Union Sq. Park, Looking Southeast, 1944

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  • Park Arrests Way Up

    ByDon

    Something has gone wrong in Union Square Park this summer. Complaints about illegal behavior, drug use, and vagrancy have led to a 320% increase in police citations. Now the police are patrolling much mor aggressively, as are hired security teams from the Union Square BID.

  • An Important Zoning Change Could Make the Area More… Lively?

    ByDon

    Zoning changes around Union Square, specifically to OUR zone, C6, are designed to make it easier for a wider variiety of businesses to set up shop at the ground floor level and above. The details are here. For example,

    • Arcades

    • Axe-throwing

    • Billiards/pool halls

    • Bowling alleys

    • Escape rooms

    • Golf simulator driving range

    • Indoor go-karts

    • Indoor skateboard park

    • Interactive or virtual reality attractions

    • Laser tag

    • Miniature golf

    • Observation towers

    • Ping pong/table tennis

    • Play spaces/family fun centers

    • Wax figure exhibitions

    • Seasonally: haunted houses and similar fright attractions

    • Comedy shows

    • Concerts

    • Dancing

    • Open-mic night or poetry reading

    • 3-D printing

    • Brewery

    • Ceramic studio

    • Jewelry making

    • Wholesale and/or large-scale bakery

    • Woodworking

    • Other food and beverage producers, such as coffee roasters, ice cream makers, and shared commercial kitchen or food business incubator space

    • Other makers

  • New School Construction Update

    ByDon

    Next week (April 11 to April 15), Contractors will continue to excavate earth and rock, and load out material. We will continue to underpin both adjacent buildings with DOB approval of our means and methods. Drilling of tie-backs, lagging and sheeting around the perimeter will progress as well. The following week (April 18 to April 23), we will continue rock excavation and loading out, as well as underpinning both adjacent buildings, lagging and sheeting.

  • Union Square Night Market, June 6

    ByDon

    For New York City’s foodies and fans of fresh and local eating alike, the Union Square Greenmarket has long been a staple for gathering all the goodies and tools necessary for a delicious and sustainable lifestyle. But it’s not the most convenient experience for everyone, with the market only staying open in the morning and early afternoon hours, leaving those with strict daytime work schedules high and dry.

    Well, someone connected with the greenmarket heard the cries and pleas of the working crowd — and maybe recognized a chance to cash in on all that hard-earned money — and has worked out the perfect solution. The first first Night Market of the season at Union Square, sponsored by GrowNYC, will start this Friday evening to allow shoppers to sample everything fresh and fantastic the foodfest has to offer.

    Running from 4:00PM to 8:00PM, the Night Market will include a variety of offering from local eateries and entrepreneurs. Take home raw ingredients and vegetables to master your own flavorful creations at home, or sample incredible eats from New York City’s most fabulous restaurants to satiate your tastebuds if you just can’t wait to eat until after you leave the grounds.

    Try basil pudding with a strawberry granola bar on the side from Northern Spy, Moroccan spiced goat with a Greenmarket salad (complete with a honey ramp vinaigrette) from Casa Mono, or a good old fashioned grilled cheese from ‘wichcraft. All dishes are running around $7 to $10 a pop. Even better — the Night Market is also featuring a beer garden, where thirsty and celebratory patrons can kick back and survey their spoils with a frosty beer, wine or hard cider.

    Who knew eating well and Happy Hour could be combined? The Night Market opens in Union Square on Friday, June 6.