Category: Manhattan
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Experience Dracula in a haunting new immersive masquerade ‘Dreams of Dracula’ show in Manhattan
Photo courtesy of Bucket Listers Experience Dracula like never before in an elegantly spooky immersive journey. This Halloween season, Never More Immersive, Bucket Listers, and Musica are collaborating to create “Dreams of Dracula: An Immersive Masquerade Experience.” Spanning six rooms across two floors, “Dreams of Dracula” is a choose-your-own-adventure-style experience that will take you through…
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Half-life: City Council committee approves five-year extension for Madison Square Garden special permit
The City Council is set to extend Madison Square Garden’s permit to operate its arena atop Penn Station for five years — half of what the Adams administration approved earlier this year and well below the arena’s desire to stay permanently, as transit officials seek to redevelop the long-maligned train hub below “The World’s Most…
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Family of four found dead in Upper West Side possible murder-suicide: cops
A family of four were found dead in an Upper West Side home on Aug. 28. Photo by Dean Moses Locals and police on the Upper West Side are searching for answers after a family of four were found dead inside of their apartment on Monday afternoon, NYPD said. According to police sources, the gruesome…
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Man still sought for hurling anti-LGBTQ remarks at, slugging Hudson River Park jogger
The suspect police say hurled anti-gay comments at and assaulted a woman while jogging in Hudson River Park last week. NYPD Cops on Sunday released new security camera photos of the suspect they say hurled anti-LGBTQ remarks before striking a female jogger inside Hudson River Park last week. The 52-year-old woman was running in front…
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Gracie Mansion madness: Protesters clash over migrant crisis
A chaotic scene unfolded on the Upper East Side on Sunday as pro and anti-migrant demonstrators faced-off, ending in a slew of arrests. Photo by Dean Moses A chaotic scene unfolded on the Upper East Side Sunday as pro- and anti-migrant demonstrators faced off, ending in a slew of arrests. Republican radio personality and failed…
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Activism Walking Tour explores LGBTQ+ history of lower Manhattan
Michael Venturiello’s Downtown LGBTQ+ Activism Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan share untold stories of downtown LGBTQ+ activism. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann Whenever people think about the birthplace of the gay rights movement, the Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village undoubtedly comes to mind. Cops raided the gay club in the early hours of…
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Coalition of immigration advocates and unions push Biden administration to speed up working papers for migrants
The call to allow migrants to work continued on Thursday, this time coming from both immigration advocacy groups, unions, and work providers. Photo by Dean Moses The call to allow migrants to work continued on Thursday, this time coming from immigration advocacy groups, unions, and work providers. A coalition of organizations gathered in Battery Park’s…
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13th Annual Taste of the Seaport Festival returns next month, aims to raise money for local schools
The 13th Annual Taste of the Seaport festival returns on Saturday, Sept. 23 to Piers 16 and 17 in lower Manhattan to raise funds for Peck Slip and Spruce Street schools. The 13th annual Taste of the Seaport food festival returns to lower Manhattan’s East River waterfront on Saturday, Sept. 23 to raise money for…
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42-year-old man found dead in Hudson River with head injuries, cops arrest murder suspect: NYPD
A 42-year-old man was found dead with head injuries Wednesday in the Hudson River near West 158th Street and Riverside Drive (GMaps) A 42-year-old man was found dead with head wounds near the shoreline of the Hudson River Wednesday and cops have nabbed the alleged perpetrator, authorities said. Police received a call at around 5…
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Volunteers hold East Village backpack drive to help students succeed on day one of new school year
Miss New York Rachelle DeStasio with a student at the New York Cares school supply giveaway Photo by Max Parrott A volunteer-based nonprofit set up at an East Village community center at the Jacob Riis Houses on Tuesday to ensure that neighborhood kids were going back to school equipped and in style. New York Cares,…