set up camp at three classic New York City haunts: a park, a subway platform and a sidewalk. Using thermal cameras and specialized microphones, they recorded the rodents moving like glowing phantoms across the pavement while squeaking away at frequencies far above human hearing. The real kicker? When an ambulance screamed by, the rats screamed louder. As Mackevicius put it: "They're just kind of screaming to each other, but we just don't hear it."
A push to ban parking at intersections and improve visibility, also known as daylighting, will need more City Council members to sign on to a bill to overcome a likely veto by Mayor Adams, according to lawmakers and advocates. Activists launched a lobbying push with lawmakers who have yet to sign on to the proposed law, as around half of the 51-member body have co-signed the bill by Queens Council Member Julie Won.
Footage shows the arsonist, who appeared to be dressed in a distinctive skirt and sneakers leaning into a trash can on the porch of the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew on Clinton Ave. near Atlantic Ave. between 4:30 a.m. and 4:45 a.m., according to a criminal complaint. A fire suddenly emanated from the trash can, then Oviedo put a lid on the can to partially cover it before walking away, the feds allege.
A 31-year-old Mercedes-Benz driver was killed by a motorist who blew through a Brooklyn red light and is now charged with manslaughter for the crash, police said Monday. Arturo Alberto Baez Cordero was heading east on 9th St. in Gowanus when he was struck by a Honda Odyssey driver speeding north on Second Ave. about 6:25 p.m. Sunday, cops said.
Take Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where the industrial-meets-artsy vibe used to come with a modest price tag. Since 2020, asking rents there have jumped a jaw-dropping 60-percent. Across the river in Chelsea, it's a similar story. A 54-percent surge has left even six-figure earners sweating their monthly Venmo transfers. Soho, never exactly a bargain, notched a 60-percent rise too, while Tribeca climbed 58-percent. Dumbo's picture-perfect waterfront? Up 49-percent. And Long Island City, where gleaming towers sprouted almost overnight, saw a 47-percent spike.
On paper, it doesn't sound too dramatic; 1999 remains the record holder, clocking in at a parched 3.9 inches, but compared to the usual 14 inches that Gotham expects, this summer was bone-dry. If you were convinced otherwise by September's freak flash floods, you're not alone. Those torrents actually gave us the second-wettest in city history, but when you zoom out, short, intense storms don't add up to a replenished summer.
The report comes following Gov. Kathy Hochul's (D) Monday morning endorsement of Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-proclaimed democratic socialist. President Donald Trump called Hochul's endorsement, a shocking development and very bad one for New York City. Earlier this month, Adams held a press conference outside Gracie Mansion to deny reports he was leaving the race, declaring he was the only one that can beat Mamdani.
"It's hard to believe it's been five long years since the last A Night at the Museum sleepover in February 2020, right before COVID hit, but the wait for this fun-filled family event is finally over! Families can now once again experience the legendary New York City experience at the American Museum of Natural History, where kids can sleep among the massive dinosaurs and get the rare chance to explore the museum after hours."
New York City's buses are in crisis, and have been for a long time. In the year 2000, MTA buses carried 699 million passengers per year. Even as New York City has grown over the last quarter-century, gaining 470,000 new residents, bus ridership has dropped by 41 percent, to 409 million. Fare evasion is rampant. Over one-third of passengers refuse to pay, costing the MTA $568 million in 2024. Nearly one-third of buses run late.
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Call it Critical Mass for kids going to school. Every Wednesday for the last three school years, a caravan of about a dozen cyclists in green vests helps kids ride in the bike lane on Bergen Street from East New York to Downtown Brooklyn. The adults provide a safeguard between vehicles and the kids in the bike lane, who are headed to school in the vicinity of the roughly 4-mile route.
Once upon a time in Hell's Kitchen there was a watering hole the size of a family mausoleum, stuffed inside the 1/9 downtown subway at 50th and Broadway. Just before the turnstiles, the space's single beacon was a red lightbulb casting a faint glow on yesterday's news: The bar's windows were covered in folds of black-and-white tabloids like a permanent work under construction.
Police in the Bronx are looking for a group of masked suspects behind a shooting on Sunday night that left two people wounded. According to police sources, the gunfire erupted at around 8:23 p.m. on Sept. 14 outside of 356 East 152 St. in the South Bronx. Law enforcement sources said the two victims, a 43-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man, were standing outside the apartment building when three suspects approached.
In theory our map should guide a worker through a route that is the best route they should take," Goldstein, a one-time top spokesperson for former Mayor Bill de Blasio, told Council members. "We don't take into account the speed of the delivery. What we look at is if the route that the worker took matches the route that we recommended.
