trips so far in 2025 The following charging stations will be getting electrified Citi Bike’s fleet currently includes about 15,000 pedal-assist e-bikes and more than 20,000 traditional pedal bikes EDISON, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) today announced the 2025 All-MAAC Postseason Teams, as voted on by the league's 13 head coaches. Freshman outfielder Brianna Estevez joined the MAAC All-Rookie Team after a stellar campaign to open her collegiate career EDISON, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) today announced the 2025 All-MAAC Postseason Teams, as voted on by the league's 13 head coaches. Freshman outfielder Brianna Estevez joined the MAAC All-Rookie Team after a stellar campaign to open her collegiate career "Bri had a standout and impactful year as a freshman starting in every single game for us," said Head Coach Bridget Hurlman "She didn't hesitate to step up and take on key team roles as our leadoff hitter and everyday centerfielder." Estevez became the first Jasper since Sophia Kiseloski and Maddy Weir in 2023 NJ product was just one of five Jaspers to start in all 45 games this campaign Estevez slashed a stat line of .313/.390/.406 throughout the season she was second on the team in hits with 40 and ranked in the top 20 in the MAAC this season "She showed herself to be a true triple threat from the left side with an ability to use her speed and swing away for power." and logged a fielding percentage of .939 in her first collegiate season "She saved us many runs with her spectacular diving plays and by cutting runners down with strong throws all season long," described Hurlman The freshman outfielder opened her collegiate career with a two-bagger against Montana in the Dr Diana Natalicio Memorial Tournament presented by Holiday Inn West-Sunland Park and crossed the plate twice during her debut played at University of Texas El-Paso in mid-February Estevez engineered an eight-game hitting streak spanning from the Saint Peter's series while tallying a hit in every game at Iona and a pair against Quinnipiac This streak subsequently landed her on the MAAC Rookie of the Week listing—the first Jasper to win the weekly award in nearly three years "We are so proud of what she was able to accomplish but we also know the sky is the limit for her We are really looking forward to seeing all her growth and her impact still to come in Jasper Green." Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Haute Living hosted an exclusive Haute Leaders dinner at Alessa NYC a modern Italian gem in the heart of New York’s Penn District Photo Credit: Jason Malihan a vibrant slice of la dolce vita in the bustle of Manhattan With its elevated yet casual atmosphere and a menu that blends traditional Italian flavors with modern flair Alessa delivered a dining experience that felt both intimate and unforgettable Photo Credit: Jason Malihan The evening’s menu was served family-style fostering connection and shared conversation over an elegant spread Guests began with a first course of beet salad followed by a second course featuring rigatoni with braised short rib and gemelli lemon chicken and salmon were paired with roasted potatoes and broccolini The meal concluded with the chef’s selection of desserts Photo Credit: Jason Malihan Photo Credit: Jason Malihan To cap off the evening, guests received luxurious gift bags courtesy of Aire Ancient Baths New York Each included a gift card inviting them to experience Aire’s serene Tribeca location where ancient bathing rituals meet modern relaxation This thoughtful addition provided the perfect wellness-inspired close to the night Photo Credit: Jason Malihan From beautifully plated Italian dishes to heartfelt conversations and luxury wellness gifts the Haute Leaders dinner at Alessa NYC was a celebration of connection Photo Credit: Jason Malihan Photo Credit: Jason Malihan Photo Credit: Jason Malihan certain names echo not just for their scents but for their seismic influence on the industry Estée Lauder unveils its first Skin Longevity Institute in the Americas at Hacienda AltaGracia in Costa Rica’s Blue Zone We’ve rounded up the best Mother’s Day gifts that will pamper and indulge the ultimate beauty lover in your life Haute Living and hip-hop legend Fat Joe celebrate the launch of Sonrisa Rum at the iconic Fontainebleau Miami Beach IWC and Mercedes-AMG Petronas kicked off the 2025 Miami Grand Prix with a soiree featuring George Russell and the stars of the new F1 film Dionysus redefines NYC nightlife with Gen Z-led events blending culture Receive Our Magazine Directly at Your Doorstep Embark on a journey of luxury and elegance with Haute Living magazine Subscribe now and have every issue conveniently delivered to your home Join Haute Black and unlock access to the world's most prestigious luxury events Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker TrendingResidentialNew YorkAManhattan’s luxury contracts closed April on a busy noteBuyers signed deals for 33 homes in the borough asking $4M+ Listen to this article00:001xManhattan’s luxury market logged another bustling week led by inked deals for a cryptocurrency executive’s West Village quadplex and a penthouse above the Public Hotel Buyers signed contracts for 33 homes asking $4 million or more in the borough between April 28th and May 4th, according to Olshan Realty’s weekly report. The total was up from 28 pending deals in the previous period The most expensive home to land a buyer was a penthouse at 601 Washington Street, with an asking price of $29 million. Australian cryptocurrency executive Kain Warwick bought the 7,500-square-foot apartment for roughly $31 million four years ago which asked just under $37 million when it listed in December Serhant’s Ryan Serhant and Scott Francis had the listing The second priciest home to enter contract was a penthouse at 215 Chrystie Street with an asking price just under $18 million The 4,200-square-foot condo has four bedrooms and four bathrooms hit the market last January with a $25 million asking price It also features a 36-foot great room with a fireplace Compass’ Hudson Advisory Team had the listing The penthouse is one of 11 residences atop the 367-room Public Hotel on the Lower East Side developed by hotelier Ian Schrager and the Witkoff Group raised concerns that the debt conversion would dilute their investors’ stake and claimed the developers needed its approval before negotiating a deal Witkoff and Schrager completed the project in 2017 and refinanced with a $177 million loan from Deutsche Bank and Aareal Bank and a $60 million mezzanine loan from Korean lender Shinhan Investment Corporation Varde took over the mezzanine loan in 2023 By: 8:00 am on May 5 Façade installation is underway on the New Museum‘s seven-story expansion at 231 Bowery in the Bowery section of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. PG New York is fabricating and installing four distinct corrugated metal panel types and ACM panels on the North and South façades Designed by Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu of OMA along with Cooper Robertson & Partners the 174-foot-tall annex stands directly south of the SANAA-designed main building The 60,000-square-foot addition connects laterally to the original structure and will more than double the institution’s footprint to 115,277 square feet The new building will contain three gallery floors The property is located at the intersection of Bowery and Prince Street Recent photographs show the angular steel-framed superstructure in the process of being enclosed in its façade including the tall atrium surrounded by a wraparound staircase along the edge of the abstract multistory geometric volume Crews were also seen working