https://www.ourtownny.com/home/zhenya-gershman-s-art-gives-strength-to-ukrainians-AF5997002 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-27T12:14:42-04:00 Zhenya Gershman’s Art Gives Strength To Ukrainians https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/zhenya-gershman-photo-1_4-10881090_20260927121422.jpg Ukrainian painter Zhenya Gershman stands proudly in front of a portrait she made of a young soldier going off to war in the Russia-Ukrainian war. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/gershman-the-president-2022-oil_4-10897753_20260927121424.jpg ”The President” shows Ukrainian President Zelensky looking downcast with the weight of the war clearly weighing on his soul. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/elena_4-10897750_20260927121425.jpg “Elena” with a tragically bandaged face that was injured in the Russia-Ukraine war, is depicted in striking detail by the painter Zhenya Gershman. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/gershman-mariupol-diary-2022-oil_4-10897751_20260927121427.jpg This painting is called the “Mariupol Diary” and shows the family of Egor, Elena and Veronica hiding from Russian attacks. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/zhenya-gershman-photo-4_4-10881149_20260927121427.jpg Tools of the trade: the painter Zhenya Gershman shows off her favorite Rembrandt paint. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/dad-of-two-hit-by-biker-in-central-park-is-near-death-family-member-KH6229693 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-27T16:58:17-04:00 Dad of Two Hit by Biker in Central Park Is Near Death: Family Member https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/milimg-5861-5858569-11139228-20260927_4-11137857_20260928091646.jpg A stretch of Central Park on West Drive near West 84th Street where police said 41-year-old Rich O’Brien was hit by a speeding pedal bike and suffered severe head trauma. A family member said the victim underwent two brain surgeries and is not expected to survive more than 24 hours. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/fight-to-save-kips-bay-amc-15-heats-up-as-residents-speak-out-DB6232533 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-27T18:54:49-04:00 Fight to Save Kips Bay AMC 15 Heats Up As Residents Speak Out https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/kips-bay-amc_4-11139286_20260927174405.jpg Protestors held signs and chanted “Save our theater!” outside of the Kips Bay AMC 15 in protest of its planned closure at the end of the year. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/kips-bay-amc_4-11139289_20260927174406.jpg The rally was attended by dozens of residents who say the Kips Bay AMC 15 is essential to the neighborhood and want to see NYU Langone, which plans to buy the site, discuss a compromise. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/kips-bay-fairway-jpg-11139005-11139005_4-11139005_20260927173804.jpg Inside the entrance of the Kips Bay Fairway Market, a sign expressed the grocer’s intent to stay for “many years to come.” https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/the-shame-of-east-86th-street-a-retail-mishmash-at-best-MY6230871 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-27T22:33:08-04:00 The Shame of East 86th Street: A Retail Mishmash at Best https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/86th-street-cinemas_4-11138752_20260926174010.jpg Another grocery store, Happier Grocery, is coming to the East 86th Street corridor to replace the long shuttered movie theater. It lands in a stretch of the city that it already flooded with grocery store options. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/crime-watch/homeless-stabbing-on-2nd-ave-forcible-touching-on-subway-stairs-LD6234049 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T00:46:56-04:00 Homeless Stabbing on 2nd Ave.; Forcible Touching on Subway Stairs https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/homeless-stabbing-forcible-touching-s_4-11139381_20260928002954.jpg Wanted for forcible touching inside 5th Ave. & 59th St. subway station, Sept. 15. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/somber-ceremony-marks-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-at-fdny-museum-HX6189810 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T10:28:19-04:00 Somber Ceremony Marks 25th Anniversary of 9/11 at FDNY Museum https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimagec93boy_4-11095168_20260911172821.jpg FDNY Museum Executive Director Dominick R. DeRubbio—whose uncle, an FDNY member, was killed at the WTC’s South Tower on 9-11—helmed a ceremony there marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimage7l7hao_4-11095171_20260911172823.jpg The FDNY Museum ceremony included the ringing of a new memorial bell (above), which was forged in the official foundry of the Vatican and flown in from Italy. