Category: Manhattan

The wrong-way driver who struck and seriously wounded a Manhattan cop on Wednesday afternoon is a known pro-Palestinian protester who allegedly targeted the officer, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the street collision occurred at the corner of East 77th Street and Park Avenue on the Upper East Side at about 4:20 p.m. on Jan.…

Daniel Penny, the marine accused of choking a homeless, subway street performer to death last year aboard a Manhattan train, will face trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Photo by Dean Moses Daniel Penny, the Marine accused of allegedly choking homeless subway street performer Jordan Neely to death last year aboard a Manhattan train, will face…

A sample apartment in 221 West 29th St. in Chelsea. Photo via NYC Housing Connect The waitlist is officially open for a handful of units in an affordable housing lottery in Chelsea. According to NYC Housing Connect, the waitlist for 221 West 29th St. (known as Chelseas29) is open for one studio apartment, ranging from…

No one can accuse Pamela Enz of not tackling the big questions.  Life, death, afterlife, sex, physics, the zeitgeist, mysticism, the nature of the universe and the fate of humanity are all touched on in Enz’s latest play, “Falling Sideways Off The Edge Of The Earth,” now playing at the Theater for the New City…

The suspect wanted in connection with the rape of a 10-year-old girl. Photo courtesy of the NYPD Police are looking for the man who allegedly raped a 10-year-old girl in East Harlem on Jan. 6.  According to police, the unidentified suspect met the victim through an online application, before meeting her in person near Third…

2023 Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show. Photo by Julienne Schaer The finalists have officially been chosen for the third annual Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show. Presented by Governors Island Arts and Times Square Arts, with lead support from the Friends of Governors Island, the Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show gives New Yorkers a unique chance…

Former NYPD Chief of Department and Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito was laid to rest on Tuesday in a Midtown funeral service after a battle with cancer. Photo by Dean Moses Former NYPD Chief of Department and Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito was remembered during his funeral Mass on a snowy Tuesday at St. Patrick’s…

File photo. Photo by Dean Moses A man was slashed in the face mere steps away from the criminal court house in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday morning, police reported. Law enforcement sources said the victim, a 23-year-old man, was attacked at about 11:26 a.m. on Jan. 16 near the corner of Hogan Place and Centre…

Detectives are searching for a gunman who shot and injured two men in Harlem on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Photo by Dean Moses Detectives in Harlem are searching for the suspect who shot and injured two men on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Blood stained the intersection of West 136 Street and 7th Avenue hours after…

The Martin Luther King Day celebration at Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) tore down far-right extremists on Monday and built-up polls of color. Photo by Dean Moses The Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebration at Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) Monday took aim at far right extremists and raised up elected…