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2 women shot to death on Upper East Side near Mayor Adams' residence, NYPD says
Police investigate a fatal double shooting in Yorkville on July 26, 2024.Police say they’re investigating the Friday morning double shooting as a possible murder-suicide. [ more › ]
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NYC Summer Streets returns Saturday — starting in Queens and Staten Island
New Yorkers & tourists enjoy a water park during Summer Streets festival along Park Avenue in 2017. The event returns Saturday, expanded to all five boroughs.The open streets event expanded to all...
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Extra Extra: The one thing Paris and New Jersey have in common
Because the answer is chaotic traffic, here are your afternoon links: Beloved Astoria diner closing, one man hit every Citi Bike dock in Manhattan, Millennial brides regretting their tattoos and more....
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Man shot near Brooklyn migrant center dies, alleged shooter charged with murder
Police have charged a man they say shot two people in front of a Brooklyn migrant center.Two people have died in the shootings on Ryerson Street. Another man was shot and killed the same night at a...
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Boar's head meats pulled off NY shelves as listeria investigation continues
Boar's Head deli meats at a store in Georgia. The company has issued a recall of several meat products.Dozens of people have gotten sick from listeria tied to deli-sliced meats so far. [ more › ]
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NYC’s first gun-detector scanner comes to Fulton Street station
The new gun detection scanner at the Fulton Street subwayThe subway station is one of several that will receive the controversial technology over the next month as part of a pilot program. [ more › ]
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Looking for swimming lessons in NYC? Here's where you can find them.
New Yorkers practice swimming in Astoria Pool.In a city surrounded by water, finding free or affordable swim lessons for kids can be confoundingly hard, creating a headache for parents and a public...
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New NYT documentary examines Louis C.K.’s success after sexual misconduct...
Louis C.K. photographed at the Toronto International film festival on September 17, 2017, for The New York Times’ article "Asking Questions Louis C.K. Doesn’t Want to Answer" by Cara Buckley.What does...
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Mayor Adams' commission adopts ballot proposals, elbowing Council bid to...
Mayor Eric Adams brought a toy plane to his budget announcement with City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. He had told reporters that they would "land the plane."The bureaucratic hustle could mean the...
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Without congestion pricing, MTA may pause extra weekday trips on some NYC bus...
Two MTA buses in Midtown.The express bus routes that could be affected serve riders in eastern Queens and Brooklyn and southern Staten Island. [ more › ]
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15-year-old dies in Queens from likely subway surfing incident, police say
Police found the boy at the Beach 90th Street station in Rockaway early Friday evening.Police found the teenager, whose name hasn't been released, at the Beach 90th Street Station in Rockaway Beach...
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A South Bronx community facing challenge and change marks a milestone
Traffic creeps along the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Pollution from the busy highway has been blamed for high asthma rates among residents who live in surrounding neighborhoods.For decades, Mott Haven...
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En Garde! Brooklyn Tech grad makes lunge to Olympic fame
Anne Cebula: Olympic fencer, Barnard grad and runway model.The model, Barnard grad and Olympian caught up with WNYC’s Janae Pierre from Paris. [ more › ]
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Mayor Adams issues order to overrule law limiting solitary confinement at NYC...
Mayor Eric AdamsThe move is the latest chapter in a back-and-forth battle between Adams and the City Council over pushes to ban most forms of solitary confinement at Rikers Island. [ more › ]
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Astoria's historic Neptune Diner is closing as NYC continues to lose its...
Neptune Diner in Astoria, Queens closed its doors for the final time on Sunday, July 28, 2024.The Astoria, Queens staple is the latest diner to disappear from New York City. [ more › ]
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Mayor pitches ‘elite’ civilian squad 'Rat Pack' in NYC’s ongoing rat war
A rat navigates the streets of New York City.Aspiring members must clear three prerequisite hurdles before earning the privilege of sporting official Rat Pack gear. [ more › ]
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NYC has just as many e-bike battery fires as last year, but far fewer deaths
E-bikes scorched in a fire caused by lithium-ion batteries in Brooklyn in 2022.The FDNY says it’s because people have been heeding their warnings. [ more › ]
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In the depths of the Jackson Heights subway station, a cultural center emerges
The scene Thursday inside a formerly abandoned retail space in the Jackson Heights subway station. It has been turned into a community radio station and cultural space.The MTA is turning empty retail...
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Woman dead, 2 other people hurt in Randall's Island shooting, NYPD says
Police say three people were shot overnight on Randall's Island.Police say they found a woman shot in her face and back at the scene, while two others are in stable condition at Harlem Hospital. [ more...
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Early Addition: New York City, mecca of women's fencing
Because Ozone Park fencer Lauren Scruggs already picked up a silver medal, here are your early links: Sidewalks are crowded, Perry Como is not Jeffrey Epstein, new data on the average amount of sex...
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