Now Open: Dorado

7:00 AM    Morning Running Club with Paragon Sports (Fitness)
7:00 AM    Boot Camp with Circuit of Change (Fitness)
8:00 AM    Yoga with Jivamukti (Fitness)
10:00 AM  Yoga StoryTime with Karma Kids (Kids)
11:00 AM  Hot Peas ‘n Butter (Kids)
12:00 PM  New School Jazz (Music)
5:00 PM    Performance by Peridance Contemporary Dance Company (Music)
6:00 PM    Club Dance with Peridance (Dance)

Upscale Italian cafeteria Vapiano, at the corner of University and 13th, has closed for a big makeover. We’ll see.

Next week (October 21st to October 25th), material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on the academic floors inside the building and we anticipate paving on 5th Ave.

The following week (October 28th to November 1st), material and equipment deliveries and installation work will continue on academic floors.

This weekend the site will be open on Saturday, October 19th for interior activities between the work hours of 7AM and 5PM as permitted by the City.

According to a report from Crain’s New York:

Foot traffic is stepping up in Union Square. The area now sees 11% more visitors on summer Fridays than it did in 2012, according to a recent survey conducted by the Union Square Partnership, the neighborhood’s business improvement district. After counting pedestrians and using data from subway turnstiles, the BID estimates that 383,000 people are in Union Square on a Greenmarket Friday.

“Union Square has it all,” crowed Jennifer Falk, executive director of the BID, in a statement, referring to the park, transit options, shops and the Greenmarket.

In recent months, the neighborhood has also drawn a variety of retailers—from Brooklyn doughnut shop Dough to classic outdoor-clothing brand Eddie Bauer. E-commerce brand Rent the Runway also set up a showroom in the area last fall. According to the BID, Union Square has a ground-floor retail vacancy rate of 2.9%, though several spaces are currently on the market.

Retail rents in the area are pricey and rising. Dylan’s Candy Bar signed a deal for 3,300 square feet at 33 Union Square West, a spot formerly held by Puma, for $545 a square foot in the fall, for example. Such rents have pushed out several longtime retailers, including Union Square Café. The Danny Meyer-owned restaurant announced over the summer it will be vacating its space on East 16th Street after three decades. When Mr. Meyer opened the eatery in 1985, he reportedly paid around $50,000 a year in rent—that price has jumped to $650,000.

The NYPD 6^th Precinct Community Council Meeting

 will take place in-person

Wednesday, November 20 at 7:00 PM

Our Lady of Pompeii’s Fr. Demo Hall – Lower Level

at the corner of Bleecker and Carmine Streets

Guest Speaker: Jessica Mates, Deputy Director

 NYS Attorney General Leticia James’ Office 

Join the leadership of the 6th Precinct, your neighbors and local businesses for an update on community affairs. This is also your opportunity to advise Precinct Leadership of chronic or specific crime/safety/quality of life problems you see in our community so their actions are directed with your unique insights. Take this opportunity to listen or to voice your thoughts in an open and informative session.  We encourage you to tell/bring a neighbor and be a part of your Community’s voice.

All meetings starts promptly at 7:00 PM

Please arrive early to sign in and register as a speaker.

Some folks requested to submit questions before the meeting. Please feel free to send them to 6thpctcommunitycouncil@gmail.com they will be addressed in the meeting.