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
”Up The Hill” Crew had rivals in NYCHA Lilian Wald and Baruch Houses. ( Photo: Brian Berger) L.E.S. “Up The Hill” Crew Faces Attempted Murder, Weapons Charges Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch recently announced the indictment of... News 11 Apr 2026 | 10:37
Vladeck Park Playground, nestled inside the Vladeck NYNCA housing project, is slated for a major makeover. ( Photo: NYC Parks) Lower East Side Park Dodges Parks Cuts, Set for Big Makeover The Parks Department is under pressure as Mayor Zohran Mamdani tries to balance the budget for the new fiscal year, but one... News 27 Mar 2026 | 06:29
Church of St. Mary’s, March 14, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Miracle on Grand Street: Church of St. Mary to be Landmarked? It doesn’t happen often but this time it might, as a historic Catholic edifice, the Church of St. Mary’s, erected on Grand... News 16 Mar 2026 | 11:07
Even in arctic cold, some homeless remained in downtown shantytown, Feb. 6, 2026, with St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church in the background. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Arctic Cold Freezes City; Some Downtown Homeless Remain Outside Brrrrrrrr—and beware! That was the message being proffered by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and other politicians on Friday Feb.... News 09 Feb 2026 | 04:42
Flyer for missing Long Island boy, Thomas Medlin, on the Manhattan Bridge. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Search for Missing Long Island Boy, 15, Focuses on East Side For nearly two weeks, pedestrians in myriad downtown East Side Manhattan neighborhoods including Chinatown, Two Bridges,... News 09 Feb 2026 | 12:59
D.A. Alvin Bragg at a December 18, 2025 announcement. ( Photo: Manhattan D.A.) Man Sentenced for Serial Lower East Side Identity Theft: Bragg One of the more bizarre identity theft stories in recent downtown history reached its resolution when Manhattan District... News 12 Jan 2026 | 02:21
Mayor Mamdani and DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn at the Williamsburg Bridge, Jan. 6, 2026. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Williamsburg ‘Bump’ Begone! Mamdani Hails Bridge Bike Lane Fix Have you heard about the Williamsburg “Bump”? It’s not a new dance craze, cocktail, cannabis strain or trendy underground... News 10 Jan 2026 | 07:50
A Monroe Street entrance to Knickerbocker Village. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Lower East Side Murder Suspect Caught! It Was Matricide New facts have emerged about the dreadful Dec. 19, 2025, murder of 76-year-old Zhu Hou in her Knickerbocker Village apartment... News 05 Jan 2026 | 10:57
Locals have long enjoyed relaxing in the Elizabeth Street Garden and until recently thought they had achieved a last-minute reprieve to halt development plans. ( Photo: Marie Pohl) New Peril for Elizabeth Street Garden: Developers Sue the City The fate of the Elizabeth Street Garden, a community and sculpture garden in Little Italy, remains uncertain once again.... News 24 Nov 2025 | 05:36
Luther Gulick Park, where a dead woman later identified as Queens resident Angela Bridges was found on Nov. 16, 2025. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Dead Woman Found in Lower East Side Park, Murder Suspected Tragedy came to little-known but much-loved Luther Gulick Park on the Lower East Side on Sunday morning, Nov. 16, when a... News 21 Nov 2025 | 07:07
Basquiat family members holding up the new street sign on the corner of Great Jones Street and Bowery. ( Photo: Marie Pohl) Jean-Michel Basquiat Still Rising on Streets & at Auctions The recent street naming in honor of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has brought to light a torn-up photocopy of a rental... News 13 Nov 2025 | 07:18
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
