Category: Manhattan

The family of the late Emmy-award winning artist and civil rights advocate Harry Belafonte was presented with the key to the city on Sunday during the 49th annual Harlem Week. Photo by Adrian Childress The family of the late Emmy-award winning artist and civil rights advocate Harry Belafonte was presented with the key to the…

Theodore Long, the Senior Vice President of Ambulatory Care and Population Health at New York City Health + Hospitals.  Photo by Dean Moses The Randall’s Island Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center (HERRC) — the city’s largest such facility to date — opened on Sunday as Adams administration officials continue to plead for federal assistance…

Tour guide Zak Risinger shares true crime stories of the South Street Seaport Historic District and Lower Manhattan with tour guests. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann Guests at the South Street Seaport who expect a stuffy museum tour filled with boring facts are in for a surprise when they sign up for the Seaport Museum’s “Sinister…

Cops bust an illegal vendor operation. NYPD twitter The NYPD cuffed eight illegal street vendors on Thursday for flogging millions of dollars’ worth of illegal goods on Canal Street, police said. Authorities conducted a raid at around 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 17 and targeted vendors operating on Canal Street between Wooster and Lispenard Streets. The…

Children from the Taft Houses NYCHA development play pickleball Max Parrott A Harlem community group is making sure that neighborhood kids are getting a chance to become part of the pickleball craze. On Wednesday, a group of about a half dozen kids from the Taft Houses, a NYCHA development located on East 115th Street, limbered…

The report highlights economic indicators that its authors say position Union Square as a strong example of a “15-minute neighborhood,” an urban concept in which most daily necessities and services, like work, shopping, education, recreation and healthcare are all within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. Photo via Getty Images A new report on Union…

An unhinged man who allegedly attacked three people with scissors in the West Village last month has been indicted, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Thursday.  Hasson Victoria, 45, from Queens, allegedly attempted to stab three men in a series of unprovoked attacks in a spate of about 10 minutes near Hudson and Charlton…

A New York City carriage horse died earlier this week at a Midtown stable, reigniting controversy between activists who deem the industry abusive to animals and the carriage drivers who say they love their horses and are just doing an honest day’s work. The 17-year-old horse, Black Jack, passed away earlier this week after suffering…

Police released a photo earlier this week of the suspect wanted for scrawling hateful messages outside an Upper East Side synagogue. An East Harlem man has been arrested for allegedly scrawling anti-Semitic messages on a display screen outside a synagogue on the Upper East Side. Lenny De La Rosa, 21, has been charged with criminal…

Welcome to Chinatown and volunteers outside of the new Small Business Innovation Hub in Chinatown. Welcome to Chinatown Chinatown is establishing its first-ever business hub to support and empower local small businesses. The Small Business Innovation Hub will be officially opening next week and managed by Welcome to Chinatown, a nonprofit founded in March 2020…