Best Holiday Markets 2011

Holiday markets in NYC. Read more. 

Posted at 03:50PM Dec 16, 2011 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

Town & Village Toy Drive 2011

For the past six decades, Gramercy's Town  & Village newspaper has organized a holiday Toy Drive to ensure that every child in one of our local hospital has at least one present to open during the holiday season. You, too, can help by bringing any new and unwrapped toys to the Management Office in Building 30 at Waterside Plaza any time before December 16. Please note that gifts for teenagers are especially welcome this year and only brand new gifts can be accepted as per hospital policy. Any gift you buy for a child in need will feel like a present you're giving yourself.

Posted at 05:22PM Dec 06, 2011 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

Playformers Reading!

Playformers, Waterside Plaza's own resident theater group, will present a reading of original short plays on Monday, December 5, at 7PM. The program starts at 7PM in the "A" Level Community Room of Building 30, Waterside Plaza. Admission is free and open to the public! 

The bill features are "Failure to Thrive," a dark comedy by Mary Flanagan, "Dust of Santa Fe," the tale of an ancient visitor to a new Santa Fe resident, and "The Crow," the story of a crow asserting his rights for the farmer's corn--both written by Joann Sprangers Lee.

Posted at 12:00AM Dec 02, 2011 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

Kids Holiday Pool Party

Make a splash at Waterside Plaza this Saturday, December 3, 10:30am to 2PM. We're excited to extend an invitation to all children to come celebrate our first-ever Kids' Holiday Pool Party. Swim adventures don't have to end with the summer thanks to Waterside's large indoor pool. Admission is free and open to all Waterside Plaza resident children.

Bring a swim suit, swim cap and towel for pool time with relay races, water games and free time from 10:30am to 12PM. Then, change clothes and head upstairs to the Group Fitness Studio for a cookie decorating contest, a coloring party, and more activities with tons of prizes (and a special guest appearance!) from 12:30-2PM. Parents must accompany their children throughout the party and pre-registration at the Waterside Plaza Swim & Health Club is required to ensure space for your child!

Posted at 01:03PM Nov 28, 2011 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

Midtown Food Cart Walking Tour

Move over, San Francisco--there's a new city quickly becoming the standard in outstanding curbside cuisine. New York City street food has evolved far beyond pretzel and hot dog stands, and the Midtown Food Cart Walking Tour is one of the best ways to discover just how much the streets have to offer.

The walking tour offers a rotating menu from day to day with a wide variety of delicious international options from food carts and trucks. Tastings may include Korean short ribs from Korilla, waffles from the famous Waffles & Dinges, Bahn Mi Vietnamese sandwiches, soul food, falafel and tons more from a variety of mobile kitchens.

Sample delicious foods, learn New York City history, and hear incredible stories of the chefs who range from 4-star chefs to struggling immigrants in one strolling lunch. Midtown tour tickets are available on Fridays from 2-4PM. This Thanksgiving week, the tours have been pushed up to Tuesday, November 22 (2-4PM) and Wednesday, November 23 (1:15-3:15PM). See schedule and ticket information here.

Posted at 06:04PM Nov 21, 2011 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

Affordable Apartment Design

Two unfortunate facts all New Yorkers are forced to acknowledge is that living in this city can be expensive and apartment space can be hard to come by. Waterside Plaza residents can boast more space than the average renter in the Bristol Cove neighborhood but it still takes some ingenuity to decorate a New York space without breaking the budget. Fortunately, there are some chic but affordable home design stores nearby that can come to your aid.

Fish Eddy, a few blocks over on 19th Street and Broadway, has the feel of a flea market gone wild with good quality vintage china, assorted flatware, Italian-painted wine glasses piled high on shelves and in barrels at unbelievable prices. Stylish dishes can go from anywhere between $1-17 and elegant champagne flutes are a steal at $8 a pop. You may have to fight off other in-the-know New Yorkers for the goods but at these prices, it's worth it.

Another gem just some blocks downtown on Greenwich Avenue and 13th Street is Mxyplyzyk, which makes up for its impossible to pronounce name by offering quirky spacing-saving pieces that are as easy to store as they are cool to look at. A mug set that stacks up to look like a totem pole will only cost you $65 and reclaimed wood nesting tables at three for $315 is a great bargain and will fit in any space!

Posted at 04:53PM Nov 18, 2011 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

Artists at Waterside Exhibit

The well-attended reception of the opening night of Artists @Waterside Annual Exhibit featured the quality work of fourteen local artists. We're proud to announce that seven of the artists are current Waterside Plaza residents and the rest are former residents and friends of Waterside Plaza residents.

Your talented neighbors' work will be on display for two more nights at East 31 Street so don't miss the opportunity to see it! Varied styles and subjects are on display from expressionist to impressionist work, naturescapes to abstract paintings and more.

Posted at 06:58PM Nov 15, 2011 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

The Neighborhood's New Secret Restaurant!

Dine at Kips Bay's best new restaurant: Riverpark. Hidden away by the East River, this restaurant combines an air of mystery with elegant dining at reasonable prices. Read all about it after the jump...

Posted at 05:54PM Dec 20, 2010 by Di in Bristol Cove  | 

Know Your Neighbors: Solar One

It makes sense, when you think about it, that Solar One, the only free-standing solar-powered building in all of New York City, would be located in Bristol Cove. After all, where in town can you get better sunlight than right here in this neighborhood?

Billed as a "Green Energy, Arts, and Education Center", Solar One is actually a much more vibrant, community-building organization than that somewhat bland moniker implies, with workshops (including the very cool, though definitely geeked-out, Gadget Building session this Saturday, November 7), adult classes on such trendy topics as Green Design, and neighborhood gardening in both the pretty, under-utilized Stuyvesant Cove Park as well as locations throughout the city. Solar One also organizes a terrific, site-specific, Solar Powered Dance Series every year; a free, outdoor Solar Powered Film Festival, which makes for a lovely summer's evening, right there on the river; and a performance, participatory and visual arts festival, the Solarium.

Best of all, perhaps, is Solar One's annual Citysol Sustainability Festival, which has quickly become one of the New York City's hottest summer parties. Lasting all weekend, the solar-powered-palooza has featured such great acts Dan Deacon (above), Dead Prez, Rachel Trachtenburg, the Alien Comic, and Reverend Jen, as well as skateboarding demos, lots of tasty food and drink, installation art and, basically, a whole lot of fun right here in Bristol Cove. And soon Solar One will be joined by Solar Two, the first carbon-neutral, net-zero energy building in New York City, with ten times the space of the original structure!

For lots more information on Solar One and Solar Two--including a look at upcoming events--visit the website, here, or just stop by the site (located on the northern end of Stuyvesant Cove Park) on weekdays from around 10:30 until 5:00.

Posted at 04:06PM Nov 05, 2009 by Scott in Bristol Cove  | 

A Tour of Bristol Cove

Bristol Cove is the small neighborhood that borders the East River, lying east of Kips Bay in Manhattan. It includes Stuyvesant Cove Park, the 23rd Street Marina, the United Nations International School, the British International School, Waterside Plaza's apartment buildings and stores, the Water Club restaurant, and the 34th Street Heliport and Water Taxi. Just to the north of Bristol Cove lies the United Nations building complex.

Looking north towards Waterside.

The Marine Terminal.

The Solar Center at the beginning of Stuyvesant Cove Park.

Waterside seen from Bellevue's Park.

Posted at 06:41PM May 20, 2009 by geriksen in Bristol Cove  |