across the sloped rooftop behind the orange perimeter netting Three of the four triangular cutouts on the roof will house terraces while the remaining void will serve as a skylight that will illuminate the new exhibition space The below street-level rendering looks east along Spring Street at the new addition and its sleek angular volume that contrasts with the original structure’s form of stacked boxes The annex’s façade of laminated glass and metal mesh adds further contrast to the main building’s metal envelope The following circulation diagram previews the new wing’s programming and the connection points with the original structure A portion of the main building’s southern elevation was removed to accommodate the overbuild Ceiling heights in the new three-story gallery spaces will also align with SANAAS’s existing structure Additional programming in the annex will include artist residency studios an upper-level forum for education and public programs that will connect to the existing Sky Room and a home for the museum’s new cultural incubator The building will feature an expanded lobby with three new elevators and a new public plaza that will host art installations The nearest subways from the New Museum are the F train at the 2nd Avenue station to the north at Houston Street the 6 train to the west at the Spring Street station and the J and Z trains at the Bowery station to the south The New Museum is expected to reopen with the new addition sometime next year Usually not a good idea when the ‘envelope’ competes with what’s inside it Yeah I like seeing all those steel details and framework of the structure too Just because its “different” doesn’t mean its creative or art I do understand that a museum is a special use and the structure must be designed to maximize the use inside; museums need space and light I also understand the desire for a museum to stand out from its surroundings But can we now design something that is attractive and complimentary to its setting It is the architectural equivalent of the Cybertruck The Cybertruck analogy is unfortunate (given these times) but sadly not without merit when looking at the renders the basic strategy and diagram behind this design (and the urban/experiential payoffs) all seem good: pushing the vertical circulation to the front (in contrast to the original New Museum building) activating the facade with that circulation and fostering a connection for visitors back to the street and city at large Not a huge fan of the fenestration (window pattern) in the renderings – but am withholding final judgement until the building is completed… The two buildings complement each other so well/s Follow on Instagram var sb_instagram_js_options = {"font_method":"svg","placeholder":"https:\/\/www.newyorkyimby.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png","resized_url":"https:\/\/www.newyorkyimby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sb-instagram-feed-images\/","ajax_url":"https:\/\/www.newyorkyimby.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"}; © COPYRIGHT New York YIMBY® LLC, YIMBY IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF NIKOLAI FEDAK / NEW YORK YIMBY LLC, 2025 Today’s Paper#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Hunt for … By Joyce CohenMay 1 Share full articleAfter failing to find a comfortable co-op unit in Astoria and Long Island City a couple were surprised to find that Midtown offered bigger places with better amenities and lower prices When Kelly O’Connell arrived in New York after college in 2007 and quickly found everything she needed — friends “You don’t need to go into Manhattan on your day off to do anything,” she said “Astoria is like its own little city insulated from the city.” O’Connell was working at a theatrical rigging company when she interviewed Steven Ferrier where they rented an apartment for $2,100 a month [Did you recently buy a home? We want to hear from you. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com] The couple spent the pandemic in the closet-free railroad unit narrow layout felt increasingly claustrophobic they worried that their landlord would raise the rent The couple got married last year and resolved to buy a home looking first in Astoria and nearby Long Island City They were surprised to find that places for sale seemed no better than places for rent They found mostly small walkups in older co-op buildings far from public transportation They asked themselves what was really important and settled on just two things: a good work commute and a dishwasher “We wouldn’t cook much because we both hate washing dishes,” Ms Ferrier suggested they consider Midtown Manhattan now works as the general manager of The Ride is a member of the Broadway stagehand union and works primarily in the theater district “It would be an hour and 15 minutes to take a train home,” he said The co-ops they found in Midtown (they avoided the most crowded areas like Times Square and Hell’s Kitchen) were bigger and nicer than the ones they’d seen in Queens with better amenities and lower purchase prices “Suddenly the choices seemed endless instead of one halfway decent apartment a grandmother had died in,” Ms a licensed salesperson at Keller Williams NYC “We kept the radius of their search super tight,” Mr with professional photos that turned dark into light Ferrier was scrupulous about checking fixtures “He has never met a detail he can’t obsess over,” Ms.O’Connell said he encountered a kitchen drawer that didn’t open properly “It had come off its slider and a retaining ring had popped out,” Mr “It would never occur to me to flush a toilet in a stranger’s home,” she said “I was hesitant to open a closet because it felt so invasive.” in a 74-unit doorman building near the Museum of Modern Art was so newly renovated that it still smelled of paint a foyer big enough for an office and a relatively small kitchen which the couple worried might be a tripping hazard The building had a full-time doorman and live-in super This 700-square-foot one-bedroom was in a boutique 11-unit prewar building a couple of blocks from Central Park It had several charming arched doorways and faced the back and the building had a virtual doorman and a laundry room This one-bedroom with 850 square feet was in a 45-unit building from 1948 built-in bookcases and a dining area adjoining a spacious kitchen with a peninsula and wood floors The lone bathroom was accessible from the bedroom There were lovely city views facing north and east through triple-glazed windows but also a noticeable drone from many rooftop ventilation fans Find out what happened next by answering these two questions: By Scott Baltic Amazon has bought a struggling Midtown Manhattan office property from RFR Realty 595,430-square-foot building at 522 Fifth Ave SL Green is reported to have bought the property’s debt at a large discount after the building entered foreclosure last June An SL Green spokesperson told Commercial Property Executive that the company “previously held a mortgage loan investment position in the office condo at 522 Fifth Ave and SL Green no longer holds an ownership position in the asset.” and Amazon did not reply to CPE’s request for additional information The Class B property came online in 1896 as a hotel after which it was renovated in 1997 and 2007 Amazon’s New York headquarters is close by RFR acquired the building from Morgan Stanley in September 2020 for $350 million using a $224 million funding package consisting of a $55.5 million variable-rate loan from SL Green Realty and a $168.5 million interest-only CMBS loan Both notes were set to mature in March 2024 Barely two weeks ago, RFR surrendered its ownership of 285 Madison Ave. to its mezzanine lender a consortium of large South Korean insurance companies The UCC foreclosure of the 511,000-square-foot office tower near Grand Central Terminal was led by Ocean West Capital Partners.  