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimagedijypp_4-11095152_20260911175041.jpg Politicians included Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Christopher Marte attended the ceremony. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/harlem-washington-heights-getting-new-public-toilets-DE6226173 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T10:38:24-04:00 Harlem, Washington Heights Getting New Public Toilets https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/mayor-mamdani-brings-17-new-public-ba_4-11133595_20260924164041.png Harlem and Washington Heights are receiving two of 17 new modular public toilets being rolled out citywide, City Hall says. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/locked-toilet_4-11137401_20260925121846.jpg Many of the city’s public restrooms are often locked and unavailable to the public, critics have long complained. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/55532288541-9c23aa34a3-c_4-11133650_20260924164708.jpg The new bathrooms will come with a hard 10-minute limit, however, which has some people with gut conditions unnerved. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/central-park-tragedy-dad-dies-4-days-after-struck-by-speeding-bike-JB6232812 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T13:24:08-04:00 Central Park Tragedy: Dad Dies 4 Days After Struck by Speeding Bike https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/rich-o-brien_4-11139160_20260927162848.jpg Rich O’Brien, a dad of two young children ages 8 and 12, suffered a traumatic head injury when he was hit by a speeding pedal biker in Central Park on Sept. 23 died on Sunday, Sept. 27 https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/google-street-view-of-west-84th-and-w_4-11139228_20260927164918.jpg Roadway on West Drive near West 84th Street where Rich O’Brien, a steamfitteron on his way to work on the morning of Sept. 23 was struck by a speeding pedal biker. He died four days later. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-honored-with-memorial-plaque-MF6227169 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T13:34:56-04:00 FDNY Firefighter Aaron Clark Honored With Memorial Plaque https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-honored_4-11141602_20260928120132.jpg Firefighter Aaron M. Clark memorial plaque; Clark atop a building as member of Ladder 4. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-aaron-clark-rescue-1-patch_4-11141884_20260928122817.jpg Aaron Clark memorial patch design at Rescue 1 on West 43rd Street. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-stacy-pl_4-11142012_20260928124405.jpg FDNY Firefighter Stay Clark (in white and green) next to Aaron’s plaque. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-aaron-clark-scotts-valley-little_4-11142061_20260928125738.jpg Young Aaron Clark as a member of the Scotts Valley Little League bees. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefightter-aaron-clark-honored_4-11141888_20260928122817.jpg Aaron Clark as an FDNY Emerald Society piper. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-aaron-clark-purple-hearts-united_4-11141603_20260928120544.jpg Firefighters Jonathan Bush (left) and Aaron Clark with Purple Heart recipient Charles O’Brien, June 2016. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-emerald_4-11142016_20260928124406.jpg FDNY Emerald Society pipes and drums at Aaron Clark plaque memorial. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-honored_4-11142064_20260928125738.jpg United States Marine Corps private Aaron Clark. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-usmc-ira_4-11141678_20260928120834.jpg Marine PFC Aaron Clark at Camp Coyote, Iraq, Feb. 16, 2003, during Operation Enduring Freedom. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-miltiary_4-11142039_20260928124945.jpg Aaron Clark Marine Corps veteran during November 2023 military moment at Giants Stadium. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-rescue-b_4-11142042_20260928124946.jpg FDNY Firefighter Aaron Clark appears to have rescued a bird also. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-dolan_4-11142045_20260928124947.jpg Aaron Clark with Cardinal Timothy Dolan. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighter-aaron-clark-rescue-1_4-11142046_20260928124949.jpg FDNY Firefighter Aaron Clark besides a Rescue 1 truck. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fdny-firefighrer-aaron-clark-funeral_4-11141887_20260928122958.jpg Firefighter Aaron M. Clark Rescue Company 1 funeral truck outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Sept. 29, 2025. