Category: Manhattan
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Kips Bay squatters who allegedly killed woman in apartment, stuffed her in duffel bag, caught in Pennsylvania
Police are investigating after a woman was found dead packed in a bag inside a Kips Bay apartment building on March 14. Photo by Dean Moses Two alleged Kips Bay squatters who brutally killed a woman and stuffed her body into a duffel bag last month will be returned to New York next week to…
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Homeless man arrested for Chelsea groping attacks: cops
The location on Manhattan’s West Side where a woman was forcibly touched on March 26. Google maps Police arrested a 26-year-old homeless man Wednesday in connection to a string of groping incidents in Chelsea last month. Tyheem Menardy was officially charged on April 3 at approximately 1 a.m. at the NYPD’s Special Victims Division, located…
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Man on tracks fatally struck by downtown 1 train in Chelsea: sources
A man was reportedly struck and killed by a Manhattan train Wednesday afternoon, the MTA and sources familiar with the investigation said. Photo by Dean Moses A man was fatally struck by an oncoming subway train near a Manhattan station on Wednesday afternoon, it was reported. Sources familiar with the case said the man was…
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Congestion pricing: Oral arguments made in New Jersey’s federal challenge to New York’s Manhattan toll plan
Traffic entering the Holland Tunnel from Jersey City, NJ. Photo via Getty Images A federal judge heard oral arguments from the Biden administration, the MTA, and the state of New Jersey on Wednesday in the Garden State’s lawsuit seeking to overturn congestion pricing, as the fate of the Manhattan tolling program and the mass transit…
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NYPD says spate of sucker-punch attacks on Manhattan women not tied to terrible TikTok trend
Police say they do not believe the spate of random punch attacks targeting women are being driven by a TikTok trend. Cops are searching for a suspect they believe left McDonald’s on 6th Avenue between 14 and 15th streets and without warning punched a 23-year-old woman in the face on March 20th. Photo via Google…
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How one section of the High Line could throw serious wrinkle into Hudson Yards casino plans
Advocates for the High Line, the West Side’s famed public park, are concerned about major rezoning changes that could negatively impact the neighborhood if a plan to build a casino goes through. Friends of the High Line , a nonprofit that oversees many aspects of the popular park along with the NYC Parks Department, is…
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DOT rolls out ‘Broadway Vision’ to further pedestrianize four blocks near Union Square
Broadway at West 26th Street. NYC DOT Part of the “Great White Way” may soon become the “Great Walk and Bike Way.” Manhattan’s Broadway may soon be converted into a further pedestrianized “shared street” between 17th and 21st Streets with new plazas and improved bike lanes, according to plans from the city’s Department of Transportation…
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Seaport Fit expands its fitness program, offering free Winter classes
Jazmin Jourdain said the classes at HIIT the Deck were a “blast.” Photo by Gabriele Holtermann New Yorkers looking to break a sweat with a fun and free workout class no longer have to wait until Summer to participate in one of Seaport Fits popular workout sessions. The Seaport has partnered with HIIT the Deck,…
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Man stabbed in unprovoked Upper West Side attack: cops
Police are on the hunt for a knife-wielding attacker who apparently stabbed a man on the Upper West Side on Monday morning for seemingly no reason, authorities said. Photo by Dean Moses Police are on the hunt for a knife-wielding attacker who apparently stabbed a man on the Upper West Side on Monday morning in…
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Sunday shootings leave three dead in Brooklyn and Manhattan: NYPD
Three young people were killed on Sunday night across two boroughs in a series of bloody shootings, authorities said. Photo by Dean Moses Three young people in two boroughs were killed on Sunday night in a pair of separate shootings, authorities said. According to police sources, two victims were gunned down at the corner of…