75-year-old man in critical condition after being struck by car outside Yankee Stadium
A 75-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck by a car outside Yankee Stadium Tuesday, according to the NYPD. Police responded to a 911 call for a pedestrian struck at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and E 164th St at 10:11 a.m. When officers arrived, they found the...
Mayor Mamdani, NYC Health + Hospitals Announce New Bridge to Home Facility in Brooklyn
On Sept. 29, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Health + Hospitals announced the opening of a Bridge to Home facility in Brooklyn with a ribbon cutting in Crown Heights. The site will provide private rooms for nearly 50 guests, expanding on a program dedicated to helping New Yorkers with serious mental illnesses move from ho
After Sickle Cell Crisis, Brooklyn Mother is Back on Her Feet Following Care from...
NYC Health + Hospitals is one of the largest providers of sickle cell care in the country. Services include daily medication to reduce the risk of severe symptoms, pain management, care navigation, and reproductive counseling. New York, NY – While working as an office assistant in Brooklyn, Grace Carter felt...
NYC eyes higher fines for owners of dirty vacant lots, abandoned construction sites
Vacant lots like this one in Harlem are not just eyesores. They're fortresses for rats. The sanitation department seeks to increase the fines for landlords who neglect their abandoned lots from $100 to $250. [ more › ]
Brooklyn landlord will return Crown Heights building to rent stabilization, first deal reached under...
1075 Dean Street in Crown Heights. Streetview © 2026 Google. A Brooklyn landlord will return all units in his Crown Heights apartment building to rent stabilization as part of the first settlement reached under a new state program. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday announced that John Anderson will prov
Grand jury clears police sergeant in fatal Jersey City shooting
A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges against a Jersey City police sergeant who fatally shot a 26-year-old Hudson County man last year. Steven Sanchez, of Jersey City, was killed during an encounter with police on Sept. 5, 2025, in which he refused to drop a weapon, which was later determined to be
In 1987, Islip, New York loaded 3,168 tons of garbage onto a barge Mexico...
In 1987, Islip, New York loaded a barge with over 3,000 tons of garbage. Mexico and six states turned it away, and it helped spark America's recycling boom.
Central Park cancels kids’ Halloween tradition: ‘It’s a travesty’
HARLEM, N.Y. (PIX11) — Since the early 1990s, kids have brought their Halloween jack-o’-lanterns to Central Park in October to watch them float on its northernmost lake, the Harlem Meer. This year, though, the tradition has been ended by the Central Park Conservancy, and there’s no shortage of families who are disappoi
El Pollo Loco to open first New York restaurant as it aims to become...
El Pollo Loco will open its first New York City restaurant next year in Queens. The majority of the chicken chain's locations are in California, although it has been expanding. El Pollo Loco's stock has climbed more than 40% over the past year. El Pollo Loco has closed three development...
NYC’s Narrow Bike Lanes Weren’t Built for Fast Moving E-Moto Devices
Within my first few months in New York City, I knew I wanted to use a bicycle for transportation. I’d grown up riding a bike, and through much of my first 17 years, it was my primary mode of transportation on the hot country roads just outside Birmingham, Alabama.
