Social media in Brooklyn Bridge Park captured the tall ship of the Mexican Navy drifting backwards and colliding with the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge shortly before 8:30 p.m. on May 17. Two on board were killed. ( Photo: @vladmad9/tiktoc) Two Dead After Mexican Navy Training Ship Collides with Brooklyn Bridge Two people were killed and 19 others were injured when a tall ship of the Mexican Navy struck the Brooklyn Bridge on May... News 18 May 2025 | 03:14
Msgr. Joseph LaMorte (gold vestments, right), giving out communion at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, said Cardinal Dolan will be back in NYC next week and will tell what he can about the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Catholics Flock to St. Patrick’s to Celebrate 1st Made-in-America Pope Catholic worshipers flocked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on May 11, the first Sunday following the election of Chicago native... Voices 15 May 2025 | 10:16
This biker (center) was collared by police at 7:30am in Central Park on May 10 because he refused to stop immediately when ordered to, according to a post on the subreddit site r/nycbike. The post said that the biker was eventually let off with a “violation.” ( Photo: r/nycbike) Road War: NYPD Now Handing Out Criminal Summonses to Bikers for Traffic Violations The NYPD has quietly begun to write criminal summonses, as opposed to traffic tickets, for e-bikers and pedal bikers alike... News 13 May 2025 | 11:13
Bids are begining to arrive from potential suitors looking to tear down the 101-year-old Roosevelt Hotel, which served as a migrant check-in and emergency housing shelter. Offers could reach $1 billion. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Nearing the end: Food Workers at Roosevelt Hotel Told June 20 Will Be Last Day The Roosevelt Hotel has already announced plans to lay off nearly 100 employees in mid-June as the city no longer needs what... News 09 May 2025 | 02:16
Georgios Smaragdis, who has a huge following in an electronic music genre known as synthwave was killed when he was knocked from his e-bike in Soho on May 1 and was run over by a box truck. Fans who knew him as “George” and “Starcadia” were shocked as news spread on social media last week. ( Photo: Facebook) Fans Mourn Famed Electronic Music Artist, Killed in Tragic E-bike Accident in SOHO The 44 year-old e-biker who was struck and killed in Soho on May 1 when he skidded under the wheels of a tequila delivery... News 05 May 2025 | 04:34
Rendering of the proposed pedestrian-friendly Fifth Avenue of the Future, which calls for 230 trees, doubling the size of sidewalks, and reducing traffic lanes from five to three. ( Photo: City Hall) Adams’s $115B Budget Proposal Contains Manhattan Surprises and Boosts for Police, Education Mayor Eric Adams released his final $115-billion record-setting budget proposal for next year on May 1 with some big surprises... News 03 May 2025 | 12:27
A memorial is growing outside the apartment building where beloved Harlem grandmother Excenia Mette was killed on April 22. She was caught in the crossfire by two men fighting on the street near her apartment on Lenox Avenue. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Beloved Harlem Grandma Momma Zee Killed in Crossfire A beloved grandmother and community figure was gunned down on a Harlem street when she went to investigate the source of... News 28 Apr 2025 | 03:13
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (center) and NYC Mayor Eric Adams (left) unveiled the Quality of Life division during an April 10 kickoff at the 13th Precinct on the East Side. Francisco Marte (front row right), president of the Bodega and Small Business Group ,praised the new pilot program. ( Photo: Mayoral Photography Office/YouTube) NYPD’s New Quality of Life Pilot Program Includes East Side Pct The newly unveiled Quality of Life division of the NYPD officially began performing on April 14 and includes the 13th Precinct... News 27 Apr 2025 | 08:11
Cardinal Timothy Dolan blesses a youngster before the start of Easter Sunday Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on April 20. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Easter Paraders, Thousands of Worshippers, and a Few Protestors at St. Patrick’s There were several thousand worshippers inside, a throng of people on Fifth Avenue outside showing off their zany bonnets,... News 21 Apr 2025 | 11:00
Fewer Easter eggs may be getting dyed this year as shortages and high prices still plague stores across Manhattan. ( Photo: Wikimedia commons) Egg Shortages and High Prices in Peak Season Around Easter At a Target store in the East Village, an employee was filling the shelves with cartons of eggs on Palm Sunday [April 13]... News 21 Apr 2025 | 10:24
NYPD and FDNY divers were in the water within 10 minutes of the crash, but none of the six victims could be saved. Salvage operations took place over the next four days following the April 10 crash. ( Photo: NYPD) FAA Grounds Helicopter Company at Center of Hudson River Crash That Killed 6 People The Federal Aviation Authority has issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter Inc., the sightseeing... News 20 Apr 2025 | 09:40
Tiffany Collings and Oscar Hernandez, two of the three co-owners of Wayne & Sons in the East Village, say they’ll be forced to move the popular Tex-Mex place if the city forces them to tear down their enclosed outdoor dining shed. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Restaurant Owners Say They’re Under Fire, Urge Changes to Outdoor Dining Shed Rules When it was first unveiled by Mayor Eric Adams, it was hailed as a compromise that kept outdoor dining sheds intact for eight... News 20 Apr 2025 | 07:50
A devastated Joan Camprubi Montal, brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, prepares to toss flowers into the Hudson River near the site where his sister, her husband Agustin Escobar and their three children perished in a helicopter crash on April 10. The helicopter pilot was also killed in the crash. ( Photo: Justin Persaud/Mayoral Photography Office) Flowers on Hudson for Six Killed in Deadly Helicopter Crash Less than 20 minutes after boarding a sightseeing helicopter on April 10 at the Skyport in downtown Manhattan, six people,... News 15 Apr 2025 | 04:50
Des O’Brien (right) enjoys a pint of Guinness in the new Langan’s with fellow pub owner Frank Dwyer, who owns the nearby Playwright Tavern and Hurley’s. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Des O’Brien Is a Long, Long Way from Tipperary It was a packed house in January 2018 when the original Broadway Langan’s was forced to close its doors after a long drawn-out... People 15 Apr 2025 | 01:47
At a press conference after a federal judge reluctantly dismissed the federal corruption charges against him, Mayor Eric Adams urged all New Yorkers to read the book Government Gangsters, by Kash Patel, the current FBI director, who posits there is a Deep State cabal in government trying to undermine Donald Trump. A day later, Adams said he was ditching the Dem primary to run as an independent. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Adams Ditches Dems, Plans to Run as an Independent The race for mayor is growing more convoluted by the day. On the deadline day to submit petitions to get on the ballot to... News 07 Apr 2025 | 11:48
Road War: NYPD Now Handing Out Criminal Summonses to Bikers for Traffic Violations