Union Square: The Good Ol’ Days

Now at 51 University Place:

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Truth be told, the pandemic will likely wipe hundreds or even thousands of NYC restaurants off the map, but in the meantime, a new one has just arrived at 24 East 12th St. Meet Fields Good Chicken.

A company controlled by a Philadelphia 76ers co-owner was negligent when it allowed a lounge chair to fly off a Manhattan roof and hit a woman, leaving her with brain injuries, a new lawsuit alleges.

Annabel Sen had been on her way to lunch with her boyfriend on Jan. 25 when she “was struck by a heavy wooden lounge chair that fell from the terrace of the 12th-floor penthouse” of the 15 Union Square West Condominium building, according to her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed Thursday.

“How [the chair] didn’t kill her is a miracle honestly,” Sen’s lawyer Benedict Morelli told The Post. “She is very damaged but she is not dead.”

The then-23-year-old Midtown West resident — who was heading to lunch at Xu’s Public House nearby — “suffered a severe, life-threatening, traumatic brain injury, among other injuries, that required emergency brain surgery. [Sen] has since had two more brain surgeries,” the court papers claim.

Now in the neighborhood: City Space Suites, a loft on Broadway between 9th and 10th that offers fully tricked-out office space starting at $1,000 per month.

Serafina at University and 12th has closed after less than one year.  It will soon be replaced by the eighth location of Bagel Pub. The nearest other location is at 6th Ave. and 9th St.

The 2024 Harvest in the Square celebration takes place on October 29. Tickets start at $200.