Akinola Raymond wins the 100 meter dash and earns $4,000 in a “Who Runs NYC” race staged by Nike in which it said the winner ( Photo: Nike) Running for Rent: Nike Holds LES Sprint Race With $4,000 Prizes New Yorkers gathered on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and ran like rent was due, literally. Nike put $4,000 on the line for... News 03 Sep 2026 | 12:40
Madman wielding large meat cleaver, Wei Chan, was shot dead by NYPD inside 126 Ludlow St. ( Photo: Brian Berger, NYPD) Man Wielding Large Meat Cleaver Shot Dead by NYPD on LES A pleasantly warm summer afternoon of strolling, shopping, eating and drinking on the Lower East Side turned to horror on... News 24 Aug 2026 | 02:24
E-bike crew targets women in city-wide robbery pattern. ( Photo: NYPD) E-Bike Crew Targets Women for Robbery; Burglary in Alphabet City Since late May, at least fifteen females have been the victims of an e-bike riding chain snatching crew in what cops are... News 24 Aug 2026 | 01:55
Carlos “Chino” Garcia draped in Puerto Rican flag on a mural at P.S. 64 / Charas on East 10th Street. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Carlos “Chino” Garcia, LES Activist and Organizer Remembered Carlos “Chino” Garcia, a longtime Lower East Side activist and organizer whose interests spanned housing, the arts, economic... News 03 Aug 2026 | 03:29
Dog Stolen at F Train at Bergen Street in Brooklyn, last seen on Second Avenue on the Lower East Side. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Dog Stolen on F Train: Cops Hunt Suspect Who Boarded on LES The NYPD wanted flyer, affixed to a column on the the 2nd Avenue subway platform, was so shocking, this reporter saw a man... News 02 Aug 2026 | 10:38
Chinese Volleyball thrills Henry M. Jackson Park where 6-Woman teams competed. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Chinese 9-Man Volleyball Thrills Lower East Side, 6-Woman Teams Too A streaking comes across the sky. It’s a red, white and blue volleyball served or otherwise struck on the weekend of June... News 26 Jul 2026 | 05:05
Lower East Side teen Orlando Perez missing (left); sex crime patter suspect wanted (right). ( Photos: NYPD) Lower East Side Teen Missing; Sex Crime Pattern Suspect Sought A family’s worst nightmare is unfolding on the deep Lower East Side, and the NYPD is asking for the public’s help in locating... Crime Watch 20 Jul 2026 | 12:00
Tabling of LUNGS organization (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) on 8th Street and Avenue B. ( Photo: Martina Dimitrova) 13th Annual Spring Awakening in the East Village Families gathered at an Open Street between 7th and 9th Streets and Avenue B for seed giveaways, produce donations, and pony... News 11 Jun 2026 | 05:39
Annuel Greek Jewish Festival organized by Kehila Kedosha Janina synangogue on Broome Street. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Greek Jewish Festival Brings Huge Crowd to Broome Street The 11th annual Greek Jewish festival brough huge crowds to the short narrow block of Broome Street between Eldridge and... News 26 May 2026 | 12:53
Woman sought for Senior Assault on D Train (left); man sought for Orchard Street slashing. ( Photo: NYPD) Senior Assault on D Train; Man Sought in Orchard Street Slashing The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual wanted in connection... Crime Watch 08 May 2026 | 01:45
Terrence Tubridy was a young pub owner when friends and relations joined up to launch the Park Avenue Tavern 15 years ago. In the dark days of COVID, they asked their landlord for a new long term lease. How “Queens Irish Guys” Gambled During Covid and Built Their Dream Pub in Midtown During a busy weekday lunch service, Terence Tubridy sat in a booth at his beloved bar and restaurant and reflected on what... Food & Drink 05 May 2026 | 11:42
A mourner pens a farewell note to Abdul Saleh outside Sal’s Deli and Grocery. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) East Village Deli Murder: Abdul Saleh Buried, Mourners Stage Vigil On the same day that the beloved worker and murder victim Abdul Saleh was buried in a Muslim cemetery in Marlboro, NJ, friends,... News 04 May 2026 | 02:35
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
Wanted for Public Lewdness on subway (left); Wanted for Robbery on Stanton Street. ( Photos: NYPD) Public Lewdness on Subway; Mugged for Watch on Stanton Street The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual depicted in the attached... Crime Watch 20 Apr 2026 | 12:48
Church of St. Mary’s at 440 Grand Street has been landmarked. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Prayers Answered: Church of St. Mary Is Landmarked! Parish Bicentennial Coming If the hallelujahs have resounded a little louder at Grand and Ridge Streets lately, it’s because, after years of uncertainty,... News 13 Apr 2026 | 11:22