Amazon has been in a happier situation with respect to real estate recently. In its metro Seattle home turf, the e-commerce giant is proceeding with its Bellevue 600 project in the eponymous submarket The development’s two towers will total more than 1.5 million square feet of office space when they deliver later this year The Best New Restaurants in Queens, According to Eater Editors The Best New Restaurants in Brooklyn, According to Eater Editors The Best Brunch Spots in New York City, According to Eater Editors A restaurant tucked inside a swanky department store to a West Village restaurant with quiet confidence The Eater New York Heatmap has existed for nearly two decades to answer the age-old question: “What’s hot and new in Manhattan?” Eater editors do thorough reporting on the most exciting restaurant openings to hit NYC as well as smaller openings and hidden gems worth having on the radar Though the local dining scene has endured tremendous challenges in recent years the city’s spirit of breaking ground and exploring new cuisines and forms continues every month we narrow the field to those places that are drawing the most excitement focusing largely on restaurants that have only been open for six months or less When an Eater editor visits a new restaurant we share insider tips on what to expect and what’s worth ordering as well New to the list in May: Fedora, a reborn restaurant from the St. Jardim team in the West Village; and, Maison Passerelle Top Chef and James Beard-winner Gregory Gourdet’s flagship restaurant inside the Financial District department store Printemps Sam Yoo is known for Golden Diner downtown. But for his next act he headed uptown and took over his parents’ massive bi-level restaurant that faces Rockefeller Center The space is split into two concepts: Upstairs Golden HOF serves casual Korean American gastropub dishes like wings with glaze options like gochujang focusing on Korean barbecue (certain tables are set up with their own grills) little neck clams with a sesame-perilla mignonette and crispy kimchi pancakes with a jalapeño soy sauce Borgo is Andrew Tarlow’s Manhattan project; it’s his first restaurant across the bridge from the Brooklyn restaurant empire he built at Diner This one is the most timeless and mature from the operator The Best Italian Restaurants in New York City Fedora takes its name not from the hat, but from its former owner, Fedora Dorato, who ran it as a red-sauce restaurant for decades. Restaurateur Gabriel Stulman took it over from her until his version of Fedora closed during the pandemic. Now, it’s been reborn again — this time from the team behind wine bar St. Jardim around the corner the menu could’ve just as easily trended towards basic bistro fare the Le Rock alum put forth a menu of familiar items (chicken Cordon bleu) with twists (like subbing out ravioli for pierogies) but there are a few larger tables — moody lighting is fit for a date Bar Recommendations From the City's Top Drink Makers 13 New York Restaurants With Great Specials Bánh Anh Em initially gained fans from its Upper West Side restaurant Bánh. When opening this downtown offshoot owners Thu Ton and John Nguyen wanted to offer something distinct: all bread for the bánh mì and noodles for phở (like the Nam Định with several cuts of beef) are made in-house Maximé Pradié has long been a one-to-watch chef leading the kitchen at Zimmi’s (in partnership with Jenni Guizio he’s cooking the homestyle Southern French cooking he grew up with but doesn’t often make its way to restaurant menus in New York Dishes like the la pastasciutta (tagliatelle with ragout and sage) and the vegetable terrine were early standouts A wine bar and bakery are on the way next door The Best Restaurants Open on Monday in New York City Following West Village hits Dame and Lord’s, husband-wife duo Patricia Howard and chef Ed Szymanski opened their third — and largest — restaurant in the neighborhood. Though the first two have looked specifically at British food, Crevette expands its reach with touches of the South of France and a can’t-miss pineapple rum cake with butterscotch An Eater Editor’s Favorite Seafood Spots in NYC The Best Restaurants in the East Village Right Now We hate to break it to you, but Bradley Cooper’s new Philly cheesesteak spot may be the best rendition of the sandwich New York has yet to see. That’s no surprise since the 12-time Oscar nominee teamed up with Philadelphia’s owner of Angelo’s Pizzeria Whether this spot is worth braving the insanely long lines (and limited hours) that have followed since the shop was first announced is a different story Momofuku’s first New York opening in years, Kabawa You might remember the alleyway space as Ko which the team has flipped following its closing to turn into a Caribbean restaurant with modern inflections It first launched with Bar Kabawa: an a la carte front area where patties (with stuffings like conch) are served alongside expertly crafted daiquiris the back dining room — and main stage — has opened with an $145 for three-course prixe-fixe menu which include choices like pepper shrimp spiked with sorrel and thyme; cassava dumplings stewed in a Creole sauce; black bass with curry; and coconut and cream cheese turnovers for dessert Cactus Wren features a hard-to-place menu that leans heavily on seafood. Think: smoked eel tart, lagoustine beignet, and pizza with romesco and Oaxacan cheese. The team’s fine dining roots aren’t far away, both literally, in that their restaurant, 63 Clinton caviar add-ons are available (which you can skip; there’s a more interesting Anthony Ha and Sade Mae Burns built a following by running one of NYC’s most exciting pop-ups under the Ha’s Đặc Biệt name an offshoot and permanent headquarters for a rotating selection of Vietnamese-influenced snack items in a bistro atmosphere flowing with natural wine (it’s been hinted that a larger restaurant is on the way) This husband-wife team knows how to make a dining room feel warm and the tight quarters work to their benefit — the kind of place that is filled with casual exuberance that feels like an extension of a dinner party they might host at home But the tuna with dates is even more special Sign in because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept These scientists preferred to tell stories without access to the materials we actually retrieved instead of pursuing the hard work of evidence-based science that my research team carried out The attraction to story-telling is even more prevalent in the realm of politics Government is in possession of vehicles manufactured by alien civilizations we must see the vehicles for the same reason that we would hesitate to buy a used car without an inspection as long as we are curious and courageous enough to collect evidence that might contradict our preconceptions Gaining new knowledge requires funding for the related research effort. