Council member Robert F. Holden speaking at Dorothy Kilgallen Way street co-naming. ( Photo: BobHoldenNYC X) Dorothy Kilgallen, ‘Girl Reporter,’ Honored With Street Naming Shout it loud and proud, East Siders, there’s a new street in town, and it celebrates one of our own: the legendary “girl... News 14 Nov 2025 | 05:16
The NYCEDC has proposed an overhaul of the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, which would electrify the port and allow for bigger ships to dock there. ( Photo: NYCEDC) Proposed Manhattan Cruise Terminal Overhaul Unveiled The New York City Economic Development Corporation has unveiled a “master plan” for the redevelopment of the Manhattan Cruise... Home 16 Nov 2025 | 12:57
Basquiat family members holding up the new street sign on the corner of Great Jones Street and Bowery. ( Photo: Marie Pohl) Jean-Michel Basquiat Still Rising on Streets & at Auctions The recent street naming in honor of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has brought to light a torn-up photocopy of a rental... News 13 Nov 2025 | 07:18
A horse carriage driver in Central Park, Nov. 13, 2025. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Carriage Workers Union Sues Group Opposing Carriage Trade The acrimonious public battle over New York City’s horse carriage trade ratcheted up further on Nov. 10, when the union representing... News 16 Nov 2025 | 12:52
9/11 Volunteers carrying the American flag at Veterans Day Parade. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Veterans Day Parade Proudly Takes Fifth Avenue: Salute! Tens of thousands of patriots and friends of the military defied a polar vortex, including largely gray skies and a bone-chilling... News 14 Nov 2025 | 12:43
The Grand Central Holiday Fair has once again opened to the public. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Grand Central Holiday Market Is Open, Brimming With Color The Grand Central Holiday Market, which has been delighting commuters and locals alike since 1993, is once again open to... News 16 Nov 2025 | 12:58
A wrong-way driver killed a 27-year-old woman in Greenwich Village on Nov. 6. No arrests have been made. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Death on Morton Street: Wrong- Way Van Driver Kills Pedestrian A young woman was fatally struck by a rental van driving the wrong way down a Greenwich Village street on Thursday, Nov.... News 10 Nov 2025 | 04:51
New York Herald headlines of Dec. 3, 1893. ( Photo: Public Domain) Canter’s Lowly Resting Place: Three Old Jewish Cemeteries Revisited Often in historical research one stumbles upon something other than that which they were looking for. So it occurred recently... Voices 10 Nov 2025 | 01:45
Wanted for slashing in Times Square, Nov. 1, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Slashing in Times Square; Man Indicted in Murray Hill Rental Scam While some might argue that the real news is when someone doesn’t get mugged, slashed, shot, or mulcted overnight in Times... News 09 Nov 2025 | 11:56
Wanted for forcible touching on the M35 bus. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Forcible Touching on East Harlem Bus; Two Killers Sentenced for 2023 Slaying Fast, free buses may, or may not, become reality. Meanwhile, only an estimated 48 percent of bus riders pay their bus fare,... News 10 Nov 2025 | 12:03
Left: Drena De Niro and son Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez. Right: Akira Stein ( Photos: Drena De Niro, Chris Stein Instagram) 5 Alleged Fentanyl Dealers Indicted for 3 Teen Deaths The fight against the scourge of fentanyl and the death merchants who sell it took one small step forward with the recent... News 10 Nov 2025 | 11:38
Tarek Bazrouk in an NYPD surveillance photo. ( Photo: NYPD) Man, 20, Sentenced to 17 Months Prison for 3 Antisemitic Assaults Hate crimes don’t pay was the lesson a 20-year-old man, Tarek Bazrouk, learned recently when he was sentenced to 17 months... News 09 Nov 2025 | 04:43
Tory Burch in 2009. An LLC connected to her is spearheading a lawsuit against the board of the Pierre co-op. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) Pierre Residents Facing Eviction Sue Co-op Hotel Over Proposed Sale A group of residents of the Pierre, the upscale Fifth Avenue residential hotel, are suing the hotel’s board for pursuing... Home 07 Nov 2025 | 10:03
The clock in Grand Central Terminal. ( Photo: Wikicommons) The Battle of Daylight Saving Time Revisited Daylight saving time is a mixed blessing. Springing Forward gives us an extra hour of sunlight, but Falling Back takes it... News 07 Nov 2025 | 02:40
Mark Levine will be the next NYC Comptroller, after pulling in 75 percent of the vote on Nov. 4. ( Photo: Mark Levine ) Mark Levine Wins NYC Comptroller Race Mark Levine is moving up the chain of municipal command, after winning the race for NYC Comptroller on Nov. 4. Levine, who... Home 06 Nov 2025 | 11:55