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/new-settlement-deal-floated-for-archdiocese-sex-abuse-victims-MA6233259 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T13:40:25-04:00 New Settlement Deal Floated for Archdiocese Sex Abuse Victims https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/st-patrick-s-cathedral_4-11139255_20260928125527.jpg St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan is the heart of the Catholic Archdiocese oof New York https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/dolan-and-hicks-4-10651415-2026042320_4-11139328_20260927211636.webp Cardinal Timothy Dolan (left) started the selloff of Church properties to settle the sex abuse claims against the Archdiocese but it will fall to newly installed Archbishop Ronald Hicks to finalize a global settlement of $800 million with 1,300 sex abuse survivors. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/archdiocese-guadalupe-st-pats-dolan_4-11142269_20260928133927.jpg Cardinal Dolan outside St. Patrick’s at Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/archdiocese-guadalupe-interior-st-pat_4-11142267_20260928133924.jpg Interior of St. Patrick’s Cathredral during Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/despite-final-2-days-of-rain-the-feast-of-san-gennaro-celebrates-100-years-ID6234219 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T14:00:16-04:00 Despite Final 2 Days of Rain, the Feast of San Gennaro Celebrates 100 Years https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2479_4-11139408_20260928121956.jpg Attendees enjoy Figo gelato at the Feast of San Gennaro on Sept. 25 before the weekend rain. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2454_4-11139394_20260928021136.jpg Visitors turned out for the 100th anniversary of The Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy on Sept. 25. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2502-2_4-11139399_20260928021138.jpg The streets are less crowded and some booths are at half capacity due to a major nor’easter on Sunday. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2462_4-11139402_20260928021140.jpg The owners of the new vendor Rigatoni On The Run prepare their pasta. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2463_4-11139405_20260928021142.jpg Red Sauce Studio’s booth sold all different kinds of Italian-American merchandise. https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/a-look-inside-the-artsy-and-funky-freeman-alley-with-karen-s-quirky-new-york-YI6219809 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T14:17:05-04:00 A Look Inside the Artsy and Funky Freeman Alley with Karen’s Quirky New York https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/1-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125222_20260922154702.jpg Karen Rempel welcomes you to the famously graffiti-covered Freeman Alley, a popular downtown haunt for the avant-garde and rebellious artists. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/2-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125238_20260922154702.jpg Freeman Alley buzzes with podcasters, Instagrammers, TikTokers, graffiti artists, and snoops. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/4-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125244_20260922154927.jpg Graffiti art: paint and collage, adorned with unexpected greenery in Freeman Alley https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/5-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125247_20260922154927.jpg Karen Rempel surrenders to being immersed in graffiti in Freeman Alley. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/6-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125250_20260922154928.jpg 3 Freeman Alley is the entrance to Untitled, a boutique minimalist hotel with a rooftop bar. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/7-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125253_20260922154928.jpg Karen Rempel transforms into a trickster ready to take New York. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/8-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125256_20260922155052.jpg Freeman Alley is a living art space, continuously regenerating. Here a graffiti artist prepares the canvas for a new iteration. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/9-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-2026_4-11125259_20260922155052.jpg The ominous Freeman Alley at night seems to harken back to its coffin-maker roots. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/10-karen-s-quirky-new-york-sept-202_4-11125262_20260922155053.jpg A Tesla Cybertruck, spotted on Chrystie Street, around the corner from Freeman Alley has been hit with “LOOT’s throw” (graffiti tag). https://www.ourtownny.com/news/german-american-steuben-day-parade-jollifies-ues-jippie-IE6226785 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T14:41:03-04:00 German American Steuben Day Parade Jollifies UES, Jippie! https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/german-american-steuben-day-parade-do_4-11139142_20260927151224.jpg German American Steuben Day Parade marchers included a Doberman dog club. