Holiday lights and magic at Brookfield Place,
World Trade Center
BY HAZEL SHAHGHOLI
Ever adaptable, the holiday season is
not cancelled in NYC. Luxury shopping
destination Brookfi eld Place,
across from the World Trade Center has an
impressive roster of events, food and drinks
and eclectic stores, making it the perfect
destination to escape the cold for a family
day, date night or meeting place for friends.
In addition to holiday-themed events, pick
up some gifts at Brookfi eld Place’s highend
stores including Louis Vuitton, Gucci,
J Crew and Babesta, get your beauty hit at
Drybar or browse the stacks for a good read
at Shakespeare and Co.
The Rink at Brookfield Place
For its fi rst holiday reveal, The Rink at
Brookfi eld Place is now open to visitors.
The 7,350 square foot skating rink offers
a peaceful outdoor spot to skate in a more
relaxed space than the Rockefeller and
Central Park rinks, with stunning views
of the Hudson River and surrounding
cityscape. The fee is $15 for a 60-minute
skating session with skate rental available
for $5. If you feel like splashing out you
can book a one-on-one skating lesson, with
prices starting at $45 for a 15-minute introduction,
or take part in a COVID-mindful
“skating pod” session aimed at groups of
up to fi ve children.
For hours of operation, prices and booking
information visit www.therinkatbrookfi
eldplace.net.
Palm & Marble at Brookfield
Place – Opening November 16
Brookfi eld Place
will offer New Yorkers
and visitors a
new and unique dining
offering this winter
with the opening
of Palm and Marble
at BFPL. A one-of-akind
experience, this
new concept will allow
guests to enjoy
popular Brookfi eld
Place restaurants
and eateries under
the palms of the
Winter Garden.
For more details
visit www.bfplny.
com/winter-garden
Winter Vinyl:
Artwork by Reyna Noriega – On
display now through December
Each year, Brookfi eld Place features
a winter themed installation on its glass
exterior and this year, it is a vibrant and
unique vinyl by artist Reyna Noriega.
Reyna Noriega is an Afro-Latina author,
educator and visual artist whose work is
inclusive, conscious and forward-thinking.
In years prior, some of the installations
included snowballs, snowfl akes, a sweater
design, and a winter scene.
Reindeer Roundup at Brookfield Place
– Open November 27 – December 24
Experience the Luminaries festive light show in a socially
distanced setting at Brookfield Place.
This interactive
family- f r iend ly
experience asks participants
to explore
Brookfield Place
and hunt for Santa’s
lost reindeers. Visitors
will walk around the shopping center
in search of virtual “magic snowfl akes” that
will help identify where the AR reindeers
are located. For those who fi nd all the loose
reindeers, there will be a special prize waiting
at the concierge.
Luminaries – Open November 27 –
January 8
Back by popular demand, Luminaries,
designed by the LAB at Rockwell Group,
returns to Brookfi eld Place with a slew of
mesmerizing installations and programming.
Luminaries features a canopy of
colorful lights emitting from hundreds of
lanterns suspended among the palms in the
Winter Garden at Brookfi eld Place. Each
day from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM, there will
be touchless wishing stations located on the
ground allowing visitors to send a motionactivated
wish to the canopy of lanterns
above, prompting a magical display of
lights and colors to appear. For each wish
made at this stations, Brookfi eld Place will
donate $1, up to $25,000 to Relief Opportunities
for All Restaurants (ROAR).
There will also be light shows at the top
of every hour from 8:00AM to 10:00 PM,
featuring beloved songs including “Winter
Wonderland” by Michael Bublé, “Silver
Bells” by Tony Bennett, “Let It Snow” by
Pentatonix, and “Carol of the Bells” by The
Bird and The Bee
Information on all of the events and
amenities is available at www.bfplny.com
Hoylman’s seat belt requirement for New
York taxi, livery passengers goes into effect
BY MARK HALLUM
Get ready to buckle up
next time you’re in a cab
or ride-share — Senator
Brad Hoylman’s law requiring
seatbelts is now in effect.
The timely bill introduced in
January comes during a 2020
calendar year that has been a
bloody one on the city’s roadways,
in part because deserted streets
have become speedways with the
pandemic previously in full effect
over the spring months.
After being signed by Governor
Andrew Cuomo in April, the
law states that for-hire cars will
need notices inside the vehicles
telling passengers, “Seatbelts
must be available for your use.
Please YOU MUST buckle up,
IT’S THE LAW.”
Passengers fl outing the requirement
could be subject to fi nes of
up to $50.
“Passengers often have a false
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sense of security in taxis, but even
minor fender-benders can cause
serious injury because passengers
are thrown headfi rst into the
plastic partition meant to protect
drivers,” Hoylman said. “Studies
show that wearing a seatbelt in
the back seat of a car can reduce
crash fatalities by as much as 60
percent. according to NYU Langone
Hospital located in my senate
district, which sees hundreds of
injured cab passengers a year in
its emergency room, unrestrained
passengers are more likely to suffer
a traumatic brain injury, too.”
Questions were raised over the
effectiveness of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s
Vision Zero program as it was
found in late October that nearly
the same number of traffi c deaths
had occurred in 2020 as 2014, the
year the street safety initiative was
launched. So far, this year has seen
over 192 traffi c deaths in total.
That’s before the deaths of
a 54-year-old woman and an
8-year-old girl at the intersection
of Jamaica Avenue and 164th
Street in Queens after a motorist
allegedly jumped a curb.
But primary among Hoylman’s
concerns in terms of seatbelt requirement
law, the legislation will
save the lives of passengers in the
backseat of vehicles.
“The passenger injury phenomenon
is so common in ERs like
NYU Langone that it has its own
name: ‘partition face.’ Seatbelts
save lives, but so do seatbelt
laws,” Hoylman continued. “This
is more crucial than ever with
more taxis and livery vehicles
adding plastic partitions because
of COVID-19. I was honored
to pass this legislation with Assembly
Member Magnarelli and
I am grateful for Senate Majority
Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins’
leadership in prioritizing vehicle
safety laws such as this one.”
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