Coming Soon to University Place: Naya

After a New York Post story complaining about druggies in the park, The Village Voice followed up to see if it’s really true. Their conclusion: “The piece smacks of sensationalism, so we have to ask: Is Union Square any worse than any other park in the city? Or is it simply a place we’ve all heard of, and probably been, that can symbolize the outrage? Cops have reportedly made 84 drug-related arrests in and around the park this year. But that’s hardly a return to the bad old edgy days that many of us can’t stop bemoaning the loss of, even if it is worse than recent years.”

Click here to find out all about the many events in the Summer in the Square series that will take place in Union Square over the next few months. There is lots to do.

What: Hotel No Tell:
A Book Talk by Daphne Uviller
When: Monday, June 20
6:30 – 8:00 P.M.
Where: Jefferson Market Library 425 6th Avenue (btwn West 9th/10th Streets)
Cost: free; reservations required
RSVP: rsvp@gvshp.org or 212-475-9585 ext. 35

Zephyr Zuckerman, the lovable, hapless heroine of Daphne Uviller’s Super in the City, is back. In Hotel No Tell, she’s armed and undercover as a concierge at a Greenwich Village hotel, tracking down a missing hundred grand. Please join third-generation Villager Daphne Uviller as she reads from Hotel No Tell which will be available for purchase and signing. (More information)

Torch & Crown Beer Garden is back for its third season in the Union Square Park Pavilion, serving up locally brewed beers and fan favorites like the Lou Burger, pizza, and pretzels.

From now through early November, enjoy:

• Jazz with Geoff Burke on Sundays, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Trivia nights with NYC Trivia League on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
• Live music Fridays with Shawn Parsons and Matthew Lee & The Standbys, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Between 12th and 13th St. on University Place, the cleaners is moving, the European cookie store that no one needed is closing, and the Verizon store is gone. Is it a case of all leases running out at the same time? Who knows? What’s next? Who knows???

Check out Breads Bakery, on 16th St. just west of Union Square. It’s really good.