Rebranded Walker Hotel Offers Classic Ambiance for Flatiron, Chelsea Business Travelers

Reported by Corey Shapiro for the Flatiron Hot! News

Bridgeton Holdings, which operates various hotels around the city, including the Wyndham Garden Chelsea West, right around the corner from the New York City Seminar and Conference Center, celebrated the re-imagining … Read More

Kids Help Call Attention to Earth Day and Environmental Issues at Time Warner Cable Flatiron Offices

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

In honor of Earth Day, Time Warner Cable invited children from Free Arts NYC to come to its 23rd Street offices to participate in the Cardboard Challenge. Working with company … Read More

New School Public Progam Highlights Syrian Civil War Book by Journalists Al-Shami, Yassin-Kassab

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

Our neighbor, The New School, has terrific public programs open at no charge to all of us in Flatiron and Chelsea, and I took some time on a Friday afternoon to attend … Read More

Spring Tableaus: Habitat for Humanity Pedals in Flatiron Public Plazas; Mad Square Park Daffodils Rule!

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

A beautiful April day was a fitting backdrop for what is certain

to be the coming wave of over-the-top and eye-catching promotions and events that are sure to grace the Flatiron … Read More

A Quick Tour of the Northern Section of the High Line Park – Hudson Yards Vistas

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

The Chelsea District, for so long bereft of parks and open space, now has access to the wondrous and trend-setting High Line Park, with an entrance at the midpoint of its north-south … Read More

Watch Out for the Dragon! Game of Thrones Touches Down in Union Square Park on Tuesday

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

A lunchtime stroll through Union Square Park’s South Plaza revealed an unusual smell of fire and brimstone and unexpected signs of clamor and disruption – there before me was

evidence of a … Read More

Flatiron Pundit: Pranna Restaurant Lives on in Flatiron Thanks to Ill-Considered Court Decision

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News

Pranna Restaurant, the dining and drinking establishment that has been a source of problems and controversy in the Flatiron District, got an unexpected – and undeserved – last-minute reprieve from closing thanks to a … Read More

Jewish Themed Comedy and “Shmattes” (T-Shirts!) at the Center for Jewish History

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News

The ever-fascinating Center for Jewish History recently unveiled two exhibits at the 16th Street facility that are well worth viewing if you have a few minutes of leisure time. The first, which can be … Read More

Flatiron Waffle Original Makes Good – Wafels and Dinges Founder Branches Out with New Storefront

Reported by Tod Shapiro – edited by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

Special Update!: 

Our thoughts and Prayers go out to our friends and allies in Belgium after the terrorist attacks in Brussels.  Belgium, and all it offers to … Read More

CJH Features Public Program on the Everyday Lives of Hungarian Jews, 1867-1940

Reported by the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

The Center for Jewish History, in a joint effort with the Leo Baeck Institute and the Hungarian Cultural Center of New York, presented another one of its fine series of public programs, … Read More