Category: Manhattan

Two cops saved the life of a man threatening to leap to his death from a bridge in West Harlem on Oct. 5 Photo by Dean Moses When a man threatening to leap to his death from a bridge in West Harlem on Oct. 5 was rescued after a 40-minute standoff, responding Officer Carl Fayette…

Pat Irwin got his start in music as a Cleveland boy in the second grade, with a clarinet. As he grew up, he was drawn to the guitar, but his parents forbid him to have one, so he did the logical thing: he bought one and hid it at his friend’s house.  Since then, he’s…

As terrorists brought down the World Trade Center on 9/11, marking the worst terror attack in U.S. history, it became increasingly difficult to evacuate Lower Manhattan. Thousands ran south to the water’s edge, trying to escape the raging inferno, only to realize they were stranded on the island with no way out because the tunnels…

Christopher D’Aguiar, 28, was arrested on Tuesday for a hate crime. Photo by Dean Moses Detectives apprehended the alleged antisemitic bigot who assaulted a Jewish woman earlier this month at a Midtown subway station, police reported Tuesday. Christopher D’Aguiar, 28, of Upper Manhattan stands accused of the heinous attack that took place at the 42nd…

October is LGBTQ+ History Month, and amNewYork Metro sat down for an interview with Stonewall Inn owners Stacy Lentz and Kurt Kelly, who bought the historic LGBTQ+ venue in 2006 with business partners Bill Morgan and Tony DeCicco. Over fifty years ago, when queer folks couldn’t come out because homosexuality was a criminal offense in…

Around 900 New Yorkers participated in CaringKind’s Alzheimer’s walk in Central Park on Oct. 22, 2023. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann The Fall weather was pristine as 900 New Yorkers joined the 35th annual CaringKind New York City Alzheimer’s Walk through Central Park on Sunday to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell A 76-year-old man was killed on Thursday after being struck by a speeding driver while crossing a street in Washington Heights, police said. Julio Plaza, of Washington Heights, was crossing Broadway at West 161st Street at about 6:50 p.m. Thursday when a 27-year-old man driving a Dodge Charger at a high rate…

Art in New York City has been a solid staple in the city’s enriched history since the early 1900’s, with the booming success period of the Harlem Renaissance and the Roaring ‘20s. In today’s modern day, the city has evolved in the world of art, with New York becoming a thriving hub for artistic activity…

Midtown subway shoving suspect Sabir Jones is shown in this surveillance camera image exiting a turnstile at the 5th Avenue-53rd Street station following the Oct. 18, 2023 incident. Photo courtesy of NYPD The alleged Midtown subway shoving suspect who critically injured a woman on Wednesday is awaiting extradition back to Manhattan following his arrest in…

Jewish New Yorkers gathered at the Tribeca Synagogue in lower Manhattan on Oct. 18 for an evening of solidarity. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann Almost two weeks after the terror group Hamas attacked Israel, the Tribeca Synagogue in Lower Manhattan hosted an evening of solidarity and memorial prayer Wednesday that brought out hundreds of Jewish New…