Welcome to Maritime City! The A.A. Thomson & Co building, outside and in, March 12, 2025. ( Brian Berger) South Street Seaport Museum Opens Stunning Maritime Exhibit Ship ahoy! Have ye see the Maritime City exhibition? Hotly anticipated since last autumn, when the A.A. Thomson & Co. warehouse... News 24 Mar 2025 | 01:39
Congressman Jerry Nadler speaks at Comptroller Brad Lander’s pro-congestion rally, March 20, 2025. ( Brian Berger) Congestion Pricing Fans Rally for Continued Tolling, Against Trump Threats to MTA Money A small contingent of congestion-pricing supporters, led by City Comptroller Brad Lander and Congressman Jerry Nadler, gathered... News 24 Mar 2025 | 08:00
Equinox and Life Time gym robbery gang, January 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) West Side Tire Slasher Caught & Released; Equinox Gym Robbery Gang on the Loose The alleged West Side Tire Slasher—or at least one of them—has been arrested. His name is Jesus Navarro, 41, and his suspected... News 23 Mar 2025 | 10:27
Left: NYPD traffic agent puncher; Right: Swastika-painting graffiti vandals—note masks and gloves. ( Photo: NYPD) Parking Scofflaw Punches Traffic Agent; Vandals Hit Tesla; LES Ice-Pick Killer Indicted If getting parking and other tickets were a competition, the driver of New York State license plate 92862MM would likely... News 23 Mar 2025 | 06:40
Public lewdness suspect on southbound 5 train, March 11, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Gang Member Targeting Hell’s Kitchen Gay Men Sentenced; Public Lewdness on 5 Train Hell’s Kitchen Gay Bar ‘Slay Gang’ Member Sentenced One of the most notorious crimes directed at Manhattan’s LGBTQ community... News 23 Mar 2025 | 01:18
True North Flatiron, 43 West 16th Street, as seen in August 2022. ( Photo: Google Maps) Flatiron Super Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Rape The heinous crimes of Jose Espinoza, the Flatiron District building convicted of the rape and labor trafficking of a migrant... News 17 Mar 2025 | 06:21
Left: Runners on the FDR Drive; Right: Fogo Azul NYC Bateria drum corps drives runners on at East 42nd Street and First Avenue. ( Photo: Brian Berger) 27,000+ Runners Defy the Fog for 13.1 Miles in NYC Half-Marathon More than 27,000 runners from around the globe galloped, jogged, and, in some case, trudged, from Brooklyn to Central Park... News 17 Mar 2025 | 03:48
Home health aide protesters outside Chinese-American Planning Council, March 5, 2025. ( Photo: Ain’t I A Woman Instagram) Home Health Aides Protest Chinese Social Services Giant CPC and Others—Again Dozens of impassioned protesters gathered outside the offices of the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) at 45 Suffolk... News 10 Mar 2025 | 04:06
Slashed Volkswagen tire on a West 68th Street. ( Photo: I Love The Upper West Side X) Vicious Vandals Violate Vehicles Across UWS Sometime in the darkness of Saturday evening March 2 and Sunday morning March 3, multiple cars had their tires and windows... Home 10 Mar 2025 | 07:53
Left: the suspected tire slasher exiting the subway. Right: The same individual walking up Seventh Avenue. ( Photo: NYPD, highlights by Straus News) Maniac Slashes Tires of 19 NYPD Vehicles Near Precinct Building There’s a portly masked maniac on the loose who appears not to like New York’s Finest so much. That’s but one conclusion to... News 09 Mar 2025 | 06:45
Police are warning people to be on the lookout for this unidentified stick-wielding man. ( Photo: NYPD Crime Stoppers) Assault in Central Park: Man in Blue Lashes Out, Branch in Hand Earlier this month, NYPD Crime Stoppers announced that the public should be on the lookout for a violent stick-wielding man... News 09 Mar 2025 | 04:33
Seventh-floor landing at 108 Greenwich St., home to TemptationsNYC and other businesses. ( Photo: Brian Berger) City Accuses FiDi Sex Club of Prostitution but Building Home to Other Mysteries Too If they don’t catch you coming, they might catch you going. This was the “clever” lead a reporter thought of when he heard... News 04 Mar 2025 | 03:48
Left: CVS robbery suspect of Feb 15; Right: 11th Ave apartment break-in suspect of Feb. 25. ( NYPD) Knife Flashing Shoplifter in CVS; Brute Belts Man in 11th Ave Apt Building, Robs Him There’s a popular CVS store with the address of 500 West 23rd Street. To be more specific, store occupies the ground floor... News 02 Mar 2025 | 11:10
Council member Christopher Marte, front row center, leads supporters in a chant against artificial turf in New York City parks. Marte has introduced a bill that seeks to end the further usage of synthetic turf, referred to as the “Touch Grass” bill. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) ‘Artificial Turf Has Got to Go’ from City Parks, Say Marte and Supporters of New Rules Standing on the steps of City Hall on Feb. 27, District 1 Council member Christopher Marte, flanked by other Council members,... News 28 Feb 2025 | 04:45
Mayor Eric Adams (center) and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (left) at Bellevue to provide an update on an NYPD detective Terry Avent who was shot while trying to execute a search warrant in a NYCH Project on the Lower East Side. The suspect, who was wounded in a shootout, was arrested. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Shot Cop, Suspect out of Hospital. Cop Went Home, Suspect Went to Rikers A detective who was part of team attempting to execute a search warrant in a pre-dawn raid at a Lower East Side public housing... News 26 Feb 2025 | 12:15
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