Akinola Raymond wins the 100 meter dash and earns $4,000 in a “Who Runs NYC” race staged by Nike in which it said the winner ( Photo: Nike) Running for Rent: Nike Holds LES Sprint Race With $4,000 Prizes New Yorkers gathered on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and ran like rent was due, literally. Nike put $4,000 on the line for... News 03 Sep 2026 | 12:40
Dog Stolen at F Train at Bergen Street in Brooklyn, last seen on Second Avenue on the Lower East Side. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Dog Stolen on F Train: Cops Hunt Suspect Who Boarded on LES The NYPD wanted flyer, affixed to a column on the the 2nd Avenue subway platform, was so shocking, this reporter saw a man... News 02 Aug 2026 | 10:38
Chinese Volleyball thrills Henry M. Jackson Park where 6-Woman teams competed. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Chinese 9-Man Volleyball Thrills Lower East Side, 6-Woman Teams Too A streaking comes across the sky. It’s a red, white and blue volleyball served or otherwise struck on the weekend of June... News 26 Jul 2026 | 05:05
Annuel Greek Jewish Festival organized by Kehila Kedosha Janina synangogue on Broome Street. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Greek Jewish Festival Brings Huge Crowd to Broome Street The 11th annual Greek Jewish festival brough huge crowds to the short narrow block of Broome Street between Eldridge and... 26 May 2026 | 12:53
Terrence Tubridy was a young pub owner when friends and relations joined up to launch the Park Avenue Tavern 15 years ago. In the dark days of COVID, they asked their landlord for a new long term lease. How “Queens Irish Guys” Gambled During Covid and Built Their Dream Pub in Midtown During a busy weekday lunch service, Terence Tubridy sat in a booth at his beloved bar and restaurant and reflected on what... Food & Drink 05 May 2026 | 11:42
Church of St. Mary’s, March 14, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Miracle on Grand Street: Church of St. Mary to be Landmarked? It doesn’t happen often but this time it might, as a historic Catholic edifice, the Church of St. Mary’s, erected on Grand... News 16 Mar 2026 | 11:07
Flyer for missing Long Island boy, Thomas Medlin, on the Manhattan Bridge. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Search for Missing Long Island Boy, 15, Focuses on East Side For nearly two weeks, pedestrians in myriad downtown East Side Manhattan neighborhoods including Chinatown, Two Bridges,... News 09 Feb 2026 | 12:59
Mayor Mamdani and DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn at the Williamsburg Bridge, Jan. 6, 2026. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Williamsburg ‘Bump’ Begone! Mamdani Hails Bridge Bike Lane Fix Have you heard about the Williamsburg “Bump”? It’s not a new dance craze, cocktail, cannabis strain or trendy underground... News 10 Jan 2026 | 07:50
A Monroe Street entrance to Knickerbocker Village. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Lower East Side Murder Suspect Caught! It Was Matricide New facts have emerged about the dreadful Dec. 19, 2025, murder of 76-year-old Zhu Hou in her Knickerbocker Village apartment... 05 Jan 2026 | 10:57
Locals have long enjoyed relaxing in the Elizabeth Street Garden and until recently thought they had achieved a last-minute reprieve to halt development plans. ( Photo: Marie Pohl) New Peril for Elizabeth Street Garden: Developers Sue the City The fate of the Elizabeth Street Garden, a community and sculpture garden in Little Italy, remains uncertain once again.... News 24 Nov 2025 | 05:36
Basquiat family members holding up the new street sign on the corner of Great Jones Street and Bowery. ( Photo: Marie Pohl) Jean-Michel Basquiat Still Rising on Streets & at Auctions The recent street naming in honor of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has brought to light a torn-up photocopy of a rental... News 13 Nov 2025 | 07:18
New York Herald headlines of Dec. 3, 1893. ( Photo: Public Domain) Canter’s Lowly Resting Place: Three Old Jewish Cemeteries Revisited Often in historical research one stumbles upon something other than that which they were looking for. So it occurred recently... Voices 10 Nov 2025 | 01:45
From the LICH collection: Gustav Bock and the String Quartet, 2024. ( Photo: Courtesy Ki Smith Gallery) The House That Bock Built “The whole series boils down to storytelling and how that creates biases within nations. Germany is very well known for its... City Arts 22 Oct 2025 | 05:14
Wanted for Hate Crime Assault on East Houston Street, Sept. 8. ( Photos: NYPD) Hate Crime on Houston St.; Attempted Subway Rapist Sentenced Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals wanted in connection with a hate crime assault... News 06 Oct 2025 | 12:11
Left: Parade over the Corlears Hook Park Bridge. Right: East River Park amphitheater, a work in progress. ( Photos: Friends of Corlears Hook Park; Brian Berger) That New Corlears Hook Bridge to East River Park? Wow! It might not be the yellow brick road, but the paths to and from the new Corlears Hook Park Bridge to the East River Park... News 05 Oct 2025 | 04:35