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary funding. The Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb, cost 2 billion dollars by 1945 — equivalent to over 30 billion dollars today UAPs could represent new technologies of utmost importance for national security Figuring out their nature deserves 3% of the Manhattan Project budget or about a billion dollars today and avoid the embarrassment of admitting UAPs in multiple congressional reports that were filed by the director of national intelligence in recent years All objects in our sky must be identified in order for taxpayers to feel safe and rest assured that the trillion-dollar defense budget for Fiscal year 2026 is protecting American citizens from the drones and balloons of adversarial nations without allocating 10% of this expenditure to the study of anomalous technological artifacts near Earth Given the potential for discovering extraterrestrial vehicles, I am confident that a UAP-Manhattan Project will attract the best minds in science to the task. The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in the Pentagon focused mostly on past data which is of limited utility because it cannot be verified AARO does not currently employ the best and the brightest in the scientific community The UAP-Manhattan Project will develop new AI tools for multi-modal analysis of the vast amount of data accessible with state-of-the-art cameras and multi-wavelength sensors the UAP-Manhattan Project will collect new evidence and transform UAPs from the category of “unidentified anomalies” to that of “identified phenomena” Getting the Nobel Prize by answering the biggest question in science would be a welcomed bonus American taxpayers will sleep better at night knowing that we understand all objects flying in our sky See all responsesHelp NY — Manhattan Softball wrapped up its 2025 campaign on Saturday afternoon versus the Rider Broncs The Jaspers fell 9-0 in five innings on Senior Day at Gaelic Park Game Recap: Softball | 5/3/2025 7:56:00 PM | Pete Janny Thanks for visiting Visit Campus Find Your Degree or Program Volunteer & Service Programs Make a Gift Now COVID-19 Information Several engineering students have received scholarships for 2025 from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) the 172-year-old Lasallian Catholic University announced that a number of its engineering students have received scholarships for 2025 from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York (ACEC New York) Various levels of scholarships are awarded annually to students throughout the State of New York and Manhattan University was honored to receive ten of the scholarships – the most of any individual institution The “Top Scholarship” which carries with it a stipend of $10,000 to each student including Caroline Gilmore of Manhattan University.    a senior scheduled to graduate in December 2025 is a civil engineering major with a structural engineering concentration and a minor in mathematics.  She has a 4.0 GPA and is a member of Tau Beta Pi the civil engineering honor society.  A native of West Harrison she currently has a structural engineering internship at Conlon Engineering in Norwalk “We are incredibly proud of each of our scholarship recipients.  Manhattan’s School of Engineering has long enjoyed a highly regarded reputation for its rigorous academic requirements and the placement of our graduates in well-respected businesses or academic institutions for advanced degrees.” Gray ’79Assistant Vice President for College AdvancementExecutive Director Manhattan College4513 Manhattan College ParkwayDe La Salle Hall Host a conference A pedicab drives through Times Square on Aug You'd have to give your regards to Broadway another way Tell all the gang at 42nd Street that passengers would lose the opportunity to grab a pedicab ride or get dropped off at a Broadway theater in the heart of Times Square under a new bill proposed by Manhattan lawmakers The bill, introduced May 1 before the New York City Council, would ban pedicab drivers from stopping, picking up or dropping off passengers within 50 feet of theaters in Manhattan’s Theater District: roughly bounded by West 50th Street Council members Keith Powers and Erik Bottcher — both Democrats who represent Manhattan’s East Side among other neighborhoods — introduced the bill some of whose drivers park outside Broadway shows and blast music soliciting business have taken on new significance as tourists cruise the streets making social media posts Get the latest breaking news as it happens By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy City law already bars pedicab drivers — who must be specifically licensed by the city — from taking more than three passengers and from driving on bridges, or in tunnels and bike lanes. The NYPD has cracked down on pedicabs in recent years seizing nearly 80 of them in 2023 and issuing 100 summonses “Pedicabs can be fun but they need to be licensed and follow the rules,” Bottcher wrote in a social media post at the time Powers told Newsday via text that his office has gotten "numerous complaints" from theatergoers about disruptive pedicabs "New Yorkers want to go see a Broadway show without the nuisance of pedicabs blasting music outside during the show," he said Makan Camara of the New York Pedicab Alliance said while he understands that some drivers blast loud music and pose an annoyance his members oppose that behavior and want to work with the city to reach a compromise But he believes that restricting where pedicab drivers are allowed to pick up passengers isn't the right move and they have to pick up the people in the hotel and stuff like that," Camara who said he has been driving a pedicab for over 16 years whose passengers are mostly in the Times Square and Central Park areas said the alliance was to hold a meeting Monday evening where the legislation was on the agenda He said he is disappointed that the lawmakers didn't reach out to the industry before introducing the legislation Powers told Newsday that the legislation was just introduced "and now begins the process of engaging with all stakeholders." said the administration is reviewing the legislation Get more on these and other NewsdayTV stories The Newsday app makes it easier to access content without having to log in Unlimited Digital AccessOnly 25¢for 6 months It was a sunny May Day without a cloud in sight but demonstrators who rallied at Foley Square in Lower Manhattan Thursday say a storm is coming and we are going to stand up and fight every day as often as we can,” Brooklyn resident Andrea Coyle said “We and the people before us fought hard for these rights and we want to keep them,” demonstrator Jenny Fox said May Day rallies have gathered crowds every year for more than a century thousands of people met to rally in support of worker and immigrant rights things they say are under attack by the Trump administration This is just the warm-up and I’m looking forward to the millions that will be showing up on the front lines or on the grass of the White House letting them know we won’t be taking this anymore,” Ian Stuart of Queens said Organizers are calling for full funding for public schools health care and housing for all; protection and expansion for social programs like Medicaid and Social Security; and an end to corruption like what they call a billionaire takeover of the White House “My son deserves teachers that are adequately paid that are paid fairly,” Sadye Campoamor of Chelsea said She says it’s important for her son Rafael Campoamor to be there too to fight for the rights of those who educate our nurses and hospitals and all of that stuff,” Rafael said Qween Amor of Brooklyn has come to May Day rallies for ten years because of her father she used to be a beacon of hope for people seeking refuge and people seeking the ability to work and to feel safe in their environment and we are no longer living in those days,” Amor said some said the solidarity of thousands of people taking to the streets gives each and every one of them power “I have no fear for the future because we believe in people power and we believe that when we fight side-by-side together The Walking Dead: Dead City is back in the New York groove with its second season The premiere takes us to a little over one year after the events of the first season Negan is still under the thumb of