https://www.ourtownny.com/news/what-to-see-and-do-to-mark-america-s-semiquincentennial-4th-of-july-DG5954522 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-20T17:51:17-04:00 What to See and Do to Mark America’s Semiquincentennial 4th of July https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/sail4th-tall-ships_4-10850334_20260620143645.jpg A week of nautical celebrations in New York Harbor will be highlighted by the parade of tall ships. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/more-fireworks-from-macy-s_4-10835558_20260620143644.jpg Macy’s is celebrating its 50th year of putting on a fireworks display and this year is firing them off from the Hudson River, the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-06-20-133611_4-10850335_20260620143645.png A flotilla of tall ships will sail into New York harbor from 32 countries with 15,000 sailors aboard. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fraunces-tavern_4-10850341_20260620143645.jpg Fraunces Tavern is holding an open house in its Museum on July 4 focusing on three American presidents who died on July 4: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John Adams. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/july-1-concert-at-nypl_4-10850340_20260620143645.jpg The New York Public Library will kick off its display of a rare handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence with a concert on July 1. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://events.leapevents.com/tickets/us-250-concert/tag/nyplwebsite">Tickets are required</a> for timed admission to see the document. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/rape-at-st-nicholas-subway-station-east-harlem-man-missing-DI5965173 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-21T07:53:09-04:00 Rape at St. Nicholas Subway Station; East Harlem Man Missing https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/rape-at-st-nicholas-subway-east-harle_4-10850459_20260621074951.jpg Wanted for alleged rape at St. Nicholas Avenue subway station (left); East Harlem man missing from Veteran’s Residence on East 119th Street. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/one-block-of-esplanade-reopens-at-e-71st-street-AG5954741 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-21T16:19:49-04:00 One Block of Esplanade Reopens at E. 71st Street https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimage53id5q_4-10835994_20260618170713.jpg A small portion of a long-shuttered stretch of the East River Esplanade in the East 70s has been reopened, representing slight progress in an endless hospital construction saga. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimageawgig5_4-10836012_20260618170715.jpg The closure has been reportedly necessitated by the construction of Kellen Tower (above), an expansion of the Hospital for Special Surgery that opened in March after five years of development. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimage2s5db2_4-10836003_20260618170717.jpg The opening at E. 71st St. has come with a new and improved ramp, which advocates have clamored for. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/knicks-parade-draws-two-million-fans-orange-blue-forever-LJ5957827 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T08:29:19-04:00 Knicks Parade Draws Two Million Fans, Orange &amp; Blue Forever! https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-kids-missed-grad_4-10850956_20260622081545.png Knicks parade pilgram “missed my grad for this.” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/exuberant-cheers_4-10849660_20260619134548.jpg Exuberant fans cheer on the Knicks along the Canyon of Heroes. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks_4-10849654_20260622075101.png Police estimate two million Knicks crammed into downtown for the Knicks ticker-tape parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fulton-st-fans_4-10849695_20260619135609.jpg Fans climbing atop traffic signals along Fulton Street. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-church-cortlandt_4-10850929_20260622075649.jpg Sea of humanity at Church Street and Cortlandt Place, off the parade route proper. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-anthony-mason-dja_4-10850935_20260622075424.jpg Knicks parade pilgrim Django from the Bronx in No. 14 Anthony Mason jersey waves flag. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-two-million-jalen_4-10850908_20260622072624.jpg Jordyn Brunson, his mom Dr. Ali Marks and Jalen Brunson at the Knicks parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-two-million-centr_4-10850953_20260622081244.jpg Knicks pilgrims congestion at Centre Street and Brooklyn Bridge. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-million-plus-cany_4-10847705_20260622075650.jpg Knicks Parade entering the Canyon of Heroes. