https://www.otdowntown.com/news/who-is-going-to-pay-for-the-8-billion-rebuild-of-penn-station-EC5895251 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-30T15:12:14-04:00 Who is Going to Pay for the $8 Billion Rebuild of Penn Station? https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/new-penn-station-rendering_4-10773961_20260530110457.jpg Renderings of the new Penn Station which shows a new main entrance that is planned for the Eighth Ave. side of the station. The developer says the plan will allow for a station with natural light, soaring ceilings, and spacious platforms. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tempimage04pm9v-4-10741270-2026052110_4-10773964_20260530110457.webp The Madison Square Garden Theater, now called the Infosys Theater, on the Eighth Ave. side of Penn Station will be torn down but the world’s most famous arena itself will remain atop the proposed new station. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/vornado-tower_4-10773819_20260530105010.jpg A rendering of the tower that Vornado plans to build directly across from Penn Station on the site of the former Pennsylvania Hotel. The plan being proposed by the Trump Administration will funnel city property tax from nearby real estate developments to help pay down debt for the massive station rebuild. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/st-john-the-baptist_4-10773958_20260530105011.png St. John the Baptist R.C.. Church, a French-Gothic Church on West 30th Street which has stood for 154 years on the block south of Penn Station, will not be getting torn down under the proposed plan that Amtrak had endorsed. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/interior-of-proposed-penn-station_4-10773967_20260530110458.jpg Interior of the proposed new Penn Station will allow light from a new entrance on the Eighth Ave. side of the station to flood into the station. The current subterranean station has no outdoor light at all. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/molly-wee-pub_4-10773955_20260530105010.jpg Businesses directly to the south of Penn Station, which includes apartments, a half dozen bars, a strip club, a massive parking garage and an historic Roman Catholic Church will not have to be torn down in the redevelopment plan awarded by Amtrak and the Trump Administration. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/crime-watch/man-sentenced-for-east-village-murder-forcible-touching-in-subway-BB5892223 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-31T10:53:57-04:00 Man Sentenced for East Village Murder; Forcible Touching in Subway https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/forible-touching-west-village-14th-st_4-10772190_20260529115812.webp Wanted for forcible touching in West Village subway station, May 18. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/cops-at-scene-of-shooting-in-east-vil_4-10772253_20260529115812.webp Cops at June 23, 2024 murder scene, where Alejandro Piedra killed Clemson Cockfield, and stabbed two others. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/viral-video-ignites-fight-over-privately-owned-public-spaces-LF5887148 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-31T13:52:20-04:00 Viral Video Ignites Fight Over Privately Owned Public Spaces https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/privately-owned-public-spaces-1_4-10774049_20260530171141.jpg Wade, left, hosted the meetup at the benches in front of 780 3rd Ave. after his viral Instagram account sparked a fight to keep privately owned public spaces open to everyone. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/privately-owned-public-spaces-2_4-10774052_20260530171143.jpg Several plaques throughout the space denote its status as a privately owned public space. However, Wade said the building’s staff members disregarded these. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/privately-owned-public-spaces-3_4-10774051_20260530171146.jpg One attendee, Colin Johnson, is an artist. He kept the spirits high at the meetup, dressed for what he has coined the “Department of Vibe Management,” a long-running joke turned performance art. “It sounds like the vibes here need to be managed,” Johnson said. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/privately-owned-public-spaces-4_4-10774050_20260530171147.jpg Sprinklers soak the seating when turned on, occasionally spraying pedestrians. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/two-killed-in-scooter-bicycle-collision-enforcement-calls-grow-AA5893442 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-31T19:25:08-04:00 Two Killed in Scooter-Bicycle Collision, Enforcement Calls Grow https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screen-shot-2026-05-29-at-3-24-44-pm_4-10773497_20260529153608.png Image of the broken Factor bicycle and electric scooter following the collision. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/milimg-5861-5673753-10770018-20260529_4-10770018_20260529130320.png FDNY firefighters respond to a head on collision involving two bikers on the Queensboro Bridge. One victim was driving a stand up scooter, the other was driving a light weight racing bike. Both were rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-30-155717_4-10773989_20260530160353.png Police write out a summons on the afternoon of May 29 to a person who was driving a motorized vehicle that is banned from the bike lane on the Queensboro Bridge. A scooter and a bike collided in the bike lane the previous day, killing both individuals. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/ambulances-on-queensboro-bridge_4-10773906_20260529191128.png Ambulances rushed the two victims, identified as Francis Del Valle, 39, and Dmytro Stechenko, 35, to a local hospital following the collision on the bike path of the Queensboro Bridge on the morning of May 28 but neither could be saved. