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Times Square 'Covered In Blood'; Endangered Biggie Mural; Death By Cab Door: PM Digest

Plus: Meet LA and NYC's "bicoastal bank bandit" and see the extravagant "adult treehouse" being built into a Lower East Side condo tower.

NEW YORK, NY — What a horrible day for New York City. Below, everything we know about the alleged drunk driver who killed a young tourist in Times Square this morning and injured at least 22 others, plus all the other local news worth knowing on Thursday, May 18. Stories are pulled from our 28 neighborhood Patch sites across NYC.

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13 Alleged Harlem Gangsters Indicted For 'Bloody Feud'

Members of the Fast Money and Nine Block gangs have been retaliating against each other for years, catching innocents in their crossfire, prosectors say.


Search Still On For NYC Designer Whose Plane Vanished In Bermuda Triangle

Updates from Day 4 of the search.

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Plan To Redevelop Old Brooklyn Armory Loses Critical Support

This could mean the death of the hotly contested vision for Crown Heights' historic armory.


'Bicoastal Bank Bandit' Arrested On Upper East Side, Police Say

The suspect switched between Mets and Yankee caps as his go-to disguise.


Lower East Side Building's 'Adult Treehouse' Will Be Among Largest Private Parks In NYC

A look at the luxurious green space — with sweeping bridge views — being built into a new condo tower at 1 Manhattan Square.


Meatpacking District Rehab Project Will Cost City $15.4 Million

The district is plagued by decrepit old water mains, officials say.


Elderly NYC Cyclist Killed By Cab Door Opening Into Bike Lane, Police Say

The victim has died 10 days after the crash, police say.


Dead Body Found On East River Shore

The 54-year-old hasn't been ID'd yet.


Iconic Biggie Mural In Bed-Stuy May Be Removed By Landlord

Local artists say the building owner wants to remove the Notorious B.I.G. art so he can install new windows and raise his tenants' rent.


Anthony Bourdain's 'Parts Unknown' Is Finally Coming To Queens

About time.


Brownsville Bust: Coke Dealers In 'Outlaws' Crew Sold Multiple Kilos Per Month, Prosecutors Say

The five-man crew has allegedly been channeling crack, cocaine and heroin from Brownsville to Albany.


Man Plunges From Downtown Brooklyn Construction Site

He was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital in traumatic cardiac arrest, according to the FDNY.


NYC Restaurants To Try This Weekend

From a cafe in a botanical garden to a kitchen run by a naked chef.


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