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/german-american-steuben-day-parade-ki_4-11139096_20260927151226.png German American Steuben Day Parade delights kids and adults alike. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/german-american-steuben-day-kids-marc_4-11139098_20260927151232.png German American Steuben Day Parade marching up Fifth Avenue, Sept. 19. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/german-american-steuben-day-parade-fd_4-11139100_20260927151235.png FDNY Feuerwehrfreundschaft at German American Steuben Day Parade, Sept. 19. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/german-american-steuben-day-parade-al_4-11139102_20260927150305.png State Assemblymember Alex Bores at the German American Steuben Day Parade, Sept. 19. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/mexican-day-parade-bfolkloricobklyn_4-11139106_20260927150315.jpg Folk dancers defy rain at Mexican Independence Day Parade on Madison Avenue, Sept. 20. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/african-american-parade-levine_4-11139104_20260927150312.jpg Comptroller Mark Levine at the African-American Day Parade, Sept. 20. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/african-american-parade-gibson_4-11139105_20260927150313.jpg Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Council Member Yousef Salaam and Bronx DA Darcel Clarke at African-American Day Parade, Sept. 20. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/six-sewer-divers-enter-manhole-on-park-avenue-two-arrested-IH6238912 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T17:12:25-04:00 Six Sewer Divers Enter Manhole on Park Avenue, Two Arrested https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/stealth-fiber-optic-manhole-cover-in_4-11143847_20260928170741.jpg Six people entered a manhole on Park Avenue, near E. 61st Street, on September 23—with two later arrested. Police believe that they were searching for valuables in the sewer system. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-28-at-5-09-33-pm_4-11143903_20260928171112.png The September 23 incident calls to mind a similar one that occurred last month, when five people were filmed emerging from a manhole on Seventh Avenue, near MSG and Penn Station. https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/that-s-one-hot-book-LH6238580 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T17:31:06-04:00 That’s One Hot Book! https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/hoylman-sigal-and-michael-grynbaum_4-11143444_20260928162407.jpg Author Michael Grynbaum (center) poses with Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and a firefighter on Sept. 15 after a fire erupted in the building where the Borough Book Club was going to feature the author’s new book, “Empire of the Elite” about the Condé Nastempire. He’s been rescheduled for Oct. 1. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/crime-watch/man-charged-with-murder-for-death-of-woman-in-central-park-MH6238970 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T17:37:48-04:00 Man Charged With Murder For Death of Woman in Central Park https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-28-at-5-33-54-pm_4-11143923_20260928173621.png A woman was found dead of blunt force trauma in Central Park on September 27, near the park’s “Loeb” boathouse (above). https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-28-at-5-31-38-pm_4-11143911_20260928173630.png Jonathan Robles, 36, was arrested in connection with the murder. He was listed by police as living at a supportive housing residence on W. 36th Street known as the Hotel Barbour. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/dump-truck-kills-fifty-year-old-woman-bicyclist-near-penn-station-DH6238720 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-09-28T18:05:37-04:00 Dump Truck Kills Fifty-Year-Old Woman Bicyclist Near Penn Station https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2567_4-11143568_20260928163310.jpg A dump truck collided with a fifty-year-old woman on West 34th street which was shut down by police for many hours after the tragic accident on Monday, Sept. 28. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/daria-serkov-92426-7d796fe8c2ec4b5ab0_4-11143917_20260928173040.jpg A family friend has started a GoFundMe page for the family of Daria Serkov, who was stuck and killed by a truck while riding a Citibike in the East Village on Sept. 18. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/photo-of-memorial-at-first-and-14th-4_4-11143920_20260928173041.jpg A man named Tom was among a group of friends dining with the mother of Daria Serkov when she got a call from Bellevue Hospital that her daughter had been struck by a truck Sept. 18 around 9 p.m. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2557_4-11143727_20260928164808.jpg By around 3p.m. on Sept. 28, 34th street was operable again but the NYPD said investigation continues.