the Croat and the Dama who want to force him to revive his old persona to get the city’s bands of gangs together to fight and protect methane resources considering the New Babylon Federation wants to invade Manhattan and control this valuable resource The latter is how Maggie Rhee ends up back in NYC in Dead City’s second season her community located somewhere in the Tri-State area Maggie is working on building a bond with her son Herschel and Ginny both of whom are insufferable post-apocalypse teens tbh.) She notices that moths are gathering on trees which clues her into something bad happening And that’s exactly what happens when the New Babylon Federation rolls up at the Bricks They have jurisdiction over the community and want to “voluntell” several residents to be a part of an “exploratory” mission in Manhattan they are willing to use residents as guinea pigs to gather intel for their ultimate takeover mission They position it as their mission to bring life and the old world back to Manhattan which Maggie and Herschel know is impossible Perlie Armstrong lied to his superiors about Negan She corners Pearlie and says knows that the increase in moths mean they are running out of methane and that’s the real reason they want to go to a literal death island She says she will volunteer for the mission but only if they don’t force anyone to go from the Bricks and the other residents who are not prepared to survive in NYC Ginny and a few others insist on volunteering to go but he will probably wander off and do something stupid This will put her in direct opposition with Negan who reluctantly agrees to unite the gangs after the Dama informs him that she’s found his family The Croat’s spies outside of the island know that the New Babylon Federation is coming soon it is obvious that they would eventually come to the island They believe themselves to be the purveyors of justice and civilization and Pearlie admitted to being a part of the collective before escaping the city of Manhattan’s rogue survivors are preparing to fight the New Babylon Federation Negan doesn’t seem too happy to have his leather jacket and an upgraded Lucille back again Will he work with Maggie to take down New Babylon? Which side is the “right” side? We will see what happens as Maggie and Negan’s journeys continue in The Walking Dead: Dead City. We’re delighted you're perusing our site for all your nerdy news We'd wholeheartedly appreciate you enabling ads to keep this content free By: 8:00 am on April 30 Construction is about to go vertical at 1448 Third Avenue, the site of a 39-story mixed-use tower in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side Designed by CetraRuddy Architecture and developed by Douglaston Development the 478-foot-tall structure will span 287,632 square feet and yield 125 condominium units with an average scope of 1,804 square feet The building will also contain 40,864 square feet of commercial space 21,224 square feet of community facility space The property is alternately addressed as 170 East 82nd Street and located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 82nd Street Foundations have reached street level since our last update in early March when crews were still finishing up excavation along the eastern end of the base Photographs taken yesterday afternoon show a large team of construction workers across the site preparing the rebar for the ground-floor slab Additional bundles of rebar protrude vertically at the locations of the structure’s columns A parade of cement trucks along Third Avenue were seen awaiting their turn to deliver concrete and a concrete boom parked behind the wraparound sidewalk fencing was also in action YIMBY expects to see the superstructure to begin its ascent early next month 1448 Third Avenue was formerly occupied by a low-rise residential building between East 82nd and 83rd Streets seen in the below Google Street View image before its partial demolition Finalized renderings for 1448 Third Avenue have still not been released the preliminary rendering in the main photo above and the wind tunnel model below give an indication of the building’s massing and prominence within the neighborhood The tower appears to match the height of Robert A which stands just to the east along Third Avenue The design also features a prewar-inspired aesthetic with a largely monolithic L-shaped massing leading to a series of small setbacks and an extended bulkhead A triple-height level is positioned around the midpoint of the tower with an open-air void Residential amenities at 1448 Third Avenue will reportedly include an indoor swimming pool Additional amenities are expected to be announced at a later date The nearest subway from the property is the Q train at the 86th Street station at the corner of Second Avenue and East 83rd Street 1448 Third Avenue is anticipated to be completed in fall 2027 Looks like a classic building from a different era but given the renderings I could be mistaken I wish I would have purchased a $5M 2 bed at 200 E 83rd so I could enjoy the views of this drab clone of every other new UES tower Follow on Instagram var sb_instagram_js_options = {"font_method":"svg","placeholder":"https:\/\/newyorkyimby.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/instagram-feed\/img\/placeholder.png","resized_url":"https:\/\/newyorkyimby.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sb-instagram-feed-images\/","ajax_url":"https:\/\/newyorkyimby.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"}; © COPYRIGHT New York YIMBY® LLC Game Recap: Baseball | 5/4/2025 3:00:00 PM | Pete Janny Manhattan interim head coach Steven Rosen on persevering through the rain suspension: "I'm proud of the boys resilience today to secure two tough wins - especially with the context in resuming game two To pick up this morning in the ninth inning of yesterday's game needing to get the hardest out get the job done - and then turn around in twenty minutes and play at such a high level for another 27 outs Thanks for visiting NY — A torrential downpour at Clover Stadium suspended game two between Manhattan and Saint Peter's with the Jaspers leading 4-3 with two outs in the ninth The resumption of game two will happen at 10:30 am at Naimoli Family Baseball Complex in Teaneck New Jersey followed by the start of game three approximately 25 minutes later NY — A torrential downpour suspended game two between Manhattan and Saint Peter's with the Jaspers leading 4-3 with two outs in the ninth Manhattan scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on a double-play groundout from Aidan Taclas. Working in relief in the ninth, Chris Fidanza was down 3-0 on Tyler Smith before play was suspended Before Saturday's game, Manhattan honored its four seniors—Ryan Ash, Andreaus Lewis, Ryan McLaughlin and Nico Mattera—on Senior Day Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting Thanks for visiting By: 8:00 am on May 2 A new redesign has been revealed for 2 World Trade Center, the final supertall component of the 16-acre World Trade Center complex in Manhattan’s Financial District Designed by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and developed by Silverstein Properties the skyscraper is now slated to stand 62 stories and 1,230 feet tall 1,348-foot-tall scope of the previous iteration The building will yield 2.2 million square feet of office space and rise from a full-block property bounded by Vesey Street to the north The main rendering above showcases the overall World Trade Center complex with 2 World Trade Center in the center The scaled-back skyscraper is depicted culminating in a tall white spire though apart from this the general design language has been left unchanged This includes the signature use of