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-million-plus-broo_4-10849191_20260619113954.jpg Knicks parade pilgrims walking into Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-million-plus-broa_4-10848372_20260622075651.jpg Knicks parade crowd jams Broadway, NYPD Strategic Response Cops on bicycles in yellow. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-million-plus-cent_4-10849193_20260619113957.jpg Knicks parade fans and others stuck at the Brooklyn Bridge. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-barricades_4-10850913_20260622073213.jpg Knicks parade fans at the barricades. Many, many more people couldn’t get ths close. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-two-million-rick_4-10850899_20260622072021.jpg Knicks assistant Rick Brunson, Jalen’s dad, cradles the NBA Championship trophy at parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-baby-jordyn-rick_4-10850916_20260622073543.jpg Baby Jordyn Brunson in her moms arms, touches trophy held by her grandpa, Rick Brunson. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-cop-knicks-medall_4-10850905_20260622072624.jpg Even some cops wore Knicks medallions at the parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-paraade-draws-millions-stiller_4-10849213_20260619114402.jpg Knicks parade guest Ben Stiller hold a giant Josh Hart head, Julie Menin standing beside them. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-mta-floa_4-10847709_20260619112605.jpg Knicks Parade MTA float. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-burial-g_4-10849651_20260619134139.jpg Knicks parade fans dashing across the African Burial Ground National Monument. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-tracy-mo_4-10847711_20260619112610.jpg Knicks parade guest Tracy Morgan holding up a No. 14 Anthony Mason jersey. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-outfit-a_4-10849461_20260619130315.jpg Knicks parade attendee in orange and blue. This is “Outfit Architecture” as Dallas Penn would say. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-brunson-family-tracy-mo_4-10850919_20260622073544.jpg Brunson family at Tracy Morgan, seated at right, at the Knicks parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-brunson_4-10847707_20260619113550.jpg Knicks parade with Spike Lee on the Jalen Brunson float. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-crowd_4-10847708_20260619112603.jpg Knicks parade fans await their heroes on Battery Place. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-cop-jordan-clarks_4-10850926_20260622074008.jpg Cop gets her photo taken with Jordan Clarkson at start of Knicks parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/greatest-knick-patrick-ewing_4-10850902_20260622072021.jpg Patrick Ewing, No. 33, and fans, at the Knicks parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-outfit-architectu_4-10850932_20260622074702.jpg Knicks pilgrim shows off his “Outfit Architecture” in a No. 25 Mikal Bridges sweatsuit. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-anthony_4-10849197_20260619114001.jpg Knicks parade brought out Django from the Bronx. wearing his Anthony Mason jersey. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-millions-fans-ora_4-10849215_20260619114403.jpg Knicks parade fan in New York vs. Everybody t-shirt and orange nail polish. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-million-plus-sani_4-10849195_20260619113959.jpg Knicks parade fans take over a sanitation truck outside the Oculus. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-james-dolan_4-10850922_20260622073835.jpg Knicks owner James Dolan in orange jacket quietly awaits the start of Knicks parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-bill-bradley_4-10850938_20260622075951.jpg Knicks parade pilgrims including Bill Bradey and Allan Houston walking in from Brooklyn. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/karl-anthony-mason-fan_4-10849657_20260619134547.jpg Knicks fan wearing No. 32, Karl-Anthony Towns. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-million-burial-gr_4-10849648_20260619134139.jpg Knicks parade crowd ecstatic on lower Broadway, entering the Canyon of Heroes. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/triple-decker_4-10849692_20260619135607.jpg Fans climbed traffic lights along the Canyon of Heroes https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-jumping-fenches-b_4-10850944_20260622080724.jpg Knicks pilgrims jumping fences at the Brooklyn Bridge. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-broooklyn-bridge_4-10850947_20260622080913.jpg Knicks pilgrims will not be dettered by fences at the Brooklyn Bridge. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/champions-way_4-10849698_20260619135609.jpg Broadway was renamed Champions Way for the Knicks victory parade. