Discovery. Comet Swift-Tuttle was discovered in 1862 independently by both Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle. Overview. Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle takes 133 years to orbit the Sun once.

Lower Manhattan’s Unhoused Population Said to be 400. The controversial plan for a safe haven shelter at 320 Pearl Street has been delayed until the first quarter of next year, “at the earliest,” according to a presentation given by officials from the administration of Mayor Eric Adams at a September 18 meeting of the Quality of Life Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1).

Dec 21, 2024 · In Search of a Lost Christmastime. More than half a century ago, in the suburbs east of Manhattan, a former nun and a former soldier, united in a marriage of inconvenience, settled in a large old house that always struck their first-born child as haunted – not in any sinister way, but instead full of wonder and magical possibility: secret rooms aching to be discovered, stories yearning to be ...

Trinity Church Serves Two Million Meals to the Needy in 2024. Trinity Church has served 2,029,516 free meals – and given away vast quantities of free groceries, clothing, and household supplies – to people struggling with poverty in and around Lower Manhattan in this calendar year.

Oct 10, 2024 · Private School Falls More Than Eight Million Behind on Rent in FiDi. The future of an elite Lower Manhattan private school is under a cloud, after falling behind on millions of dollars in rent for more than a year, which has had the collateral effect of putting the building’s mortgage on a watchlist for loans that may wipe out investors who bought securities based on this debt.

Nov 20, 2024 · Single Mom Scammed by Ticket Hawkers Highlights Pattern of Persistent Crime Downtown. The recent case of a single mother with two small children, who was conned by swindlers selling bogus tickets to the Statue of Liberty at Battery Park, illustrates an ongoing case of lawlessness in Lower Manhattan.

Sacral Submergence Resurrects a Century-Old Downtown Tradition. As the temperature hovered just above freezing at midday on Sunday, January 12, and a breeze made the Lower Manhattan air feel even colder, it seemed like a safe bet that nobody on the esplanade was thinking, “what a great day for a swim.”

3 days ago · Brewer Pushes Investigation into Secret City Hall Documents About September 11. City Council member (and former Manhattan Borough President) Gale Brewer (left) is pushing legislation that, if enacted, will compel the City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) to open a probe into a stash of never-disclosed City Hall documents that may shed light on what Rudolph Giuliani, who was Mayor in 2001 ...

Blasting Through Solid Rock to Safeguard New York’s Reputation for the Best Pizza and Bagels. Hundreds of feet below the bottom of the Hudson River, at a spot a half day’s sail north from the Battery Park City esplanade, sandhogs (as workers who excavate tunnels are known) are busy blasting and boring a new tunnel to keep the finest fresh water in …

Nov 1, 2024 · Captain of Unlicensed, Uninspected, Overloaded Boat Pleads Guilty in Two Deaths. The owner and captain of an illegal charter boat that capsized in the Hudson River adjacent to Lower Manhattan in the summer of 2022 has been convicted in connection with the deaths of two of his passengers.