stepped setbacks on the eastern elevation and staggered loggias on the western face which will all make space for 12,000 square feet of landscaped terraces The below image from across the Hudson River shows 2 World Trade Center’s roof level reaching approximately 1,100 feet slightly higher than the 1,079-foot-tall parapet of RSHP’s 3 World Trade Center to the southeast The following street-level perspective previews the complex from the intersection of Church and Dey Streets offering a closer look at the stepped setbacks and horizontal-louvered façade The staggered loggia cutouts in the southern elevation have been removed from the redesign in favor of a largely uninterrupted glass curtain wall facing Santiago Calatrava’s Oculus transit hub The tilt-shift perspective in this image makes the structure appear taller than 1 World Trade Center but the building’s pared-down scope ensures that the structure will not compete with the focal point of the Lower Manhattan skyline The watercolor below provides a similar vantage point to the second rendering This illustration previews how 2 World Trade Center will complete the complex’s progression in height from the 977-foot-tall 4 World Trade Center up to the 1,776-foot-tall 1 World Trade Center The following images are from our last update in last September when the previous iteration was unveiled with scale models of the complex Office amenities at 2 World Trade Center are planned to include an indoor/outdoor auditorium and performance space A cafe and dining accommodations will be located on the ground floor along with concierge services A construction timeline for 2 World Trade Center will likely not be announced until Silverstein Properties is able to secure an anchor tenant for the building The developer had been courting American Express to potentially fill this role though no further news has emerged since last fall and not the nicest one we have in this city Do you think the dead care about “crowding” of one building in the same complex by another (Btw I was here for 9/11 so don’t even start with that.) Let’s hope Larry lands an anchor tenant soon Could be anywhere in the world so derivative classic foster lately Very disappointing it’s being scaled down from 1,348-feet-tall to 1,230 feet tall WTC #1 is looking less exciting as time goes on WTC #2 will add some interest to the otherwise boring glass facades of the area I do prefer the earlier design to this one Do you tell your wife she looks less exciting as time goes on this building is a middle finger to New York and should be a second building I was kinda vibing with the stacked blocks design from a while back Regardless excited to see something get going there WTC #1 is the worst with its ridiculous antenna and its greater height which was much closer to that of the original destroyed tower The stacked box Bjarke Ingels design was nice as well This is a decent version that hopefully will get built But office space just isn’t in big demand Downtown and I keep wondering if this should be housing instead something needs to be built here to finally finish this project While demand for new office space isn’t growing we are continuing to convert older offices to residential so we will need to keep building some new office buildings or conversions will slow/stop Haven’t heard anything going on at WTC site in years they only recently completed the Perelman Center and Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church It fits in nicely with the surrounding architecture and the spire is a tasteful addition This design is seems like a stretch of the sleek glass asthstetic the site is pulling off I personally think the spire throws off the upward flow of the towers jumbled & dull finish of proposed WTC2 does not work with & against sleek ,shiny & soaring WTC1 Why not just duplicate WTC1 and truly restore the “Twin Towers” to New York City another boring building with not character making the area more depressing the original design was beautiful and the last connection to the “wedge of light” master plan I do like this new design but I also like the original I am not happy about shrinking its size however Meh… Return the Diamond wedge of light as it allows One World Trade to still appear more isolated The one thing I don’t like is the spire it has zero purpose and detracts from the one atop One World Trade I like the spire – it evolves from the tower iteself NOT just plopped on top; the spire is an outgrowth of the “pier” that begins at the second (?) floor level and shoots straight up and extends “endlessly.” Now a carefully sculpted mass but the building bottoms out into a giant clumsey-looking box as it extends eastward – not graceful While I still love the original design with the sloped diamond roofs The BIG design from a few years back was truly awful I had wished that Larry built an exact duplicate but taller twin towers at the site as a sign of American defiance and spirit Or do something to pay homage to the original 2 world trade It should complement 1 world trade without being and exact duplicate Agreed time to work on the skyline for today and tomorrow Let always keep are eye in the rear view mirror but focused eye on the here and now and tomorrow The future will hold the best memories of what Downtown is and should grow up again to be I always went it the trade center pre-911 Went to too numerous times to many to count and had clients there too more office space..meh…still lots around and available I really do prefer this design rather than it without the spire but I still think the Diamond Tower design is still my favorite and still think they should build that one since they have the foundation built for that one already Wish they could just build another freedom tower and we will have an amazing New twin towers💯💯 So many articles keep stating there is an oversupply and that Ai will eliminate jobs Taller would fit in better- but this is just another exercise as nothing will go forward without a tenant- and Silverstein has been searching for an anchor fruitlessly for more than a decade In twenty years do you think they’ll still be maintaining them The terraced are only good to use a few months of the year The original diamond design is what they should go with There is absolutely NOTHING great about this current design Are there two different sections of glass going up the height of the eastern elevation?..it seems very ‘busy’..would be nice to see it more clearly will show the world the audacity of America Please build the Diamond shaped tower it was beautiful I want to see the WTC area completed and I’m not getting younger Those memorials disrupt the continuity of the neighborhood and nobody even died in those spaces I said from day one that the only way to reclaim the office space lost by the demolition of the TEW in towers is to build so,e other set of twin towers and if built to the height each were attacked then the memorials could be put at the top of each in the physical space that was attacked making a more powerful impact on visitors while also restoring the lost commercial space below and restoring the neighborhood to a contiguous and connected space rather that this obstacle that exists today that disconnects traffic and pedestrian flow Do the nearly 3,000 names inscribed around the memorial pools not mean anything to you?? You sound as delusional as a Holocaust denier or believing the 2020 election was rigged I wouldn’t go as far to say that people didn’t die on 9/11 but you bet your bottom dollar this was an inside job It couldn’t have been pulled off without military precision The government wasn’t asleep at the wheel like you probably believe It wasn’t incompetence or a failure of imagination You’re just too