An Upper West Side crime spree against Asian victims ended in court this week as a suspect was arraigned on hate crime charges.

A gunman shot a 36-year-old man in the back as the victim was walking in the courtyard of the Frederick Douglass Houses.

An Upper West Sider was hospitalized last Sunday, after being struck by an e-bike rider as she crossed West 72nd Street.

Deputy Inspector Neil Zuber announced that he has begun looking for his replacement.

Last Friday morning as I got out of bed, a familiar despair awoke with me.

Police are looking for a man in connection with two incidents of sexual abuse occurring steps and minutes apart.

The man sought allegedly snatched a cellphone from a 36-year-old woman on a southbound #2 train near Broadway and West 72nd Street.

Four of the seven major crimes increased in the neighborhood since January.

In a broad-daylight, orchestrated burglary, five youths between the ages of 14 and 20 allegedly took $650.

"They surrounded me with their bikes and shoved me forward to the ground."

In an act of "reckless endangerment," a woman shot a gun from a rooftop of the Frederick Douglass Houses.

A cop recognized him in a wanted poster as the man he had arrested in Brooklyn for stealing a bottle of liquor.

The perpetrator fled the train at 125th Street, with $40 of the victim's money.

The 25-year-old clerk handed over approximately $1,000 and $500 worth of products.

A 55-year-old woman was walking on the path, when an unidentified man engaged her in conversation and then assaulted her.

Murder, rape and felony assaults are up this year on the Upper West Side.

Since last fall, we have been following the story of Drexyll Tolstoy, a 26-year-old tattoo artist who never came home from work on the evening of September 25, 2022.

The MTA, NYCHA, asylum seekers, bail, housing, and a host of other issues are up for discussion.

Two men had their bicycles stolen by gun-wielding thieves this month, in the same vicinity.

"I had a gut feeling a few seconds before he hit me that he might be dangerous."

Three NYPD officers are standing at the entrance of Jack’s Convenience on the east side of Broadway.

The apartment was unoccupied at the time of the incident and no injuries have been reported as a result.

NYPD believes West 68th Street shooting may be related to two other incidents later in the day.

The alleged shooter is Cheick Coulibaly, address as yet unknown.

The victim is in stable condition.

The history of the precinct features guest appearances by Mayor LaGuardia, J. Edgar Hoover, and a notorious cop killer named Two-Gun Crowley.

Over $2,000 worth of merchandise was taken.

There have been three murders in the two Upper West Side precincts combined in 2023, compared to none last year.

Jamel McIver, 30, of 239 East 121st Street, was arrested and charged with the rape of a 21-year-old woman in the stairwell of a West 65th Street building on Saturday.

Crime has moderated in the 20th Precinct in February after a tough start to the year.