Two residents of the Cheroke apartment complex in Yorkville tested positive for Legionnaires disease in the past 12 months, prompting a health dept investigation. Seven people died and 100 people were infected during an outbreak of the disease in Harlem last summer. ( Photo: apartments.com) Two People in Yorkville Bldg. Contracted Legionnaires Disease, Prompting Health Dept. Probe Two people who are residents of the Cheroke Apartments in Yorkville tested positive for Legionnaires disease within the past... News 27 Jan 2026 | 11:33
Yorkville birdhouse behind which is 409 E. 81st St; top-floor right apartment boarded up. The occupant of the apartment was responsible for the colorful birdhouses attached to trees up and down the block. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Yorkville Apartment Fire Leaves One Woman Dead, Others Displaced A fifth-floor apartment fire that broke out on a birdhouse-lined block in Yorkville on Wednesday, Nov. 13, has left one... News 17 Nov 2025 | 02:03
An attempted mugging of a teen took place inside Carl Schurz Park, a place popular with youths and seniors alike because of newly renovated basketball and pickleball courts. The park is adjacent to Gracie Mansion. ( Photo: Steffen Wurzel/Wikimedia Commons) 4 Thugs Attempt to Rob Teen in Carl Schurz Park; Gunfire Near QB Bridge Four Thugs Attempt to Rob Teen At around 8pm. on Saturday, April 13, a gang of four thugs set upon a 14-year-old boy at East... News 21 Apr 2025 | 10:47
There are plans afoot reimagining the Yorkville area once known as Germantown—which boasted a over a dozen movie houses and live theater venues—as a new cultural center. Photo: Greendougherty /Pinterest Reimagining the Former Germantown as New Cultural Haven In 2019, when Jeremy Schaller turned down a real estate developer’s offer of $24 million dollars to buy the two low-rise... News 27 Jan 2023 | 05:58
Sara Cedar Miller’s book, “Before Central Park,” was published on June 28 and was featured in a Zoom talk hosted by Friends of the Upper East Side on Tuesday. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A Historical Walk Through Central Park — Before It Was A Park Beloved as a destination for tourists and a refuge for city dwellers, Central Park has a “millennia” of history inhabited... News 28 Jul 2022 | 01:08
Shop Local This Holiday Season All shopping is local - Thankfully, communities are getting the message and going all out to shop at and support local businesses.... Voices 22 Nov 2019 | 04:56
