One fan in Times Square climbs atop a street lights while celebrating. ( Photo: Harrison Cade) The Knicks Win!! Jubilation & Disorder Follows NBA Finals Manhattanites took to the streets in wild celebration on Saturday night, June 13th, after the New York Knicks closed out... News 14 Jul 2026 | 11:07
Works by Chin-Chih Yang are displayed behind the glass storefront of Whitebox Portable, a gallery located inside the Times Square subway complex. ( Photo: Zelda Nguyen ) Whitebox Portable Turns Times Square Commuters Into Art Viewers More than 200,000 people pass through the Times Square subway complex each day. Inside a former bakery tucked between the... News 22 Jun 2026 | 01:46
Ian Weissman, a social studies teacher at Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts, receives the FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence. Beginning June 8, six exceptional New York City public school teachers received surprise $25,000 checks for winning FLAG Awards for Teaching Excellence. ( Photo: Martina Dimitrova) Midtown Surprise: Teacher Wins $25,000 FLAG Award for Excellence! A black box theater in Repertory Company High School for Theatre Arts was quietly filling with students and faculty holding... News 15 Jun 2026 | 02:30
Subway crimes: wanted for slashing (left); wanted to chain snatching (right). ( Photos: NYPD) Subway Crimes: Union Square Slashing, 42nd Street Chain Snatching The NYPD is requesting the public assistance in identifying the individual depicted in the attached media who is wanted in... Crime Watch 13 Apr 2026 | 12:11
There will be no public crowd allowed at a 250th national anniversary ball drop in Times Square this summer, due to a permitting freeze meant to prevent “significant realignment...of NYPD personnel.” ( Photo: America 250) City Issues Large Gathering Ban for World Cup & 250th Ball Drop It could be quite tough to get a crowd together for any formal public celebration on designated city parkland this summer.... News 08 Apr 2026 | 05:24
Anti-war protest in Times Square on 3/1/26 ( Instagram/unamericain) NYC Remains On Edge After US-Israel Strikes Against Iran Tensions were high in New York City over the weekend as both pro and anti war demonstrations erupting at several sites in... News 02 Mar 2026 | 04:57
Co-owner Phil Colicchio (center, brown vest) is behind Central Perk, a new full-service cafe in Times Square that uses the name of the famous coffee shop in “Friends” under an agreement with Warner Bros. ( Photo: Christian Specner) “Friends” Sitcom Themed Cafe Opens in Times Square Central Perk’s grand opening late last year was not pitched as nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake. At 20 Times Square on Seventh... News 25 Feb 2026 | 12:36
The real-life Zendaya in 2019. With a starring role in the Spider Man and Dune sequels plus a major voice-over role in Shrek 5, Entertainment Weekly has said 2026 will be “the year of Zendaya.” ( Photo: Glenn Francis/Wikimedia Commons) California Girl Zendaya Now a NYC Icon at Madame Tussauds in Times Square She’s Oakland-born and a former Disney Channel star who played Rocky Blue in the sitcom Shake It Up, but now at 29 years... City Arts 18 Jan 2026 | 10:56
Jimmy’s Corner is battling the Durst Organization, which wants to evict the boxing-themed dive bar in order to sell the building. ( Photo: Jack Ahern) Jimmy’s Corner, Boxing Dive, Sues Durst Org. in Bid To Survive Jimmy’s Corner, the beloved Times Square watering hole founded by the late boxer Jimmy Glenn, is facing eviction by the Durst... News 30 Dec 2025 | 11:34
A victim on the ground after Times Square melee of May 20, 2021. ( Photo: Rob Bertand X) Man Guilty in Jewish Hate Crime in Times Sq. Sentenced Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., recently announced the sentencing of Salem Seleiman, 30, to two years in... News 08 Dec 2025 | 05:04
Left: Unidentified subway fire victim, later reported to be Bronx man James George III. Right: Suspect Hiram Carrero. ( Photo: Southern District of New York) Teen Charged for Setting Homeless Man on Fire in Subway Horror Attack The distinctively mustached maniac who allegedly set a homeless man on fire aboard a Times Square subway train on Monday,... News 08 Dec 2025 | 01:37
Wanted for slashing in Times Square, Nov. 1, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Slashing in Times Square; Man Indicted in Murray Hill Rental Scam While some might argue that the real news is when someone doesn’t get mugged, slashed, shot, or mulcted overnight in Times... News 09 Nov 2025 | 11:56
The Caesars Palace Times Square casino would be built in this property in the heart of Times Square. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) Times Square Casino Bid Faces Public—It Was ‘Union Against Union’ Will a new Times Square casino bring a lot of new jobs to Midtown, or will it displace existing workers? That debate was... News 18 Aug 2025 | 01:12
Alleged rapist Anthony Smith on Aug. 10, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Alleged Hell’s Kitchen Rapist Arrested on Lower East Side A suspect in the recent assault and attempted rape of a 21-year-old woman in Times Square has been arrested. To the surprise... News 17 Aug 2025 | 06:27
The Row Hotel will no longer be used as a shelter for arriving asylum-seekers, city officials say. ( Photo: The Row ) City Ending Migrant Shelter Hotel Lease in Times Square, Last of Its Kind City officials will not be renewing a lease that converted The Row, a hotel in Times Square, into a shelter at the height... News 11 Aug 2025 | 07:35