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-zohhran-huchul-fi_4-10850959_20260622082714.jpg Knicks parade ceremony wth Gov. Hochul, Rama Duwaji, Mayor Mamdani. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-zohran-bus-josh-h_4-10850960_20260622082845.jpg Knicks parade with Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a No. 3 Josh Hart jersey. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-parade-draws-willis-reed_4-10850950_20260622081150.jpg Knicks piligrams including No. 19 Willis Reed walk in over Brooklyn Bridge. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/knicks-kids-parade-draws-big-crowd-to-children-s-museum-AG5954882 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T08:33:23-04:00 Knicks Kids’ Parade Draws Big Crowd to Children’s Museum https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-06-17-at-11-10-02-pm_4-10836023_20260617231416.png Children, parents, and caregivers gather outside the Children’s Museum of Manhattan to celebrate the Knicks win with music, crafts, and other activities. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-06-17-at-11-10-16-pm_4-10836113_20260617231438.png Strollers are the primary mode of transport for many of the youngest Knicks fans. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-06-17-at-11-13-12-pm_4-10836111_20260617231423.png It was wall-to-wall fans at a block party outside the Children’s Museum of Manhattan on June 17, celebrating the Knicks championship a day before the big parade at the Canyon of Heroes downtown. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-06-17-at-11-10-07-pm_4-10836112_20260617231431.png A packed West 83rd Street, even featuring a canine Brunson jersey! https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-06-17-at-11-10-42-pm_4-10836114_20260617231443.png One of the festivities’ many offerings was a raffle, promising a life-size Knicks cut out and CMOM membership to the lucky winner. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-06-17-at-11-10-36-pm_4-10836116_20260617231454.png The Knicks’ youngest fans and their families danced and sang to Uncommon Schools’ drumline and the classic New York songs. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-fifth-avenue-with-pride-politicians-XJ5964257 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T11:12:20-04:00 Puerto Rican Day Parade Fills Fifth Avenue With Pride, Politicians https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-fills-fifth-knicks-f_4-10850871_20260621194324.jpg Puerto Rican Day Parade 2026 celebrated Boricuans and the Knicks in abundance. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-zohran-josh-h_4-10850868_20260621194236.jpg Puerto Rican Day Parade inspired Mayor Mamdani to wear a No. 3 Josh Hart Knicks jersey. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-fifth-a_4-10850848_20260621193635.jpg Puerto Richan Day Parade, Tricia Shimamura in green, Mayor in Knicks jersey in tie. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-knicks_4-10850849_20260621193637.jpg Puerto Rican Day parade included a Court officer holding a No. 34 Charles Oakley Knicks jersey. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-knicks_4-10850851_20260621193638.jpg Puerto Rican Day Parade included many people showing both Boricuan and Knicks pride. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-pride-fills-jumaane_4-10850882_20260621234931.jpg Comptroller Jumaane Williams with a Knicks medallion and black and white Puerto Rican nationalist flag. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-paradide-fills-knick_4-10850885_20260621235108.jpg Cops at the Puerto Rican love the Knicks too. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-levine_4-10850853_20260621193640.jpg Puerto Rican Day Parade included Borough President Mark Levine in a Knicks hat. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-reynoso_4-10850855_20260621193642.jpg Puerto Rican Day Parade brough saw Nydia Velazquez campaigning for Antonio Reynoso. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-espaill_4-10850847_20260621193633.jpg Puerto Rican Day Parade included Congressman Adriano Espaillat marching. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/puerto-rican-day-parade-fills-skeleto_4-10850857_20260621193643.jpg Puerto Rican Day Parade inlcuded a skeleton riding a PR flag-adorned bicycle. https://www.ourtownny.com/home/amtrak-extends-another-olive-branch-to-mta-on-penn-station-rebuild-plan-AG5967626 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T11:56:04-04:00 Amtrak Extends Another Olive Branch to MTA on Penn Station Rebuild Plan https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/exterior-of-proposed-new-penn-station_4-10852821_20260622121747.jpg An artist rendering of the grand entrance on Eighth Ave. that is proposed in the rebuilding of Penn Station. