Left: Wanted for forcible touching. Right: NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass ( Photos: NYPD) Woman Groped in Central Park; NYPD Chaplain Rabbi Alvin Kass Dies Given NYPD’s extensive network of surveillance camera, one doesn’t often see the work of police sketch artists anymore. While... News 03 Nov 2025 | 12:17
Mayor Eric Adams has joined the chorus of voices demanding a carriage horse ban. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons, raduranga) Mayor Adams: I, Too, Want To Ban Horse Carriage Trade The movement to ban the use of carriage horses has gained an interesting high-profile ally: Mayor Eric Adams. On September... News 22 Sep 2025 | 05:06
Traffic signals that would halt traffic and allow pedestrians to cross safely are wrapped in burlap and inoperable as part of a controversial pilot program that is redesigning the loop road in Central Park. ( Photo: Gail Gregg) Tempers Flare at Hearing over E-Bikes in Central Park It was standing room only as heated exchanges marked the Central Park Police Precinct community council meeting on the subject... News 11 Sep 2025 | 01:01
West Drive (near West 62nd Street) in Central Park, where a man reportedly randomly assaulted a teenager on Aug. 25, one of two random attacks that day. An arrest has been made. ( Photo: Google Maps ) NYPD: Man Arrested After Bites, Chokes Two in Central Park A man who appeared to be suffering from mental illness assaulted two random pedestrians in Central Park in the wee hours... News 25 Aug 2025 | 07:10
The Central Park Conservancy is now backing a ban on carriage horses, a significant part of the park’s history. ( Photo: centralpark.com ) Central Park Conservancy Calls for Carriage-Horse Ban In a rather stunning development, the Central Park Conservancy has written a letter to top city officials voicing its support... News 18 Aug 2025 | 10:24
Here’s what people who got on line early in the morning on Aug 8 for the second day of Shakespeare in the Park were waiting to see at the newly renovated Delacorte Theater: the play “Twelfth Night.” ( Photo: Heather Stein) Worth the Wait: The Dawn-to-Dusk Devotion for Shakespeare in the Park In New York, there are few summer traditions as cherished—and as fiercely committed—as the line for Shakespeare in the Park.... News 11 Aug 2025 | 06:21
Elected officials join project leadership and the show’s stars at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the newly renovated Delacorte Theater on July 15. ( Photo: Rebecca J. Michelson) The Bard Is Back: After $85M Renovation, Shakespeare in Park Returns to the Delacorte The completely remodeled Delacorte Theater is finally ready for its close-up after an $85-million makeover as Shakespeare... City Arts 21 Jul 2025 | 12:09
Approximate site of the crash between illegal electric unicycle and bicyclist, June 30, 2025. ( Map: CentralPark.org; Straus News markup) Rider of Illegal Electric Unicycle Badly Injured in Crash with Central Park Bicyclist The war between the speed of high-powered electric vehicles and the more measured human-powered pace of bicyclists and pedestrians... News 06 Jul 2025 | 11:59
New York City and its surrounding areas faced severe weather incidents on June 19. Around 3:45pm a 15-year-old boy was struck by lightning in Central Park and survived. ( Graphic: National Weather ) 15-year-old Teen Struck By Lightning in Central Park A 15-year-old high school sophomore was struck by lightning in Central Park on the afternoon of June 19 as severe thunderstorms... News 20 Jun 2025 | 04:51
A biker died in Central Park on June 18, after colliding with a pedestrian who was using a crosswalk on East Drive and East 97th Street. ( Photo: Google Maps ) E-Biker Dies in Central Park Accident With Pedestrian A man riding an e-bike in Central Park died after colliding with a pedestrian using a crosswalk on Wednesday, June 18, authorities... News 19 Jun 2025 | 06:48
Clad in green, the Central Park Ranger Corps made its Central Park debut in recent weeks and was officially announced by Central Park Conservancy on May 22. ( Photo: Central Park Conservancy) Central Park Conservancy Launches New Park Ranger Corps A new group of green-clad Central Park personnel is making its presence known in the city’s largest park. Officially announced... News 23 May 2025 | 01:20
A woman on a Citibike was struck by a rider on another bike and knocked unconscious on the path near Cleopatra’s Needle on the east side of Central Park. She was transported to Weill Cornell. Her condition is unknown. ( Photo: Pinterest) Woman Bicyclist Slams Head when hit by E-Biker in Central Park A woman on a Citibike was struck by another motorized e-bike near Cleopatra’s Needle on the east side of Central Park on... News 17 Mar 2025 | 01:50
Police are warning people to be on the lookout for this unidentified stick-wielding man. ( Photo: NYPD Crime Stoppers) Assault in Central Park: Man in Blue Lashes Out, Branch in Hand Earlier this month, NYPD Crime Stoppers announced that the public should be on the lookout for a violent stick-wielding man... News 09 Mar 2025 | 04:33
Just in time for National Women’s History Month, a new children’s book by author/illustrator Janice Hechter celebrates the true story of activism by girls as young as 10. ( Photo: Janice Hechter ) A New Children’s Book Reminds Us of When NYC Girl Scouts Made History “Alice in Wonderland doesn’t count,” chanted a troop of New York City Girl Scouts, who realized that out of 22 statues in... City Arts 05 Mar 2025 | 12:03
The Conservancy’s recommendation to create a raised pedestrian path. ( Photo: Central Park Conservancy) Central Park Conservancy Reveals Plans to Add Protected East/West Bike Lane, More Bike Lanes on Loop, and Removal of Traffic Lights The Central Park Conservancy says it wants to remove traffic lights and make the six mile park loop more bike and pedestrian... News 02 Dec 2024 | 01:56