damn asleep to see what’s really going on in this world to pay attention Your first thought is that everything contrary to what the government and media conglomerates utter is a mere outlandish and fringe conspiracy theory Look how many conspiracy theories turned out to be true in the last decade because saying how nobody died at the twin towers is the biggest act of denial I’ve read in the comment section You must be one of those 9/11 conspiracy believers thinking the planes were holograms so not only are you (wrongfully) claiming that people didn’t die at the site of the twin towers but you’re also implying that the new set of streets and sidewalks that were reimplemented at the World Trade Center site do more to disconnect traffic flow and pedestrians than the giant concrete super block of the original site? This is all preposterous beyond anyone’s mind who was old enough to have worked/visited the site pre-9/11 and it’s shameful the way you are spreading such incorrect info You clearly sound like someone born after the attacks and believe what you see on TikTok made by amateur ‘content creators’ that only rely on click bait and not stick to facts I think this is a decent version on a few levels but the last iteration was just another Jenga building this new design is more classically wedding cake and therefore more appropriately NYC The updated design seems like it will be more respectful of WTC 1 in massing They should have just built the Twin Towers again stronger and taller NYC skyline used to look tough with the Twin Towers now it looks like it could be any other city The terraces only draw attention to the uninspired stacked boxes that seem contrived and contribute to the cluttered mess of the area I don’t know… I like the area in its current form – I don’t want ten more years of a construction site American colleges and universities are being scrutinized as never before From rising tuition costs and allegations of plagiarism at the highest levels to concerns about low rates of completion and the state of free inquiry on campus Yet one crucial issue that is too rarely accorded the attention that it deserves is simply what colleges expect of their students Students spend far less time studying than they used to, with full-time students reporting 20–25 combined hours in class and doing schoolwork.[1] American colleges need to reset their expectations for students Full-time students should expect to devote a full 35-hour week to their classes and related studies Boards of governors and campus trustees have a vital role in resetting this expectation and helping colleges put it into practice today’s students work less—both on academic and nonacademic work—than their peers from two or three generations ago economists Philip Babcock and Mindy Marks reported: “In 1961 the average full-time student at a four-year college in the United States studied about twenty-four hours per week while his modern counterpart puts in only fourteen hours per week.” This trend held “for students from all demographic subgroups for students who worked and those who did not None of this bodes well for student learning. Unsurprisingly, researchers have found a significant relationship between time spent studying and student outcomes, with study time “at least as important [for student success] as college entrance exam scores” (which have historically been perhaps the most accurate predictor of student outcomes).[11] The result is that students are not getting the opportunity to master the work habits or skills that a college education is supposed to provide Too many colleges have seemingly lost sight of what it means to be an educational institution and administrators that the purpose of higher education is an intellectual one and that this requires hard work Colleges need to set the bar high for students and faculty alike But this is not something that we can trust professors or even deans of faculty to do on their own given the social and professional costs incurred by individual faculty who assign more work than their colleagues They must make clear to campus leadership that it is time to get back to work Is this kind of board leadership a threat to free inquiry or academic freedom just to be safe: There is nothing about raising expectations or reaffirming colleges’ instructional mission that conflicts with core academic values of inquiry Keep in mind that colleges and universities are educational institutions with a formative mission Faculty are hired with the expectation that they will prepare faculty are expected to show up for class and treat students with respect which includes setting appropriate expectations Raising the bar for rigor in no way intrudes on faculty autonomy regarding content it is an attempt to ensure that students are being challenged to do the work deemed appropriate by the collective academic enterprise College faculty must raise their expectations for student work: reading, writing, problem sets, and related out-of-class assignments. Indeed, colleges that accept federal funds are already expected to abide by the federal definition of a credit-hour, which “reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week.”[37] Merely to comply with federal law a typical three-credit course should entail a minimum of nine hours of student work each week students should be required to spend at least 36 hours attending class or doing homework each week at colleges that accept federal grants or aid this expectation should be regarded as a legal obligation each class should incorporate approximately six hours of out-of-class work per week A typical class in the humanities or social sciences could reasonably require students to complete a two-page essay and 75–80 pages of reading each week We fully appreciate that these figures may appear shockingly high to those who have grown accustomed to the status quo but that misconception says more about the degradation of expectations than about their feasibility Grade inflation suffers from a similar collective-action problem. If Princeton’s abortive “grade deflation” experiment is any guide, combating grade inflation will take collaborative effort and a sustained commitment on the part of institutional leadership.[39] After all faculty will be overwhelmed by student demands A professor who seeks to uphold standards in isolation is following a recipe for headaches and fears of empty lecture halls the “hassle factor” of fending off student complaints and split-the-difference administrators makes it much easier for faculty just to go easy when handing out grades uniform expectations must be set and overseen by those with some remove from classroom pressures Only in this way can faculty require rigor without being singled out for grief This determination should be made by boards and campus leaders But several sensible principles should be applied they should establish explicit expectations regarding grading policy and grade composition they should explore the merits of adopting common essay prompts or grading protocols across similar courses in order to foster more consistent grading they should consider adopting anonymous grading or standardized policies on absences and late work Colleges should allow minimal exceptions to these rules Of course, part of the solution to lowered workload expectation has to rest in the K–12 education system. Students are not working hard in college partly because they are not being challenged in middle and high school. Moreover, because grade inflation is rampant in K–12 as well as higher education, students have been conditioned to expect good grades for minimal work.