Bowling Alley Demolition to Commence

The downtown location of popular vegan restaurant Blossom is out after two years. The team announced the closure of their University Place outpost in an Instagram post, saying that they were “grateful for the chance to focus our energies and resources on our flagship Upper West Side location.”

The great kitchen store Broadway Panhandler on East 8th St. will be closing this spring. Too bad because the store has a long history in the city going back to its original location on Broome Street in Soho. Watch for closing sales.

The long-troubled TGI Fridays in Union Square is finally set to close, as the building goes on the market. “Union Square is so hot down there these days with real quality restaurants it just doesn’t compete well,” explains operator Dennis Riese.

Join Union Square Wines in celebrating five years at their new location. Taste nearly one hundred wines in six hours during our Anniversary Party. Our favorite purveyors from the wine biz will be on hand to pour a wide range of varietals, regions, and styles for all attendess. Guest pourers will be showcasing their wines through two shifts, 1pm to 4pm and 4pm to 7pm – when all is said and done marathon tasters will have enjoyed a little something from almost every wine region in the world! This incredible tasting event is certain to inspire selections for the upcoming summer months. In addition to a legion of wine offerings, guest spirit Fidencio Mezcal will be serving up Joven and Classico Mezcal as well as the complex agave spirit Pechuga all day! There will be something for everyone in celebrating five years at 140 Fourth!

Expanded pedestrian space and more cycling lanes are central to a planned redesign of Manhattan’s Broadway between E. 17th and E. 21st streets, city officials announced on Monday.

The changes are subject to public outreach — but Department of Transportation officials said they could mimic a change to other areas of Broadway between Union Square and E. 50th Street, where crews in recent years have added more pedestrian plazas, outdoor dining space and wider crosswalks designed to keep pedestrians safe from crashes.

DOT officials also said they’re considering adding a two-way bike lane between E. 17th and E. 21st streets, which already has a one-way southbound lane for cyclists.

The city earlier this year completed an overhaul of Broadway between E. 25th and E. 32nd streets, adding more space for pedestrians, another two-way bike lane and other infrastructure designed to make motorists drive slower.

“This next phase of Broadway Vision will provide the same kind of vibrant public spaces connecting Union Square and Flatiron, just like our administration is doing with incredible success across the entire city,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement.

The latest planned improvements are just north of Union Square — and just south of where a taxi driver jumped a sidewalk last year, sending several pedestrians to the hospital.