Category: Manhattan

It’s not Dragonstone! It’s Chinatown, celebrating the Year of the Dragon in the 26th Lunar New Year parade. On Sunday afternoon, thousands gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, donning traditional attire, performing lion and dragon dances amid the sound of a firecracker under the continuous barrage of confetti. State and city…

This photo provided by David Lei shows Flaco the owl, April 28, 2023, in New York. As Flaco enters his second year in the spotlight, it can be easy to forget that his freedom is the result of a crime, one that has improbably remained unsolved for a year. (Courtesy David Lei via AP) New…

With the banging of drums and bursts of confetti, the annual Lunar New Year Parade saw thousands of revelers ring in the Year of the Dragon in Chinatown on Sunday. The streets were brimming with attendees all hoping to catch a glimpse of the many floats and lion dancers, with some clamoring with outstretched hands…

The pickpocket who shoved a man down a flight of stairs at the Times Square subway station on Feb. 20, 2024. Photo via Wikimedia Commons, tdurante10/Inset courtesy of NYPD Police are looking for the pickpocket who threw a man down a flight of stairs at the Times Square subway station while stealing from him last…

Violence struck Times Square again on Thursday evening after an apparent dispute between migrants ended with a teen getting stabbed, police and eyewitnesses said. Photo by Dean Moses Three teens and an adult have been charged in connection with the Times Square stabbing on Thursday night that left a 17-year-old boy wounded, police reported. According…

FILE – A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in New York’s Central Park, Feb. 6, 2023. Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from New York City’s Central Park Zoo and became one of the city’s most beloved celebrities as he flew around Manhattan, has died, zoo officials announced Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.…

Newly arrived African migrants asked New Yorkers on Thursday to look beyond the harsh, rising criticism of asylum seekers and look at what they have fled from. Photo by Dean Moses Newly-arrived African migrants asked New Yorkers on Thursday to look beyond the harsh, rising criticism of asylum seekers and consider the real reason why…

Violence struck Times Square again on Thursday evening after an apparent dispute between migrants ended with a teen getting stabbed, police and eyewitnesses said. Photo by Dean Moses Violence struck Times Square again on Thursday evening after an apparent dispute ended with a teen getting stabbed, police and eyewitnesses said. Police sources confirmed that they…

Save Lenox Hill, a group that formed in opposition to the Lenox Hill Hospital’s extensive renovation plan, recently announced that it gathered over 6,600 signatures in an online petition against the project.  The group touted the results as a sign of what’s to come if Northwell Health moves forward its $2.5 billion plan to build…

NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper and 76 Ellie Colin (left) and alleged mugger 22-year-old Elijah Gay. NYPD Seventy-six-year-old Ellie Colin says she has lived in the Big Apple for over half a century, went to school, worked, and has lived in Manhattan for all those years without incident — until Jan. 26. The senior,…