Cherry Walk can welcome visitors again along newly repaved roadway that aims to keep bikers and pedestrians safe by separating them. The blossoms on the cherry trees won’t be visible again until next season as unusually windy weather cut short the blooming season this year. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau) Cherry Walk Is Back and Residents Rejoice–Even If the Bloom Season has Passed The scenic Cherry Walk officially reopened last weekend after being closed for eight long months due to construction. The... News 05 May 2025 | 05:00
Leftz: Wanted for gunepoint robbery, April 25. Right: Wanted for public lewdness, April 15. ( Photos: NYPD) Gunpoint Robbery on East 86th Street; Public Lewdness on 4 Train Cops are looking for help to apprehend two bald, brazen thugs who robbed a man at gunpoint in the 19th Precinct in the early... News 04 May 2025 | 11:42
Left: Officer Roman catches a subway groper; Right: Alleged subway necrophile, Felix Rojas. ( Photos: NYPD) Transit Cop Catches Subway Groping Suspect; Alleged Necrophile Jailed on Rikers Officer Roman, a female officer with the Transit Bureau, showed what sharp eyes and social media can do to fight the scourge... News 04 May 2025 | 07:55
Legally blind biker Terrel Dobbins (in purple vest on back of tandem bike) was the stoker with pilot Marc Goldstein. Dobbins lost his sight in 2016 and said he had not ridden in 30 years before he began training for the 40-mile tour in March. ( Photo: Lighthouse Guild) 32,000+ Cyclists Use Pedal Power (Mostly) in 5 Boro Bike Tour More than 32,000 cyclists gleefully traversed 40-odd miles of New York City, from Tribeca to St. George, Staten Island, during... News 05 May 2025 | 01:55
Sihk Day Parade (left) & Persian Day Parade (right), April 26 & 27, 2025. ( Photos: PhilNGo YouTube; Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) Sikhs & Persians Proudly Parade in Midtown It’s one thing to extol diversity from a distance—lots of people, especially politicians, do that. But it’s quite another... News 03 May 2025 | 03:37
Rendering of the proposed pedestrian-friendly Fifth Avenue of the Future, which calls for 230 trees, doubling the size of sidewalks, and reducing traffic lanes from five to three. ( Photo: City Hall) Adams’s $115B Budget Proposal Contains Manhattan Surprises and Boosts for Police, Education Mayor Eric Adams released his final $115-billion record-setting budget proposal for next year on May 1 with some big surprises... News 03 May 2025 | 12:27
The popular Bryant Park Grill is refusing to vacate the premises after its April 30 lease expired. The corporation that owns the property wants to boot the Grill and replace it one run by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten ( Photo: Jack Ahern) Court Battle: Bryant Park Grill Refuses to Vacate as Lease Expires Bryant Park Grill is staying put, according to its owner, even though the lease for the space expired on April 30. A new... News 05 May 2025 | 11:44
Fare evasion costs the MTA $700 million a year, and the MTA says the problem is worst on buses where an estimated 40 percent skip out on paying the fare. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) MTA Gets Full Funding as Hochul Finalizes Budget, but It Counts on Feds Paying All of Penn Costs April 28 saw an early-evening update from Gov. Kathy Hochul about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and it was the... News 03 May 2025 | 09:40
Cherry blossoms, like these along the Harlem River Piers, should be visible once again in the Cherry Walk section of Riverside Park, between West 100th and West 125th streets. ( Photo: jim.henderson/NYC Parks Dept) Cherry Walk: The Riverside Path Set to Reopen This Weekend Closed since September last year, Cherry Walk, located between 100th and 125th streets in Riverside Park, underwent a long-awaited... News 05 May 2025 | 12:16
The humble date has been a cultivated fruit for 4,000 years and is still considered a delicacy in many lands. The Biblical reference to the “land of milk and honey” is believed by scholars to refer to the honey from the date fruit, not a honey bee. ( Photo: Carole Raddato/Wikimedia Commons) Dating Dates: A 4,000-Year-Old Fruit, with Biblical Roots It has humble roots, but a grand name: “the tree of life,” and its history stretches back thousands of years. The date may... News 02 May 2025 | 04:55
Looking east down 26th Street through the Chelsea-Elliot Houses that the city would like to tear down and have rebuilt by private real estate developer Related because, the city says, the repair costs of $1.5 billion equal the cost of rebuilding new. ( Photo: Tdorante10/Wikimedia Commons) Public Engagement Amid Leadership Absences in Chelsea Hearings for Public Housing This week was a beast—an all-out push to deliver insights, feedback, and comments on the proposed demolition and land disposition... Voices 02 May 2025 | 02:00
George Smaragdis who has huge following in an electronic music genre known as synthwave, was killed when he was knocked from his e-bike in SOHO on May 1 and was run over by a box truck ( Photo: Facebook) Fans Mourn Famed Electronic Music Artist, Killed in Tragic E-bike Accident in SOHO The 44 year-old e-biker who was struck and killed in Soho on May 1 when he skidded under the wheels of a tequila delivery... News 05 May 2025 | 04:34
The new pickleball courts in Carl Schurz Park, now with permanent nets sunk into the pavement, have been drawing a crowd. ( Photo: Anon. UES Gal) Carl Schurz Gets Permanent Pickleball Nets; Basketball Courts Remain Shoddy The dedicated pickleball players at Carl Schurz Park now have permanent nets to play with, after the Parks Department cemented... Home 05 May 2025 | 06:34
Norm Lewis plays Russell Parker, a former vaudevillian who is down on his luck as the proprietor of a failing barbershop in Harlem. The seldom-produced play from 1969 is now enjoying a short-run Off Brosdway revival. ( Photo: Maria Baranova) Norm Lewis Is Back in a Revival of Ceremonies in Dark Old Men People often joke about already knowing the last line of their obituary. Norm Lewis has performed for decades and still one... City Arts 02 May 2025 | 09:58
Award-winning clown Julia Masli in her one-woman show, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. ( Courtesy of The Public Theater) Got Problems? The Clown Therapist Will See You Now “If we didn’t have problems, we wouldn’t grow,” says Julia Masli, before embarking on solving some doozies shared by anxiously... News 02 May 2025 | 01:48
Wegmans Gets an UWS Sibling; Menin Gets a UES Competitor