NYPD Life Safety Systems Division Mobile Command Post truck on Washington Square North. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Washington Square Park Drug Crackdown: A Progress Report Washington Square Park has long had a drug problem—everyone knows this, and everyone who is honest about public health and... News 17 Nov 2025 | 01:43
Co-founders and cousins Kim and Tyler Malek. ( Photo: Salt & Straw) Salt & Straw: Innovative Ice Cream Delights Gotham Taste Buds Salt & Straw is almost the perfect embodiment of all the irreverent quirk and unique nostalgia of its founding city, Portland,... News 14 Nov 2025 | 06:08
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
Village Preservation Executive Director Andrew Berman at an Oct. 8 rally in front of the Tony Dapolito Rec. Center, denouncing its possible demolition. ( Photo: Village Preservation ) Rallygoers Hope Rec Center Can Be Saved Once Adams Exits Local advocates—and roughly 100 Greenwich Village residents—rallied in front of the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center on Oct.... Home 13 Oct 2025 | 01:48
Black students say NYU should have done more to warn them that the terrorist threats that the school received in the wake of the shooting of Charlie Kirk were directed at black students. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Black Students Blast NYU Safety Response after Threats Following Charlie Kirk Murder Black students are blasting NYU’s initial response to a hate email manifesto sent to some students that they said very specifically... News 22 Sep 2025 | 11:16
Left: Booty from recent Washington Square Park drug busts; right: NYPD warns against mail fishing. ( Photos: NYPD) Drug Busts in Washington Square; Mailbox Thefts in East Village Police continue to arrest the purveyors of illegal narcotics including crack, methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in Washington... News 25 Aug 2025 | 02:35
The base of the biggest tree at 838 Greenwich St. sits below the scaffolding, but an online poster fears the scaffolding is slowing killing the tree because the structure blocks adequate water and sunlight. ( Photo: Otto Fritton) Activist Claims Scaffolding Slowly Killing Trees in Village On Greenwich Street, a lone street tree is receiving the silent treatment, starved of sun and rain due to scaffolding surrounding... News 23 Jul 2025 | 04:14
Left: Broadway at Cedar Street looking toward Red Cube; Right: Busted in Washington Square. ( Photos: Brian Berger, NYPD) E-Biker Attacks DOT Worker; Drug Bust in Washington Sq. Park In a shocking clash of common interests, an employee of the very e-bike friendly NYC Department of Transportation was slashed... News 21 Jul 2025 | 08:10
Left: Wanted for sexual abuse near Houston Street, May 17 & 18; Right: from a West Village drug bust ( Photos: NYPD) Cops Seek Village Sex Attacks Suspect; Narcotics Bust on 6th Ave. A sex predator is on the loose in Greenwich Village and cops are asking the public’s assistance in finding him. Two known... News 14 Jul 2025 | 12:24
Left: Wanted for hate crime and criminal mischief. Right: Ticket sellers stalk the Whitehall Street subway station, near scene of recent attack on Togo-native ticket seller. ( Photos: NYPD, Brian Berger) Hate Crime at Hebrew Union College; Migrant Ticket Seller Stabbed near Battery Park The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in discovering the identity and whereabouts of... News 09 Jun 2025 | 10:18
The historic Church of St. Luke in the Fields on Hudson Street is 204 years old and has long been active in Greenwich Village social causes. Its plan to rebuild its Mission Building after a fire is stirring a local controversy. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Historic Village Church’s Plan for New Mission Building Stirs Neighborhood Controversy Nestled in Hudson Street just a few blocks from the Hudson River sits the Church of St. Luke in the Fields. The Episcopal... News 06 Jun 2025 | 08:24
The recreation center, opened in 1908, has an outdoor pool that is home to a beloved Keith Haring mural. The Parks Department has promised to “preserve” the mural if the demolition goes through. ( Photo: Parks Department) Parks Dept. Hopes to Use $51M to Demolish/Remake Rec Center; Preservationists Infuriated The NYC Parks Department is one step closer to formalizing a plan to demolish the historic Tony Dapolito Recreation Center... Home 16 May 2025 | 07:57
Michael Lupinacci holds photo of his great great aunt Santina Salemi who died in the fire. Her cousin Frances, was also in the shirtwaist sweatshop that day, but survived. ( Photo: Philip Maier) Ceremony Remembers Victims Who Perished in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire A bell tolled 146 times on a sunny but chilly day on March 25 in Greenwich Village. On that date, 114 years ago, an 18 minute... News 28 Mar 2025 | 11:02
At Helen Levitt’s doorstep. ( Photo: Philip Maier) Karen’s Quirky Style Honors Photographer Helen Levitt Who was the most influential street photographer you never heard of? In honor of Women’s History Month, I set out to answer... News 22 Mar 2025 | 05:14
