Report to Manhattan Community Board 1 – Battery Park City Committee

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Presented by Nick Sbordone, BPCA (212) 417-3194 | nicholas.sbordone@bpca.ny.gov

NEIGHBORHOOD & PROJECT UPDATES:

I. History of Women’s Rights – Film Project w/local students o BPCA CFO proud to be interviewed by 8th graders from I.S. 276 on February 16 o Focus on important women in society & their professional accomplishments

II. BPC Open Community Meeting – March 5 o In-depth session covered BPCA History & Overview, Finance Update, Ground

Leases Update, and Community Highlights o Next BPC Open Community Meeting in early June; four total scheduled in 2018

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III. BPC Parks User Count & Survey – UPDATE o Study has been extended & deepened o To entail focus groups – potentially including CB1 / BPC Committee members –

as part of expanded outreach o More info: BMCC Team Conducts User Count and Survey of Public Spaces for

Battery Park City

IV. New Membership Record @ CCSHS | 345 Chambers Street

o BPC Community Center at Stuyvesant High School has surpassed 1,000 members

(1,012 as of Sunday, March 4)

o Hours (Sept.-June): Mon.-Fri., 7pm-10pm; Sat. & Sun., 1pm-9pm o Deeply-discounted, full-access, annual membership rates:

Adults (18+): $199 | Adult BPC Residents: $179 Youth, Seniors (62+) & Military: $79 | BPC Resident Youths, Seniors &

Military: $59 Day passes also available – $15 for adults and $10 for youth, seniors, military

& BPC residents

V. 200 Rector Place Interior Fit Out o Renovations continue on new community space, office space & Allied Universal

Command Center, replacing former space @ The Regatta o Now targeting end-April timeframe for public opening

PROGRAM & STATUS UPDATES

I. Meet Me in the Kitchen – Good Nutrition! o Fifth class (of six) today at Asphalt Green Kitchen – March 6 // Spice of Life o Classes have been booked to capacity w/waiting list o Final class in series:

Week 6 (March 20) // Boost Your Immune System o Working with BPC Seniors & Asphalt Green on next round of free classes

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Good food, good friends: Insructor Lauren Kelly and her charges gather with freshly-prepared snacks at the February 20 Meet Me in the Kitchen session.

II. Celebrating the Caribbean!

o Select Saturdays, free from 4-6PM @ 6 River Terrace o Saturday, March 3 // Celebrating Puerto Rico, featuring an interactive drum and

dance performance by Legacy Women, an all-woman musical group rooted in Afro-Dominican & Afro Puerto-Rican traditions

o Final session: March 24 // Celebrating Mexico (feat. Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture

Without Borders – an organization dedicated to celebrating Mexican culture and promoting the understanding of Mexican traditions through arts, culture, humanities, and annual celebrations of holidays

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III. Tuesday Talks, 1:00PM @ 6 River Terrace o January 30 – History of the Hudson River Valley, w/historian Vernon Benjamin o February 13 – Markets as Community, w/author David K. O’Neill o Remaining sessions in series include:

March 13 // Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico Years – Artist Marla Lipkin will focus on how O’Keeffe made her life in the Southwest and the paintings that resulted

March 27 // A Year on Broadway – Artist Elise Engler will discuss A Year on Broadway, her year-long project of drawing every block of Broadway in Manhattan – from Broadway Bridge at 221st Street to Bowling Green

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IV. BPC Winter Events Calendar o More than 500 public programs and events from January to April o Largest slate of winter programming yet includes cultural and artistic workshops,

talks, fitness programs, music, games, and much more: bpca.ny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Winter-2018-Calendar-.pdf

V. BPC Annual Art Exhibition Opening o Free exhibit showcases collection of over 150 original works curated from the

roughly 15,000 participants who crafted artistic creations at 300 arts programs sponsored by BPC Parks Programming last year

o On view weekdays from 2-4:00PM through Friday, March 30

VI. BPC Seniors Working Group & Events o Meeting next on March 14 as part of regular check-ins; to cover items including

200 Rector Place fit-out, Meet Me in the Kitchen review & future iterations, etc. o Battery Park City Health Workshop: Brain & Heart Health, Friday, March 23,

12:30-2:00PM @ 6 River Terrace

VII. Museum of Jewish Heritage – Free Membership for BPC Residents – REMINDER o Running through June 30, 2018, MJH Community Membership Program provides

free Museum membership (proof of residency required) o Includes free Museum admission, discounted or free program tickets & more o Program Commemorates MJH’s 20th Anniversary

VIII. Lost & Found Contact Information – REMINDER o Allied Universal Command Center

211 North End Avenue (212) 945-7233 | bpcallied@bpca.ny.gov ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPCOMING:

I. BPCA Board Meetings – 2018 o Tuesday, March 13 o Tuesday, April 10 o Tuesday, May 15 o Tuesday, June 12 o Tuesday, July 10 o Tuesday, August 14 o Tuesday, September 18 o Tuesday, October 16 o Tuesday, November 13 o Tuesday, December 11 o All Board Meetings @ 200 Liberty Street, 24th Floor, 10:30am o Archived meeting videos: communitek.tv/bpca/

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II. Upcoming BPC Open Community Meetings – 2018 (Tentative) o Wednesday, June 6 o Wednesday, September 12 o Wednesday, November 28 o All Open Community Meetings @ 6 River Terrace, 6:00-7:30PM o Video from March 5, 2018 meeting:

www.communitek.tv/bpca/?q=video/bpca-march-5-2018-community-meeting

III. BPCA Annual Report – Fiscal 2017

o Full report available on BPCA website: bpca.ny.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Annual-Report-2017-1-31-18-1.pdf

IV. Skyscraper Museum

o Millennium: Lower Manhattan in the 1990s, runs thru April 2018 o Multimedia exhibition recaptures formative time in history of New York’s historic

commercial hub through combination of architectural drawings and models, archival and contemporary photographs, original posters, maps, sketches, renderings, and other documents of the era

o For more information: skyscraper.org/millennium

V. Permitted Walks / Runs o Schedule of 2018 Runs / Walkathons in Battery Park City as follows:

Organization / Event

Event Type Event Date(s) & Approx. Time

Attendance (Est.)

Street Closures

Notes

Taste of BPC Fundraiser Sat – Apr 21, 12PM

250 N/A P.S. 89’s Annual Fundraiser

9/11 Memorial 5K Run/Walk

Walkathon / Run

Sun – Apr 22, 7:45am

5,000 N/A

Upper & Lower Plazas / north & south Esplanade

Callen-Lorde Rainbow Run

Walkathon / Run

Sat – Apr 28, 9:00am

150 N/A FYI only

American Heart Association

Wall Street Run & Heart Walk

Thu – May 17 6:45PM

10,000 Yes - TBD Enter BPC @ Battery Place & Third Place

Bike to the Beach / Ride for Autism

Registration / Set-up

Fri – Jun 8, 7:00am 175 N/A FYI only – setup by Tribeca Bridge by Stuy. HS & West St.

Clipper Race Boat Race Wed – Jul 18 to Sun – Jul 22

200-1,000 N/A

North Cove Marina / Esplanade Plaza

Pajama Program, Inc.

Walkathon / Run

Sat – Sep 29 300 N/A Wagner Park to Rockefeller Park

Stephen Siller Tunnel-to-Towers Foundation

Walkathon / Run / Community Festival

Sun – Sep 30, 9:30am

20,000 Yes - TBD Red Hook-West & Liberty Streets, BPC; followed by festival –Vesey Street

200 Liberty Street, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10281, Tel.: 212-417-2000 VISIT US AT www.bpca.ny.gov