Funeral notice for Chinatown resident Wai Fun Tso, killed in Chelsea Dec. 22, 2025. ( Photo: Wah Wing Sang Funeral Home) New Jersey Driver Ticketed for Chinatown Woman’s Death in Chelsea A 19-year-old male driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a Chinatown woman in Chelsea last December has been arrested–and... Crime Watch 27 Apr 2026 | 10:48
The four remaining city council district 3 candidates (from left) Leslie Boghosian-Murphy, Leslie Boylan, Layla Law-Gisiko and Carl Wilson. Special Election Race for West Side City Council Seat Nears End The four candidates seeking to fill Erik Bottcher’s empty seat on City Council District 3 race–Layla Law-Gisiko, Leslie Boghosian-Murphy,... News 24 Apr 2026 | 07:23
Wanted for robbery in Chelsea; Forcibe. Touching in Penn Station (inset). ( Photos: NYPD) Robbery in Chelsea; Forcible Touching on Penn Station Platform Cops are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred... Crime Watch 06 Apr 2026 | 03:56
Social media troll wanted for hate crime arson; later arrested as Michael James. ( Photo: NYPD) MAGA Hat Social Media Trolls Charged for Chelsea Assault In the annals of Chelsea street crime, there are no known incidents more witlessly self-incriminating than the hate crime... News 02 Mar 2026 | 11:39
Benjamin Feldshuh, 88 years old, picked up a paint brush again when he quit his job as a top psychiatrist at NYU. His abstractionist and cubist paintings will have their first public exhibition at the loft space Sixth Floor on Feb. 19. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) Benjamin Feldshuh: A Rising Modernist Star at 88 Years Old Historically, critical acclaim and popularity have depended on youth and novelty. But sometimes something hits at the right... City Arts 21 Feb 2026 | 03:31
McKenna Camille (left) stands with fashion designer Kalita Hon (middle), and guest Ilona Ho (right) who came to see her show at the Neighbor Gallery in Chelsea on Feb. 11, featuring upcycled denim displays. The thrift store chic clothing industry is booming. ( Photo: Isis O’Flynn-Shahaf) Young Pop Star Brings Thrift Store Chic Collection to NYFW It might not attract the attention of Vogue’s Anna Wintour, but 23-year-old pop singer and up-and-coming fashion designer... City Arts 16 Feb 2026 | 11:24
The creative team behind the pop up Valentine Museum (form left) Maddie Hill, founder Nicole Utley and Sayre Stewart. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) Valentine’s Museum Pop Up Opens in Chelsea; All Hearts Are Welcome Temperatures are in a deep freeze but things are heating up in Chelsea, thanks to a red-hot pop-up celebrating all the things... News 02 Feb 2026 | 11:33
A Restaurant Week jewel in Battery Park City: Treadwell Park ( Photo: Brian Berger) Restaurant Week Takes Midtown & Downtown— for 23 Days! What’s big, brassy, beauteous and a no-holds-barred invitation to strap on the ol’ feedbag? That’s right, gastronauts and... News 19 Jan 2026 | 02:02
In a video that went viral, a woman said a Chelsea man wearing a “Hot Girls for Zohran” T-shirt began spewing anti-Jewish speech at her and another woman. The man admits he got into an argument with the two women, but says he’s the victim of a smear campaign that has upended his life. ( Photo: Instagram) A Video Labeled Him an Anti-Semite; He Says It’s a Smear Campaign The video is, at first glance, simple. Greg Schlotthauer, a middle-aged, bespectacled man, stands inside the 14th Street... News 31 Dec 2025 | 06:30
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
Left: Migrant busted for menacing in front of this gift shop. Right: Alleged podophile, Dexter Betancourt. ( Photos: Google Maps, NYPD) Menace Arrested Near Madison Square Garden; Subway Podophile Busted! The alleged foot-loving sex pest sought by cops, as reported in last week’s Crime Watch, has been caught. His name is Dexter... News 30 Jun 2025 | 12:19
Left: Wanted for forcible touching in Herald Square. Right: Wanted for chain snatching on W. 29th St. ( Photos: NYPD) Buttocks Grabbed in Subway; Chain Snatched on W. 29th St. The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in finding the individual wanted in connection... News 23 Jun 2025 | 07:40
E-bike bandits, two per bike, in Hudson River Park, April 24, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) Man Indicted for Threat to Kill Jews at East Side Synagogue; E-bikers Attack Teen in Chelsea E-Bike Gang Attacks Youth in Hudson River Park in Chelsea Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying four... News 12 May 2025 | 01:58
David Barton’s Gym U NYC reclaims the former YMCA building in Chelsea that was made famous by the Village People’s anthem. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) Feud is over between gym owner and landlord of famed Village People ‘YMCA’ building A simmering feud between David Barton, a pioneer of the gym-as-nightclub movement, and the landlord of the building where... News 28 Apr 2025 | 06:16
Wanted for mugging a senior woman for her purse, Sixth Avenue and 16th Street, April 18, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) Woman Mugs Woman in Chelsea; Penn Station Stabber Indicted Cops from the 13th Precinct are on the lookout for a suspected woman mugger who targeted a senior woman in Chelsea recently.... News 28 Apr 2025 | 10:12
