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Long-hidden space under Brooklyn Bridge reopens after 15 years -- and public is in awe: 'Huge for the community'
November 18, 2024 | 6:13pm“It’s huge for the community," one local said about the new park.
Homeless man gets just two years in prison for fracturing MTA worker's eye socket, despite facing seven
October 31, 2024 | 5:36pm"Will it be full deterrence? I doubt it," said the victim, Noreen Mallory.
NYC's 'confetti king' has retired after two decades— here's who will be powering Liberty's ticker-tape parade
October 22, 2024 | 6:40pmHe's passed the torch. The New York Liberty’s ticker-tape parade on Thursday will be among the first without the longtime “Confetti King” shepherding the festivities along Manhattan's Canyon of Heroes....
Quirky NYC walking tour covers history of death, executions and body-snatching in the Big Apple
October 21, 2024 | 6:56amYou won’t find the Statue of Liberty on this morbid walking tour.
Suspect who allegedly stabbed teen he menacingly smiled at is NYC ex-con with 15 prior arrests
October 17, 2024 | 12:02pmMarvin Dupree was nabbed in his native Harlem hours after he stabbed a 19-year-old from behind outside a Centre Street municipal building to answer a summons, authorities said.
Mayor Adams' perverse plan to pave paradise for 123 housing units
October 15, 2024 | 6:37pmMayor Adams is moving full steam ahead with a tragically misguided plan to destroy a beloved community sculpture garden in Lower Manhattan to make way for measly 123 “affordable housing”...
Woman, 20, could face criminal charges after miscarrying in NYC restaurant bathroom, leaving fetus in toilet: cops
October 9, 2024 | 6:21pm“As of right now, the [medical examiner’s office] states that it's possible that the fetus had taken one or two breaths, but not enough to sustain life,” NYPD Chief of...
Wall Street firm Jane Street looks to grow footprint in boost to Financial District
October 6, 2024 | 4:03pmThe office leasing breakthrough that Downtown has been waiting for could happen by year’s end. Global trading firm Jane Street is looking to grow at Brookfield Place, we’ve learned. The...
J&R Music owner looking to sell former retail space after Fed cut
October 6, 2024 | 3:51pmThe iconic retail and office portion of 15 Park Row, former home to J&R Music, is up for sale by owner Rachelle Friedman as a 200-year condominium leasehold.
Dead baby found in bathroom of NYC eatery
September 30, 2024 | 1:32pmThe body of the child -- whose gender and age were not immediately known -- was discovered just before 10 a.m., cops and sources said.
Mom shot in face, killed in front of son trying to defend husband from masked robbers in NYC condo building
September 10, 2024 | 2:24amThe woman was found dead inside the eighth-floor hallway of the Two Bridges building located at 44 Market St. just after 11 p.m., police said.
Viral NYC clip shows Big Apple summer bustle in all its glory
August 25, 2024 | 1:29pmA New York City photographer's clip of a Saturday evening stroll through Lower Manhattan has exploded across social media, racking up thousands of likes and hundreds of shares by viewers...
Dog tossed down NYC high-rise trash chute by sicko and found yelping in pain: 'Pure evil'
August 24, 2024 | 8:16pmThe animal had matted fur and was clearly "poorly cared for" before it was discarded with the trash.
Punk with hand truck punches 71-year-old at busy NYC subway station: cops
August 22, 2024 | 5:35pmA stranger pummeled an elderly man after refusing to allow the senior inside the elevator at a busy Lower Manhattan subway station during the evening commute, police said.
1010 WINS reporter attacked on NYC street in random assault: 'This is the new norm'
August 18, 2024 | 1:18pm"I'm not shocked because this kind of crime is the new norm in New York City,'' said 1010 WINS news and traffic reporter Kelly Dillon.
3 women knifed in 2 stabbings across NYC -- including inside Queens subway station: cops
July 29, 2024 | 2:25amA 23-year-old was stabbed multiple times in the torso on the mezzanine level of the Jamaica-Van Wyck Station in the Richmond Hill section of the borough at around 8:30 p.m.,...
Fulton Transit Center ups security over theft amid MTA legal battle as 'crooks take their game to another level'
July 28, 2024 | 7:37amFour months after tenants of the Fulton Transit Center in Lower Manhattan said the subway hub needed more security, things have gotten better — though vendors say some issues remain.
Parents fuming over plans for smoking areas at shelter next to school
July 13, 2024 | 12:53pmThe so-called “low-barrier” shelter -- because of its loose regulations on sobriety and criminal records -- is slated to open on Pearl Street in the fall next door to the...
Vigilante posing as NYPD detective tries to stop fare-evading family, pepper-sprays man: cops
June 28, 2024 | 7:40pmA vigilante posing as an NYPD detective tried to stop a fare-evading family in Lower Manhattan this week -- and even pepper-sprayed a man who didn't comply, cops said.
NYC development near Seaport stuck in legal limbo is finally greenlit in latest blow to Engoron
May 21, 2024 | 7:35pmThe victory for Howard Hughes Holdings also marked another stinging slap in the face to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, who presided over Donald Trump’s civil trial earlier this...