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/crime-watch/knicks-mayhem-in-midtown-yellow-taxi-smashed-teen-beaten-into-coma-YD5959089 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T13:21:38-04:00 Knicks Mayhem in Midtown: Yellow Taxi Smashed, Teen Beaten into Coma https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-mayhem-in-midtown-taxi_4-10850435_20260621002403.jpg Knicks Mayhem: three males wanted for “criminal mischief,” June 11. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-mayhem-in-midtown-teen-beaten_4-10850438_20260621002548.jpg Knicks Mayhem: wanted for gang assault, June 11. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/knicks-mayhem-in-midrtown-yellow-taxi_4-10850462_20260621075846.webp Knicks Mayhem: yellow taxi driver Noureddine Bita was victimized. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/white-box-portable-times-square-art-XK5963145 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T13:46:36-04:00 Whitebox Portable Turns Times Square Commuters Into Art Viewers https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/times-square-art-chin-chih-yang-exhibition_4-10850274_20260619165906.jpg Works by Chin-Chih Yang are displayed behind the glass storefront of Whitebox Portable, a gallery located inside the Times Square subway complex. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/times-square-art-chin-chih-yang-installing_4-10850281_20260619170123.png Artist Chin-Chih Yang adjusts a sculpture made from cut aluminum cans while installing <i>23 Pollution Solution</i> at Whitebox Portable. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/times-square-art-cecile-chong-with-installa_4-10853228_20260622124253.png Cecile Chong poses with her installation <i>Chicken Little – Líneas de Falla / Fault Lines</i> at Whitebox Portable in the Times Square transit hub. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/times-square-art-cecile-chong-gallery-exter_4-10850262_20260619165722.jpg Commuters view <i>Chicken Little – Líneas de Falla / Fault Lines</i> by Cecile Chong through the windows of Whitebox Portable inside the Times Square transit hub. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/times-square-art-visitors-cecile-chong-inst_4-10850284_20260619170249.jpg Visitors explore Cecile Chong’s <i>Chicken Little – Líneas de Falla / Fault Lines</i> at Whitebox Portable in the Times Square transit hub. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/times-square-art-whitebox-founders-roa-punt_4-10850287_20260619170425.jpg Curator Yohanna Magdalene Roa, right, and Whitebox founder Juan Puntes at Whitebox Portable inside the Times Square transit hub. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/crime-watch/brawling-female-knicks-fans-at-ticker-tape-parade-go-viral-AN5960750 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T13:51:00-04:00 Brawling Female Knicks Fans at Ticker-tape Parade Go Viral https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/brawling-female-knicks-fans_4-10850363_20260620174632.jpg Brawling female Knicks fans at Trinity Place and Thames Street, June 18. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/teen-tourist-dies-when-central-park-horse-carriage-overturns-GH5955109 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-06-22T17:22:42-04:00 Teen Tourist Dies When Central Park Horse Carriage Overturns https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/teen-tourist-dies-central-park-horse_4-10855649_20260622173116.jpg Carriage teeters on two wheels after its horse bolted after its driver disembarked to take a photo of tourists. Indian teen Romanch Mahajan died from traumatic head injuries when he was thrown from the carriage. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/passersby-grab-horse_4-10845312_20260618174356.jpg Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old visiting from India, died after he was tossed from a horse drawn carriage that overturned in Central Park shortly after 2:45 p.m. on June 17. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/romanch-majajan-facebook_4-10855592_20260622171117.jpg Romanch Mahajan was taking a carriage ride with his family from India, when he was tossed from the cab and suffered a fatal head injury. He was reportedly trying to save his mother. Ryder’s Law, a city council bill to ban carriage horses has been renamed in his honor. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/carriage-collision-in-central-park_4-10845257_20260618173714.jpg The runaway carriage appeared to hit the wheel of another carriage, forcing it to overturn. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/carriage-on-two-wheels_4-10836100_20260618155804.jpg Video shows the carriage teetering on two wheels after the horse bolted after its driver disembarked to take a photo of tourists. A teen from India died from traumatic head injuries when he thrown from the carriage.