1930s vibe at Elizabeth St. Garden. ( Photo: Philip Maier) What do impoverished New Yorkers need more? An acre of mostly inaccessible statuary, or affordable housing? Karen’s Quirky New York Pleads for the End of Elizabeth Street Garden 21 May 2025 | 06:15 News Elizabeth Street Garden
Food & Drink Chef Sungchul Shim is hands on owner at Gui Steakhouse in the Theater District. It’s his fifth restaurant in the city. ( Photo: Molly Tavoletti/Gui Steakhouse) Chef Who Owns Two Michelin-Starred Manhattan Restaurants Opens New Steakhouse 21 May 2025 | 11:18 Chef Sungchul Shim truly embodies the American Dream. A native of South Korea, he had his heart set on...
News Walgreens located at 401 East 86th St is closing next June ( Photo: Kelly Garreau) UES Drug Store Hit in Latest Round of Walgreen Closures 20 May 2025 | 04:32 Drug stores closures continue to plague Manhattan, with another one slated to close on the Upper East...
Voices Jubilant Knicks fans go wild in the streets surrounding Madison Square Garden after the blowout series clinching Game 6 victory over the defending NBA champions Boston Celtics on May 16. Despite knocking over police barriers, taking over Seventh Ave and climbing atop vehicles and street lights, police report there were no arrests. ( Photo: X @merrux) Why This Knicks Team Rules New York Once Again... 20 May 2025 | 02:43 The secret to the Knicks’ popularity has nothing to do with Captain Clutch, Jalen Brunson, the greatest...
News The DOT has proposed transforming 34th St. into a busway, much like the one on 14th St., in order to speed up bus times. Cars would largely be diverted to other roads. ( Photo: DOT ) DOT Proposes Transforming 34th St. Into Mostly Car-Free Busway, Much Like 14th St. 20 May 2025 | 05:23 The DOT wants to turn 34th St. into a busway, much like the existing 14th St. one, citing three local...
News At a weekly meeting of the planning committee of Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, performers Miguel Loyola and Toni Renee Taylor, romped at theater's entrance after raiding its costume collection. They will both be performing at this year’s festival which runs from May 23 to 25. ( Photo by Jonathan Slaff) Lower East Side of the Arts Marks 30 Years of Creativity and Civic Commitment 20 May 2025 | 01:54 This Memorial Day Weekend, the Theater for the New City (TNC) will once again transform its historic...
News Last summer’s opening night of Bryant Park Movie Nights. ( Photo by Jon Simon) Bryant Park Announces Bold New Summer Movie Night Lineup 20 May 2025 | 12:40 Hundreds of New Yorkers will once again flock to Bryant Park on Monday nights this summer for the celebrated...
Two Community Board 9 members believe that they have been ousted by Borough President Mark Levine for their opposition to two proposed housing projects, including one at 1727 Amsterdam Ave (rendered above). ( Rendering via Think! Architecture & Design ) BP Levine Ousts Two CB9 Members, Stirring a New Round of Controversy Community Board 9’s zoning subcommittee has been left with only one member after Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine... News 19 May 2025 | 06:32
NYPD continues its blitz of writing criminal summonses for bikers who violate traffic laws. A poster on r/NYCbike spotted this action near W. 43rd St. on May 20. ( Photo: u/mrEddieNunez) Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions Less than a month into the NYPD’s program to issue criminal summonses to bicyclists who violate traffic laws with infractions... News 20 May 2025 | 03:57
Related says it will no longer pursue its bid to obtain a casino license to build a gambling mecca at Hudson Yards with Wynn Resorts. Related plans to focus on housing and a possible a hotel on the large undeveloped parcel. City Council Member Erik Bottcher came out against the casino plan on May 19. ( Photo: Related Companies) Related and Wynn Drop Bid for Hudson Yards Casino After Bottcher Says He Is Not on Board It’s snake eyes for Related Companies and Wynn Resorts. Shortly after City Council Member Erik Bottcher said he could not... News 19 May 2025 | 05:38
Left: Officer Torres get his man, a serial shoplifter; right: Alleged subway necrophile, Felix Rojas. ( Photos: NYPD) Cops Bust Serial Shoplifter on Wall Street; Bragg Indicts Alleged Necrophile Some people say that no news is good news but that’s not always true, especially for the hard-working scribes of Crime Watch.... News 19 May 2025 | 06:54
Wanted for robbery and assault. ( Photos: NYPD) Robbery & Assault in Harlem; Woman Shot on CPW Cops are asking for help identifying two men wanted in connection with an attempted robbery that occurred in Harlem. On Saturday,... 18 May 2025 | 01:34
An impromptu Irish music session at Mary O’s on Avenue A in the East Village is held every Thursday evening. Each day of the week, the wandering troubadours perform for free in a different Irish pub in Manhattan playing traditional Irish instruments. ( Photo: Claire Leibowitz) Irish Traditions Kept Alive by Free Music Sessions in Manhattan Pubs It’s difficult to move around Mary O’s on a Thursday night. Like any other pub, rounds of Guinness and fish and chips are... City Arts 19 May 2025 | 12:30
Former hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel (center), Senator Charles Schumer (left), and Governor Kathy Hochul (right). ( Photo: Don Pollard / Gov. Hochul Flickr) Israel Day Parade Brings Tens of Thousands to Fifth Avenue Tens of thousands of Israel supporters jammed Fifth Avenue for the annual Israel Day Parade on Sunday, May 18. Weather for... News 19 May 2025 | 01:39
The Delancey Street Bridge will take you there. ( Photos: Brian Berger) East River Park Reopening, in Parts, South of Williamsburg Bridge Things are happening on the Lower East Side waterfront, and with the Memorial Day Weekend kickoff to summer just around the... News 18 May 2025 | 06:23
“Rest in Peace Proud Mexican Cadets” reads a sign scrawled in Spanish on a Mexican flag at a makeshift memorial growing on the Brooklyn side of the East River near the site where a tall ship of the Mexican Navy collided with the Brooklyn Bridge after it left the South Street Seaport. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Grows for 2 Mexican Cadets Killed After Tall Ship Collides with Brooklyn Bridge “Rest in Peace Proud Mexican Cadets.” That’s one of the signs, scrawled in Spanish on a Mexican flag near the site where two... News 19 May 2025 | 07:21
Left: Arrested for assault and other charges; right: Moche mask returned to Peru. ( Photos: NYPD (left), Manhattan DA) Supermarket Attack Suspect Arrested; Bragg Returns Antiquities to Peru The senior-shoving recidivist who attacked an 86-year-old woman in front of the Morton Williams at 1066 Third Ave. on Sunday,... News 19 May 2025 | 01:59