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Historical Photos Of LES Park On Display At Neighborhood Event
Neighborhood groups are hosting a community event with historical photos of Sara D. Roosevelt Park Wednesday.
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Neighborhood groups are hosting a community event with historical photos of Sara D. Roosevelt Park Wednesday.
The 14-screen movie theater opened over the weekend on the Lower East Side.
One straphanger transported several small trees on the subway — transforming an uptown 2 train into a "rainforest cafe" Sunday night.
Google launched a five-month long program offering free digital skills classes at the tech company's Chelsea offices.
The Public Art Fund will reinstall a historic 1989 billboard work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres for the Stonewall rebellion's 50th anniversary.
A woman spent $4,000 on a stolen credit card at Barneys New York, police said.
The city is still evaluating options to re-open portions of East River Park during construction and will re-route bike lanes inland.
The Urban Land Institute New York honored the Lower East Side development team for excellence in mixed-use development Thursday evening.
Nom Wah's owner Wilson Tang said taking over the restaurant nearly a decade ago was his "chance of preserving old New York."
A woman was fatally hit by a bus Thursday evening in Battery Park City, police said.
Officers found a body in the Hudson River near Chelsea, police said.
Kips Bay's new Target store opens Sunday morning. The first 1,000 customers will receive complimentary reusable bags.
A woman was sexually assaulted by a stranger in her Lower East Side apartment, police said.
Penn South Capital has purchased the building where the now-closed Sidewalk Cafe was located.
A fire broke out in the middle of the night at a 7-story building on Fifth Ave. between 31st and 32nd Sts., FDNY said.
The records from Bowery Savings Bank had been tucked away in a bank's basement in Brooklyn since 2004.
A woman made "anti-Hispanic" remarks towards a man in McDonald's just before throwing a chair at his face, police said.
A fire broke out at a four-story building in the Upper East Side, the FDNY said.
A call about a pedestrian hit at Avenue J and Nostrand Avenue came in about 8 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said.
A wind advisory and warning for fire weather conditions will be in effect at noon Wednesday in New York City.