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screen-shot-2026-05-29-at-3-24-29-pm_4-10773500_20260529153611.png Bicyclists during aftermath of the collision. On Queensboro Bridge facing Queens. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6227_4-10773299_20260529145521.jpg Signs on Queensboro Bridge warning against use of mopeds in bike lane on the Long Island City side. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6229_4-10773293_20260529145514.jpg Signs on Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City. A clear prohibition of mopeds and separation between bike and pedestrian lanes. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6203_4-10773281_20260529145504.jpg Manhattan entrance of Queensboro Bridge. Bike lane start with signs prohibiting mopeds in the lane. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6205_4-10773284_20260529145506.jpg Start of bike lane on Queensboro Bridge from Manhattan entrance. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6211_4-10773287_20260529145508.jpg Queensboro Bridge view from pedestrian pathway https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6213_4-10773296_20260529145519.jpg Pedestrian pathway on Queensboro Bridge https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6217_4-10773302_20260529145525.jpg View from Queensboro Bridge facing Manhattan. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6214_4-10773305_20260529145528.jpg View from Queensboro Bridge facing Roosevelt Island and Queens. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6218_4-10773308_20260529145531.jpg Sign on Queensboro Bridge warning against pedestrians or bicyclists entering the road. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/eugene-o-neill-theater-reopens-after-fire-NX5891395 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-31T20:30:39-04:00 Eugene O’Neill Theater Reopens After Fire https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tempimageetib0r_4-10769902_20260528173324.jpg The Eugene O’Neill Theater has reopened to the public, following a three-alarm fire that broke out on May 4. The long-running play “The Book of Mormon” is back on stage. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tempimagedpyey1_4-10769907_20260528173326.jpg The building had been under a vacate order since the blaze, which took two hours to contain and involved the precautionary evacuation of a hotel next door. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/memorial-day-wreath-laying-draws-crowd-to-monument-mamdani-too-AX5891244 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-31T22:34:44-04:00 Memorial Day Wreath Laying Draws Crowd to Monument, Mamdani Too https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-monument-b_4-10774292_20260531201240.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Gale Brewer speaking. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-monument-f_4-10774282_20260531200552.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Fr. Gerald Murray speaking. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-monument-b_4-10774295_20260531201559.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Black veteran family. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-hoylman-si_4-10774279_20260531200546.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Brad Holyman-Sigal speaking. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-michal-las_4-10774281_20260531200550.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Micah Lasher speaking. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-rosenthal_4-10774284_20260531200555.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Linda Rosenthal speaking. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-mamdani-mo_4-10774280_20260531200549.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Mayor Mamdani arrives. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-mamdani-cr_4-10774315_20260531223355.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Mayor Mamdani and Peter Galasinao. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-monument-m_4-10774283_20260531200554.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Mamdani gives selfies. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-crowd-plaz_4-10774298_20260531202053.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/memorial-day-wreath-laying-monument-c_4-10774300_20260531202055.jpg Memorial Day wreath laying cermemony at Soldiers & Sailors Monument, a veteran talks afterwards. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/crowds-gather-in-murray-hill-to-watch-the-magnificent-manhattanhenge-ND5894960 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-06-01T11:57:38-04:00 Crowds Gather in Murray Hill to Watch the Magnificent Manhattanhenge https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6179_4-10773791_20260529165339.jpg Manhattanhenge sunset visible from East 42nd Street and First Avenue. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6173_4-10773728_20260529165329.jpg Crowd of people gathered at Tudor City Bridge, waiting for the sunset. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6176_4-10773788_20260529165335.jpg People at Tudor City Bridge snapping pictures of the horizon. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6190_4-10773794_20260529165343.jpg Crowd of people gathered at Tudor City Bridge. From street angle on 42nd Street between First and Second Avenues. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/3e0a6194_4-10773829_20260529173601.jpg Sunset on 42nd Street and First Avenue.