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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

Authorities have been monitoring social media and plan to charge those involved.

A massive grocery chain is now closing more stores after eliminating 32 underperforming locations back in 2024. The reason for the previous grocery store closures?. It was part of the companies strategizing plan to improve its profitability. Now in 2026, the company has announced another wave of store closures. Stop...

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 › ]

You have probably driven through towns with a statue or two. A war memorial in the square. A bronze figure in front of city hall. Nice, but not exactly a gallery. This New Jersey town does something entirely different. Over 50 sculptures are scattered across the community, transforming ordinary corners into an open-air

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

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...

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

A teen was stabbed at around 2 a.m. at a New York City McDonald's located on Eighth Avenue between 34th and 35th streets.