October 7, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 67 Degrees.
Notices:
The New York Film Festival is hosting a special screening of a work in progress from a “master filmmaker” on Monday at 7 p.m. The thing is, the Film Society won’t reveal anything about the film or its director, so you’ll have to buy tickets on faith. The film buffs on its website are speculating it could be Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, War Horse, or maybe J. Edgar. If you’re not a member, you’ll have to fork over $20 to find out. Tickets go on sale today at 9:30 a.m. at the box office.
News:
Community Board 4 voted in favor of a plan by the DOT to extend bike lanes on 8th and 9th avenues from 34th Street to 59th streets, That means that if the Columbus Avenue bike lanes are extended they will have new midtown lanes to hook up to. The lanes should be completed by next fall. (Streetsblog)
Eddie’s Pizza Cart, which was in the running for a Vendy award, won a contract to sell pizza in Richard Tucker Square at 66th Street. (DNAinfo)
Eva Moskowitz’s Success Charter Schools is planning to open a new charter school in another middle class neighborhood: Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. And just like on the Upper West Side, the school plans to co-locate in existing public schools. Dear Cobble Hill, don’t even bother resisting. There was a huge parent uprising against it here, and the city couldn’t possibly have cared less. (NY Times)
existing PUBLIC schools