[40] Rather than waiting for the K–12 system to get its house in order Doing so might even kick off a cycle that yields healthy changes in the nation’s high schools It is one thing for boards to set high expectations—but another thing entirely to enforce them Without any visibility into how much time students spend working for class newly raised expectations would be more bluster than actual policy tools are available to boards for collecting such information Boards should instruct college leaders to conduct regular syllabus reviews and to share those data with the board annually If the results are not consistent with the board’s expectations trustees should direct campus leaders to respond appropriately This kind of scrutiny should be done with complete respect for content and free inquiry; the point is to ensure that students are being educated not to manage the substance of that education Boards should require that their institution collect this kind of data regularly, by utilizing existing instruments, collaborating to launch new ones, or administering their own surveys. They should further seek ways to share data with peer institutions, use these data to assess performance and set their institutional vision, and share top-level data points with the campus community and on the institution’s website.[43] boards should ensure that faculty are enlisted and empowered in the work of raising the academic bar While many faculty are understandably loath to come across as mean-spirited drill sergeants or to take on the additional burdens required to maintain high expectations there is also broad agreement among faculty that students are not working very hard While some professors may feel obliged to lament these demands for elevated expectations we suspect that a quiet majority will relish their newfound license to raise the bar Challenging students or setting high expectations can be a thankless task for faculty today But it is not nearly enough to simply ensure that faculty no longer feel penalized for acting like responsible educators; they must be encouraged and course expectations should be recognized and given due weight when it comes to faculty evaluation Since this means that professors will be expected to devote more time to teaching campus leaders should appropriately moderate expectations for faculty research and service These changes are best approached in a manner that is inclusive administrators and senior faculty should deemphasize student evaluations Such feedback can solicit constructive criticism but should be used with extraordinary care when evaluating instructors Elevating workload expectations will have broad implications for institutional governance Since universities are often more concerned with bringing in revenue via grants to well-known researchers than they are with teaching most faculty search committees place enormous emphasis on publication volume and prestige As faculty search committees review job and tenure applications This should be reflected in compensation guidelines and considerations such as sabbaticals or institutional support Even sharp-tongued critics of higher education have too rarely addressed the issue of what students do all day or how colleges might revive a culture of academic rigor Those sounding alarms about higher education have raised important questions about cost but they have too rarely focused on simple questions about student work and collegiate expectations Reform-minded leaders have championed new institutes to bring intellectual balance to campus and new policies intended to boost completion rates but few of these efforts involve much explicit attention to student work These efforts are good and useful in their own right But they have not had much to say about the work that students actually do Please see Endnotes in PDF Are you interested in supporting the Manhattan Institute’s public-interest research and journalism donations in support of MI and its scholars’ work are fully tax-deductible as provided by law (EIN #13-2912529) Copyright © 2025 Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Kristeller's throw went 65.15m en route to his third-place finish. Graduate Student Paul Brennan (62.05m) secured sixth place in his return to Princeton Forster's javelin throw went 58.77m en route to his third-place finish Alexandra Caraher earned 11th place in the Women's Hammer Throw Bekah Bouton checked in at 14th in the Women's Shot Put thanks to her score of 10.60m Kylie Conroy finished 41st in a crowded field for the Elite Women's 1500m Conroy fell .02 seconds short of her career-best mark in the event and was the lone Jasper Manhattan Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Kerri Inman: "We had a nice start to the weekend today with some strong performances Looking forward to more good things tomorrow." Day two of the Larry Ellis Invitational is set for Saturday with a bevy of sprinting events on the docket for the final day Follow Manhattan Track & Field on Instagram (@jaspersxctf) and X (@Jaspers_Track) Thanks for visiting Join us to celebrate Car-Free Earth Day on Saturday Car-Free Earth Day is an annual car-free event hosted by NYC DOT Programming will be presented at signature and partner produced locations citywide, promoting activism and education surrounding climate change, sustainability, and other relevant topics. The event also marks the official start to NYC’s Open Streets and Public Space Programming season Car-Free Earth Day will include car-free streets and plazas across the five boroughs with locations featuring public art or community programming This map contains 54 locations with Car-Free Earth Day events across the five boroughs This map also presents 3 public art locations: 2 locations in Manhattan and 1 location in Brooklyn Please note that the data and information on this website is for informational purposes only While we seek to provide accurate information please note that errors may be present and information presented may not be complete the City of New York or the New York City Department of Transportation make no representation as to the accuracy of the information or its suitability for any purpose and disclaim any liability for omissions or errors that may be contained therein Signature event locations are listed below by borough Click expand or collapse to view a list of partner produced locations by borough Citi Bike will offer free unlimited 30-minute rides on a classic Citi Bike on Car-Free Earth Day for 24 hours All riders may take advantage of the offer enter promo code CARFREENYC25 on the “Day Pass” tab of the Citi Bike app NYC DOT commissioned five artists to provide temporary, environmentally focused artworks along certain routes through the NYC DOT Art program. Learn more about NYC DOT Art initiatives and open calls at nyc.gov/DOTArt If you answer yes to any of these questions consider partnering with us on future events and help make the streets come alive with exciting programming and activities The 2025 Car-Free Earth Day partner application is now closed Corporate entities may submit ideas for event sponsorship of Car-Free Earth Day at varying levels Questions about event sponsorship may be emailed to sponsorship@dot.nyc.gov Car-Free Earth Day originally converted select Manhattan streets into public plazas and car-free streets for pedestrians Car-Free Earth Day has expanded to locations throughout the five boroughs – connecting Open Streets and accessing over 1,000 miles of NYC's Bike Network Environmental programming is offered by City agencies and community organizations along the routes to promote activism and education surrounding climate change NYC DOT is proud to partner with local artists to bring exciting performances to the event Visit NYC DOT’s Flickr for images of past Car-Free Earth Day events, flickr.com/nycstreets