Hamilton Heights High-Rise Fire Injures Firefighter, Four Others on Broadway
Flames ripped through the top floor and roof of a 10-story apartment building on Broadway near West 151st Street Sunday evening, injuring five people including four firefighters as crews battled the blaze into the night. The FDNY was dispatched to 3657 Broadway shortly after 6:15 p.m., and firefighters were seen workin
Billionaire bets big on Miami — but is still building a skyscraper in New...
Miami billionaire Ken Griffin’s plans to build one of Manhattan’s tallest skyscrapers are moving forward, with a Virginia steelmaker preparing to process 50,000 tons of structural steel for the massive project. The update, reported by the New York Post on Sunday, offers another sign that Griffin remains committed...
New York Magazine’s ‘Habibi City’ Problem
In this week's Media Front newsletter, we unpack the debate around NYM's culture essay, Matt Gutman's complicated CBS moment and more The post New York Magazine’s ‘Habibi City’ Problem appeared first on TheWrap .
A Bronx Shopping Center Wants to Bring In a Supermarket. The Zoning Won’t Let...
New York City Council's Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises held a public hearing Wednesday on an application to rezone 815 Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx, a property better known locally as the Throggs Neck Shopping Center, from an M1-2 light industrial district to a C8-3 commercial district. On paper, that s
Man charged in fatal hit-and-run in Newark
NEWARK, NJ — A Bloomfield man has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a teenager in Newark on Sunday. Erik Montesinos, 26, of Bloomfield is charged with second-degree vehicular homicide, second-degree leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, and third-degree endangering an inj
Firefighter seriously hurt in Hamilton Heights top-floor fire: FDNY
HAMILTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) — A firefighter was seriously injured during a battle with a top-floor fire in Hamilton Heights, according to the FDNY. Fire units responded to a reported roof fire just after 6:15 p.m. Sunday at 3657 Broadway, officials said. The fire was quickly upgraded to a two-alarm fire before
Goodbye, food pantry line: Newark’s fight against hunger looks more like a grocery store
United Community Corporation’s executive director Craig Mainor (right) and City Councilmember Anibal Ramos walk through the newly opened grocery store-style food pantry in Newark’s West Ward neighborhood. A long-standing food pantry got a makeover. [ more › ]
Gunmen shoot at man near Hammel Houses in Rockaway Beach: NYPD
Police from the 100th Precinct in Rockaway Beach are looking for two gunmen who shot at a man near the Hammel Houses NYCHA complex on the night of Saturday, Aug. 8. Police say the shooting went down just before 8:40 p.m. near the intersection of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 84th St. The gunmen discharged their fi
Manhattan DA Revokes Parking Placard of Employee With Bent License Plate
Don’t get all bent out of shape. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office revoked an employee’s parking placard and opened an investigation into their conduct on Friday after Streetsblog asked about the employee’s comically creased license plate. “We have revoked access to the vehicle and placard,” said...
Man stabbed multiple times in NYC McDonald’s: NYPD
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A 19-year-old man was stabbed multiple times inside a McDonald’s in Manhattan early Monday morning, according to the NYPD. The incident happened around 2:01 a.m. at the McDonald’s at 490 8th Avenue. Police found the victim with multiple stab wounds to the torso. EMS transported the man to a lo
