Young attendee wears the craft project she created at the Museum Mile Festival on Fifth Avenue. ( Photo: Christine Butler for MCNY) Fifth Avenue Transformed into a Cultural Playground for Museum Mile Festival Fifth Avenue shut down to cars but came alive with art, music, and crowds on the evening of June 10 as the 47th annual Museum... City Arts 16 Jun 2025 | 04:46
Left: Wanted for robbery of Lululemon. Right: “Buddha and Attendants” frieze returned to Pakistan. ( Photos: NYPD, Manhattan DA) Store Robbed Twice by Same Man; Bragg Returns Antiquities to Pakistan NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying an individual wanted in connection with a 19th Precinct robbery... News 02 Jun 2025 | 11:50
Left: 1370 Fifth Ave., within King Towers NYCHA complex; Right: Wanted for forcible touching. ( Photos: Google Maps; NYPD) 15-Year-Old Shot on 5th Avenue; Buttocks Grabbed on Madison The rash of gun violence involving teenagers continues unabated. While Manhattan has been relatively insulated from the trend... News 23 May 2025 | 11:30
Walgreens located at 1191 Second Ave. is closing on June 24. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau) UES Drug Store Hit in Latest Round of Walgreen Closures Drug stores closures continue to plague Manhattan, with another one slated to close on the Upper East Side. Walgreens, which... News 22 May 2025 | 04:14
Left: Arrested for assault and other charges; right: Moche mask returned to Peru. ( Photos: NYPD (left), Manhattan DA) Supermarket Attack Suspect Arrested; Bragg Returns Antiquities to Peru The senior-shoving recidivist who attacked an 86-year-old woman in front of the Morton Williams at 1066 Third Ave. on Sunday,... News 19 May 2025 | 01:59
The Academy Award-winning director Robert Benton with our entertainment columnist Michele Willens. He passed on May 11 at the age of 92. ( Photo: Courtesy Willens family) Robert Benton Remembered The first time I met Robert Benton, I asked him, “Off the record, who’s the most difficult actor you worked with?” His response:... Voices 17 May 2025 | 04:12
Wanted for Assault: Two CitiBike e-bikers, both young women, April 17. ( Photos: NYPD) 2 Young Women on E-bikes Assault 3 Pedestrians on 5th Ave E-bikes—and e-bike riders—continue their reign of terror against the people of New York. This time, instead of smashing into... News 28 Apr 2025 | 02:29
Jennifer Guilbeault moments before, and during, her attack on Shohel Mahmud. Markup by Straus News. ( Photos: Reddit) Woman Takes Plea for Pepper- Spraying Muslim Uber Driver The pepper spray madwoman, Jennifer Guilbeault, who wildly attacked a Muslim Uber driver, Shohel Mahmud, on the Upper East... News 24 Apr 2025 | 11:28
The local celebrity Astoria spotted on April 16 in a tree on East 66th Street. ( Photo: @BirdCentralPark on X) Wild Turkey Roaming the Streets of Manhattan Since Sunday morning, a turkey is walking and flying across the East Side of Manhattan. The turkey in question isn’t a random... News 18 Apr 2025 | 05:26
Principal Max strikes a pose. His energy and effervescence are completely unfeigned. ( Photo: courtesy Maximilian Re-Sigiuara) How the Principal at HS of Art & Design Lands Lands Professional Gigs for Students So your kid wants to be an artist, eh? Before piling on the discouragement—but how will you make a living?!— as many loving... News 08 Apr 2025 | 11:16
Peter Costiglio (third from left) and wife of 54 years, Barbara, to his right with their nine grandchildren at a family gathering in a restaurant in White Plains, NY, following a high school graduation ceremony for one of his grandchidren in June, 2023. ( Photo: Courtesy Paul Costiglio) Farewell to Peter Costiglio, PR Giant and True Gentleman The news came with a jolt. Peter Costiglio, veteran PR maven that I had dealt with for 40 years covering the media industry... News 24 Mar 2025 | 02:31
Suspect in Blue Mercury store robbery, 1566 Third Ave., Feb. 11, 2025. ( NYPD) Bodega Stab Suspect Caught, Blue Mercury Store Robbed; Ex-Regis Teacher Pleads Guilty East Harlem Bodega Clerk Survives Stabbing, Cops Nab Perp A brutal attack on an East Harlem bodega clerk on March 19 in the... News 23 Mar 2025 | 01:15
Keith Powers (rear), the term-limited City Council District 4 member, has not endorsed anyone in the Council race, but is instead spending time on the campaign trail with five of six of them. Here he campaigns with Ben Wetzler on the Upper East Side. ( Photo: Ben Weltzer campaign) Petitioning Underway by Six for Open East Side Council Seat The Power’s on: In 2017 Keith Powers, CD4’s current Council member, ran in a primary against a crowded field of eight candidates,... Voices 03 Mar 2025 | 04:02
Left and center: Herald Square Puncher, Jan. 17. Right: 86th Street Slasher, Feb. 10. ( NYPD) MTA Workers Attacked at Herald Square & E. 86th St. Subway Stations, Maniacs Still on Loose THE 34th STREET - HERALD SQUARE PUNCHER... News 17 Feb 2025 | 02:11
Lily Tuck, an UES resident who is a past winner of a National Book Award for fiction, has at 86 years old, just had her latest novel, “The Rest is Memory” published by an imprint of W.W. Norton & Co. ( Photo: National Book Foundation) Award Winning Author Reveals New Novel Was Sparked by a Single Image of Young Girl Tragically, it happened: the holocaust that killed eleven million innocent people in World War 11. From “Schindler’s List”... City Arts 02 Jan 2025 | 12:43
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