Category: Manhattan

Terrier takeover! Last Saturday, hundreds descended on Washington Square Park in their winter best: scarves, sweaters, booties, leashes, harnesses. Paw prints multiplied in the snow as the city’s Boston terriers (and their owners) celebrated National Boston Terrier Day. The snow couldn’t stop more than 100 dog owners and their Boston Terriers from attending the second…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell An early-morning shooting at a Harlem bar on Sunday left three men wounded and hospitalized, police reported. Law enforcement sources said gunfire rang out at about 3:58 a.m. on Feb. 18 near Just Lorraine’s Place 2 at 2247 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., near West 132nd Street. Officers from the 32nd Precinct,…

The suspect in a SoHo murder on Feb. 8, 2024 is shown wearing what police believe is the victim’s leggings. Photos courtesy of NYPD Police have released images of the suspect who allegedly killed a woman at a SoHo hotel earlier this month, then switched clothes with her and fled. Law enforcement sources said the…

File Photo Photo by Dean Moses The man who murdered a woman inside of a SoHo hotel earlier this month switched clothes with his victim after killing her, authorities say. According to police, 38-year-old Denisse Oleas-Arancibia of Queens was found dead inside her room at the SoHo 54 Hotel on Feb. 8 at 10:30 a.m.…

Love was in the air at “Field of Light at Freedom Plaza” in Midtown Manhattan on Valentine’s Day. Tickets to the free spectacular art installation by British-Australian artist Bruce Munro are difficult to come by  -the show has been sold out months in advance. So, organizers held a special evening opening in celebration of Valentine’s…

Photo courtesy of the Uptown Night Market The popular Uptown Night Market is returning to Harlem this coming April. The 2024 season will officially kick off at 4 p.m. on April 11 at 133rd Street and 12th Avenue. The Uptown Night Market boasts a lineup of 80 vendors ranging from soul food to crafted tacos…

A rendering of Bjarke Ingels Group’s plans for Freedom Plaza, which would feature four new towers atop a sprawling waterfront park on the East Side of Manhattan. Photo courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group Renowned architects with Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) have unveiled the design plans for the proposed Freedom Plaza — a massive development project…

Baby-faced teenager Yarwuin Madris allegedly involved in last month’s infamous Times Square assault on two cops was remanded on Wednesday while another suspect was cuffed that morning. Photo by Dean Moses A baby-faced teenager allegedly involved in last month’s infamous Times Square assault on two cops was ordered held in jail indefinitely on Wednesday while…

Old man winter could not freeze the hearts of true love on Valentine’s Day in Times Square on Wednesday as several couples made promises to be together forever. Just outside of Father Duffy Square’s red stars, several rows of red chairs stood alongside a red carpet while a gigantic ice sculpture depicting two mittens forming…

The New Yorker Hotel. Ermell via Wikimedia Commons A Manhattan man has been indicted for allegedly attempting to steal the deed for the iconic New Yorker Hotel in Midtown. Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office charged Mickey Barreto, 48, with a yearslong conspiracy to transfer ownership of the hotel, known for its prominent red…