According to police sources, the incident took place on Martense Avenue and 102nd Street in Corona at around 8:05 p.m. on Sept. 14. Police sources reported that the driver, a 40-year-old man, was behind the wheel of a 2013 white Honda sedan when he struck a 13-year-old girl and a 72-year-old man as they crossed the street. The driver then lost control of the vehicle and plowed into a nearby building, law enforcement sources reported.
For 11 days, the festival which began Thursday night welcomes tourists and New Yorkers alike to Mulberry Street for delicious Italian food, from raw clams to sweet cannoli pastries. Thousands are said to attend the feast, where, in addition to the restaurant staples like Ferrara in Little Italy, visitors can also stop booth after booth for their favorite Zeppoli, chicken parmesan, fried shrimp, and more.
According to police sources, the attack took place on Orchard Street between Hester and Grand Streets at 1 a.m. on Sept. 14. Officers from the 7th Precinct responded to reports of an assault. Upon arriving at the scene, they found a 30-year-old man with a stab wound to the neck. Police described the injury as a puncture wound. EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.
The robber snatched the unsuspecting woman's phone while shoving her to the ground inside the JC Tires Shop near Rockaway Parkway and Avenue N around 8:40 am in Canarsie, according to the NYPD. The stranger then repeatedly kicked her and whipped out a firearm, aiming it at the woman while verbally threatening her. Her attacker - last seen wearing a green jacket, camouflage-colored pants, black hat and black facemask hanging off his chin - then took off, traveling southbound on Rockaway Parkway.
A 15-year-old driver too young to legally be driving lost control of a car in Brooklyn and struck an elderly man standing on the sidewalk Sunday morning, cops said. The teenager was driving a 2020 Honda Accord north on Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York when he jumped the curb and hit the 71-year-old victim standing next to a utility pole near Hegeman Aves, cops said.
James is set to appear before an administrative law judge Oct. 8, where she faces up to $500 in fines for having a 5-foot, 6-inch high fence in front of her multi-family home in the Clinton Hill Historic District. The brownstone is the focus of a federal mortgage fraud investigation. The city Buildings Department slapped the far-left pol with the summons July 23 after fielding at least three anonymous complaints since April which claimed the black iron fence exceeded the 4-foot height limit, records show.
A 19-year-old man was arrested in connection to an East Flatbush shooting that occurred Friday afternoon, according to police. Authorities say Justin Mallar is accused of shooting a 52-year-old woman in the ankle on Utica Avenue around 4 p.m. She was hospitalized and is expected to recover. The charges against Mallar include attempted murder, felony assault, criminal possession of weapon, reckless endangerment, criminal possession of a firearm, menacing and misdemeanor assault. The events leading up to the shooting were not immediately clear.
The Jacob deGrom we knew and loved and were forsaken by when the money was too good to pass up elsewhere returned to Citi Field Friday night, and Jacob came home with a vengeance. Actually, Jake went about his business as he usually did as a Met. He was elegant, he was efficient, he walked off the mound with nothing to regret on his end.
A new study by bridal brand A Diamond Is Forever ranked the top 30 proposal locations in the U.S. and abroad and Belvedere Castle snagged a spot in the national top 10. Perched on Vista Rock, the park's second-highest point, this 19th-century folly is beloved for its turrets, balconies and sweeping views over Turtle Pond, the Great Lawn and the Manhattan skyline. Translation: instant Instagram gold.
The FDNY received a call just after 6:20 a.m. on Sept. 12 of a fire in a two-story private home at 15-11 124th St., and arriving units found heavy fire and some conditions emanating from the home. A second alarm was transmitted just before 6:30 a.m. bringing a total of 25 units with 120 firefighters and EMS personnel to the scene between 15th Avenue and 18th Avenue, according to the FDNY.
We're continually growing and changing, but we also preserve a lot of what makes this city architecturally distinct and unique, from different periods over literally hundreds of years,
Another body has been pulled from Newtown Creek, a branch of the East River that runs in between Queens and Brooklyn. This is at least the fourth body found in the industrial area over the past few summers. The previous three victims had visited nearby nightclubs before their deaths. Police have not released many details about the latest case, but say the body of a 30-year-old man was found shortly after 12:15 p.m. Thursday in the area between North Henry Street and Kingsland Avenue.
The Rangers have added defenseman Andrej Sustr to their training camp roster on a professional tryout. For those who remember, Sustr was a highly sought after undrafted free agent in 2013 after the 6'7, 216 lb defenseman finished his junior year at Nebraska-Omaha. Tampa eventually signed him, though the Rangers were interested at the time after he attended development camp in 2011. Though big, Sustr had a relatively muted NHL career.
For years, I've organized New York parents to fight for affordable child care. I've heard countless stories of families crushed by steep annual bills, watched friends choose between careers and children, seen working families flee the city they love because raising kids here costs too much. So when I got pregnant late last year, I thought I was prepared. I knew the statistics, knew the policy, had spent years demanding better from City Hall. How hard could it be? I was completely wrong.
