Beauty Bar Coke Rape; Epic Chinatown Parade; Pro-Trump Airport Attack: Patch PM

NEW YORK, NY — TGI freaking F. Here are the top 10 local news stories for Friday, Jan. 27 — plus a couple bonus stories to get you through the weekend — as pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.

Chinatown's Epic Lunar New Year Festivities Begin This Weekend: A Guide

NYC hosts some of the most awe-inspiring Chinese New Year celebrations this side of planet Earth.

Beauty Bar Bathroom Rapist Lured Victim With Cocaine, Police Say

Brenton Maughn-Tulloch allegedly attacked his 22-year-old victim while they were snorting coke in Beauty Bar's bathroom near Gramercy Park.

Trump Wants To Help Finish Second Avenue Subway, Congresswoman Says

The Trump administration has identified Manhattan's most fussed-over subway line as an infrastructure priority.

2 Brooklyn Gang Leaders Get Life For Murder, Torture, Drugs, Dog Fights

In one particularly brutal run-in, the gangsters allegedly lured their target to the basement of an abandoned Bed-Stuy brownstone, wrapped his head in duct tape and watched him suffocate to death — then set him on fire.

NYC Forecast: Possible Snow Flurries Friday, Chance Of Snow Next Week

We've got a couple chances for light snow over the next week, weather forecasters say.

East Harlem 3-Year-Old Found Bruised, Starved Last Summer Was Murdered, Officials Say

Caleb Rivera was found covered in bruises in front of the Thomas Jefferson Apartments last August.

Man Allegedly Attacks Muslim Worker At JFK, Says: 'Trump Is Here Now. He Will Get Rid Of All Of You'

The alleged attacker, from Worcester, Massachusetts, faces up to four years in prison.

Brooklyn Artist Arrested For Making Bomb Says He Was Only Making Art

The "bomb" was actually part of a 2005 art exhibit at Cooper Union, the artist's lawyer says.

Kensington, Brooklyn, Declares Itself A 'Hate Free Zone'

On the heels of Donald Trump's executive orders cracking down on immigrants and refugees.

Brooklyn Man Hacked Up Girlfriend's Body, Kept Remains In Freezer: DA

"We in Brooklyn will seek justice for Leondra Foster, who was so tragically and brutally murdered," the DA says.

De Blasio's Challenger For Mayor Is Hinging His Campaign On A Staten Island Therapy Pig

Looks like we may be stuck with the Dope from Park Slope for another four years.

Jared Kushner's Brooklyn Heights Townhouse Sale Could Set Neighborhood Record

The five-story townhouse belonging to Trump's son-in-law could go for $16 million.