Newark NJ

Landscape designers around the world speak about this place with real reverence. Most New Yorkers have never heard its name. That contrast alone should make you curious. The garden wraps around a glacial lake in the Hudson Valley, and every view feels deliberately composed. Its designer spent decades borrowing ideas...

With smoke traveling in from wildfires burning in Minnesota and Ontario, New York is due for a week of hazy skies and possibly poorer air quality. When smoke from Canadian wildfires engulfed the city in June 2023, the boroughs turned suddenly orange, with air quality indices reaching 484 — the highest ever recorded. It

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The NYPD is searching for a suspect after a 47-year-old man was injured inside a subway station in the Bronx on June 27. The incident happened at the Fordham Road/Grand Concourse station at around 2:20 p.m. Police say the victim was on the southbound D platform when an unidentified man shoved […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing a sharper housing-policy test after new rental data showed market rents hitting record highs in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Nicolo’s Italian Bakery & Deli is planning a significant expansion that would enlarge its storefront and add 18 housing units in two new buildings at the corner of Baldwin Street and Glenridge Avenue. First, however, the business must obtain the Historic Preservation Commission’s approval to demolish the building housi

From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. Rutgers University is investigating a dean at its Newark campus for allegedly making thousands of dollars by doing business with the university through a company she co-owns with her s

Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with an acid attack on six women in Jersey City, New Jersey, last month, public safety officials said. The women were splashed with sulfuric acid on June 15 when people on a moped targeted them in their car as they drove by, officials said.

NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — A man is accused of punching and robbing a nun, then raping and robbing another woman minutes apart, police said. The attacks happened in broad daylight on Saturday in Newark, officials said. Police said Faheem Green, 25, struck a nun with a closed fist, causing her to fall to the ground, […]

A man was killed after coming in contact with a wire used to power trains in Newark. A New Jersey Transit spokesperson told News 12 that the adult male trespasser was found unresponsive on the railroad tracks at the Bathgate Place and 7th Avenue bridge crossing in Newark at about 2:25 a.m. Tuesday.

A 43-year-old man is in custody after an early-morning home invasion in Reading left one man dead and another seriously wounded. The shooting unfolded inside a residence on the 500 block of Lancaster Avenue and drew a multi-agency response. Investigators say the suspect fled Pennsylvania and was tracked down across sta