Assembly member Harvey Epstein speaks at a “We Outside Summer” kickoff event on July 1 only hours before he was officially declared the winner in the democratic primary race for city council district 2. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) CD2: Epstein Secures Dem Nod over Surprise 2nd Batchu New York State Representative Harvey Epstein officially secured his bid as the democratic nominee for New York City’s Council... News 01 Jul 2025 | 07:13
Election night at Conbody, the gym founded and owned by Marte’s brother, Coss. ( Photo: Christopher Marte Facebook) Incumbent Marte Wins Four- Way Primary Battle in CD 1 After a frenetic last month of campaigning, including the election-eve shock announcement that Elizabeth Street Garden had... News 28 Jun 2025 | 10:51
Left: Wanted for lewdness on the L train platform. Right: Loisaida Drugs & Surgicals, outside of which a June 18 police chase ended with a drug and gun bust. ( Photos: NYPD, Google Maps) Subway ‘Podophile’ Pursues Woman’s Feet; LES Car Chase Ends in Bust The approach of summer means that sandals, flip-flops and open-toed shoes abound on the feet of Gothamites. The fashion footwear... News 23 Jun 2025 | 07:27
Left: Christopher Marte (left) at the music stand; Right: a dog lover and her happy, adopted partial pit bull. ( Photos: Brian Berger) New Dog Run Announced for Neglected Lower East Side Park Woof woof, lick lick: these were the sounds and gestures of gratitude offered by the canine constituents of Christopher Marte,... News 20 Jun 2025 | 11:27
Left: Our Lady of Sorrows’ Mets Little League coach. Right: Woman shooting baskets next to the highway. ( Photos: Brian Berger) East River Park Reopens to High Praise & Some Concerns It’s real, it’s beautiful, mostly, and it’s LOUD, in parts, most definitely, if not deafeningly. Say what?! Hold on, let’s... News 02 Jun 2025 | 12:30
The new location of NAISNY, which will open its new home in Gramercy Park in September, taking over a site that once housed the French École, which is moving into larger facilities next door. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau) Elite British School Will Relocate to Gramercy Park from East Village in September An elite British grammar school that has been based in the East Village for more than a decade will be opening its doors... News 29 May 2025 | 11:42
At a weekly meeting of the planning committee of Theater for the New City's Lower East Side Festival of the Arts, performers Miguel Loyola and Toni Renee Taylor, romped at theater's entrance after raiding its costume collection. They will both be performing at this year’s festival which runs from May 23 to 25. ( Photo by Jonathan Slaff) Lower East Side of the Arts Marks 30 Years of Creativity and Civic Commitment This Memorial Day Weekend, the Theater for the New City (TNC) will once again transform its historic space at 155 First Avenue... News 20 May 2025 | 01:54
The Delancey Street Bridge will take you there. ( Photos: Brian Berger) East River Park Reopening, in Parts, South of Williamsburg Bridge Things are happening on the Lower East Side waterfront, and with the Memorial Day Weekend kickoff to summer just around the... News 18 May 2025 | 06:23
Sara D. Roosevelt Park, southeast gate: After (March 10, 2025) and Before (October 28, 2024). ( Photo: Brian Berger) Sara D. Roosevelt Park Revisited: Out With Homeless Camps & Drug Dens, In With Chinatown Pride Call it the little park that could. Five months after Straus News’ October 2024 expose “Anarchy in Sara D. Roosevelt Park,”... Home 11 Mar 2025 | 01:54
Suspect on Jefferson Street, Feb. 16, 2025. Photo at right at southeast corner of Jefferson & Henry. ( Photo: NYPD ) Madman Sexually Assaults & Robs Woman on Jefferson Street If you never heard of Jefferson Street in Manhattan before, or are only dimly aware of its existence somewhere on the grid... News 10 Mar 2025 | 09:51
Murder victim Edwin Echevarria. His severed head and limbs have yet to be found. ( Photo: Obtained by Straus News) Torso Murder Victim and Killer IDed; Body Parts Still Missing The most gruesome murder mystery of the year to date has been solved. Christian Millet, 23, is charged with stabbing his roommate,... News 16 Feb 2025 | 03:34
Left: Suspected J train groper, Feb. 5; Right: Beer mug smasher, Jan. 25. ( NYPD ) Man in Amazon Uniform Gropes Woman on J Train; Thug Bashes Man in Head in Ukrainian Bar Forcible Touching, a Class A misdemeanor that New York State classifies as a sex crime, occurred on Feb. 5, at approximately... News 10 Feb 2025 | 01:40
Police say this is a photo of an arsonist walking on Grand St. on July 6. ( Photo: NYPD) Arsonist Torches Lower East Side Hatzalah Truck; Jewish Hate Crime Suspected A brazen but sub-competent firebug tried to set a Jewish emergency medical service vehicle aflame on Saturday evening July... News 15 Jul 2024 | 03:02
Student marching band at the first ever LES Puerto Rican Day parade & festival on June 1. Photo: Stella Zhong First Ever Puerto Rican Day Parade Held on Lower East Side The historic neighborhood of the Lower East Side, known to locals as “Loisaida,” hosted its first-ever Puerto Rican Day Parade,... Home 10 Jun 2024 | 02:29
Clockwise: Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Christian Mission in Harlem, St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chelsea, Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum on the Lower East Side, and St. Peter’s Chelsea. ( Photo credits, clockwise: Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Christian Mission’s Facebook page, Jim Naureckas via Wikimedia Commons, Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons, Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons.) Four Sacred Sites in Manhattan Receive Renovation Grants The New York Landmarks Conservancy has pledged a total of $81,750 in “Sacred Sites Grants” to four religious properties in... News 03 Jun 2024 | 04:11
