Category: Manhattan

Rockwood Music Hall is hosting a concert series to help keep the venue in business. Photo: Manish Gosalia One of New York City’s iconic music venues is at risk of closing down for good. Rockwood Music Hall has hosted well over 75,000 shows in the 18 years the venue has been in business. The venue…

crime scene File photo/Lloyd Mitchell A 30-year-old man was fatally shot in the Inwood section of Manhattan early Wednesday morning, cops said. The victim was found by police responding to a 911 call at around 1:45 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the face at 72 Vermilyea Ave. The man was taken by EMS to…

NYPD Harbor Unit on the East River. Fle photo/Dean Moses Police on the Lower East Side are looking to identify a dead man who was found floating in the East River off Pier 35 on Monday afternoon. Law enforcement sources said the incident happened at about 4:08 p.m. on July 3 off the recreational pier…

Joey Chestnut says he is ready to eat his way to victory. Photo by Dean Moses Longtime frank-fest champion Joey Chestnut told amNewYork Metro on Monday that he has recovered from an especially “dark year” — and that he’s ready to eat his way to victory once more during Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest…

An FDNY ambulance. File Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Six people were injured early Monday morning in a three-car collision in Washington Heights. The incident occurred at around 6:39 a.m. at West 179th Street and Audubon Avenue, according to the FDNY. Officials did not immediately shed light on the circumstances of the crash, but video posted…

The suspect behind a violent stabbing at the 14th Street-Union Square station on the L line on July 2, 2023. Photo courtesy of NYPD Transit detectives are looking for the suspects behind a vicious stabbing at the Union Square station early on Sunday morning. The NYPD released video of one of the perpetrators involved in…

Fun City Tattoo owners “Big Steve” Pedone (top) and Maxx Starr (bottom). Photo courtesy of Fun City Tattoo One of New York City’s oldest tattoo shops is continuing to thrive. Situated now in the East Village, Fun City Tattoo’s roots date back to the 1970s when Jonathan Shaw started tattooing in his Bowery basement. At…

Beekeeper Andrew Coté removed bees from a traffic light on July 1. Photo by Adrian Childress Spectators were bee-witched on Saturday afternoon as they watched a well-known beekeeper remove a swarm of bees from a traffic light in the Flatiron District. East 20th Street and Broadway was all the buzz at around 2 p.m. on…

Getty Images A 15-year-old boy is dead after he was shot multiple times inside a Hamilton Heights park early Saturday night. According to reports, the fatal shooting took place just after 6:30 p.m. at at 145th Street and Riverside Drive inside Riverbank State Park, near the basketball courts. The teen — whose identity has not…

Police tape (file photo). Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Police have arrested a Manhattan man who allegedly stabbed a 45-year-old Washington Heights resident to death early Thursday morning. Ezequiel Mendoza, 34, who lives about four blocks away from where the Washington Heights murder took place, allegedly killed Rashaun Howze when he stabbed the victim in the…