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W Village Locals Deny Plan To Bring 'Friends' Sofa To Sidewalk
Warner Bros. plans to place the iconic orange couch on a sidewalk in the West Village for the 25th anniversary of 'Friends.'

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Warner Bros. plans to place the iconic orange couch on a sidewalk in the West Village for the 25th anniversary of 'Friends.'

Jen Pelka's champagne bar The Riddler is opening in the West Village.
The landlord at Dean & Deluca's short-lived Meatpacking District cafe is suing the luxury grocer over missed rent and breaking the lease.
Cops are searching for a man who followed a woman into an apartment building and groped her, police said.
A 5-year-old girl was hit by a piece of decorative fence on Harman Street Thursday night, police said.
Cops arrested the driver after she turned herself in shortly after the crash, police said.
Cops killed a man after he opened fire on their unmarked car in Jamaica, the NYPD said.
A battle to save a patch of asphalt from astroturf is heating up as skateboarders plan a rally.
A Lower East Side community garden is suing a developer for encroaching on its property.
Officials ruled the death of a man held hostage on the Lower East Side was a homicide, the Medical Examiner announced Thursday.
After two cases of Legionnaire's disease were confirmed, the Health Department has found the bacteria in a Two Bridges building's water.
Tompkins Square Library will be checking out books from a pop-up at Ninth Street Espresso in the East Village this fall.
Cops are searching for six people who attacked a man sleeping outside in Chelsea, police said.
Museum of Ice Cream will launch a permanent New York City location this fall.
Management at a Kips Bay building told residents the building would have lifts replaced following an elevator death, according to a report.
Chelsea Market is more than doubling the square footage of its downstairs grocery shop.
Boozy bubble tea is coming to New York City this September.
The robber punched the man in the face several times and took his cell phone and laptop, police said.
The elderly man had a broken eye socket required four head staples after the mugging, cops said.
Officials confirmed the suspected killer had moved into the man's home after they met on Facebook.