Tag: crime

Lansky's, the popular Jewish-style deli on Columbus Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets, was the victim of a strange and disturbing overnight attack that will keep the restaurant closed for at least two days. Owner David Ruggerio told us that someone wrenched open the restaurant's sliding doors and broke in ...

Three tipsters have sent in word that there was a shooting on 93rd Street off of Riverside Drive on Friday night around 8 p.m. One said that a delivery man had been held up at 316 West 93rd Street. Emily Baer, one of our reporters, said that multiple witnesses confirmed ...

David Albert Mitchell was arrested on Thursday after being picked out of a lineup by a 73-year-old woman who said he raped her in Central Park on Wednesday morning. He was charged with rape, assault, predatory sex act, criminal sex act, robbery and criminal possession of stolen property. The New ...

The victim of a rape in broad daylight in Central Park's Strawberry Fields gave a fiery interview to the New York Post yesterday after her shockingly brutal ordeal. Her account is terrifying, but she refuses to be terrified: The 73-year-old was birdwatching in the park around 74th Street and Central ...

A 19-year-old woman reported being raped in Riverside Park around 96th Street Monday morning around 2:30 a.m. She was transported to St. Luke's Hospital and was in

A three-block area on the Upper West Side has become quite a battleground. Two homeless shelters recently opened on 95th Street with little warning despite angry protests, there have been two fatal stabbings (on 95th and 93rd) blocks apart in the past few weeks, and now this: a man was ...

By Katie Barry I'm called crazy a lot. Usually for costume choices or competing in bizarre contests. But my friend Eddie Spaghetti dubbed this "passionate crazy," not "crazy-crazy" which is far freakier than my imagination can ever go. I was tossing a football around on a Saturday afternoon on a ...

Police are looking for the man in the above sketch who they say tried to kidnap an 11-year-old girl on 61st Street and Amsterdam Avenue around 4:45 p.m. on July 31. The man tried to grab the girl, but she pulled away twice, according to police. The man then fled ...

National Night Out, which starts tonight at 6, is an annual event where locals can bring their kids and meet police officers in a relaxed setting. The events tend to include food and entertainment, along with activities like face-painting for kids. Below, check out the locations of this year's events:

Ollie's Noodle Shop at 2925 Broadway (between 89th and 90th) was robbed sometime late last night or early this morning, as burglars smashed through the front door, the NYPD told us. But the thieves apparently didn't get much. So far, the full extent of the losses appears to be "approximately ...

August 3, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 90 Degrees (see air quality alert below).

July 26, 2012 Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms, High of 91 Degrees.

June 11, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 76 Degrees.

May 22, 2012 Weather: Thundershowers, High of 71 Degrees.

May 7, 2012 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 62 Degrees.

The 24th Precinct as seen a spike in major crimes this year, with felony incidences rising more than 25% through the first week of April. In particular, felony assaults have risen 35% and burglaries have more than doubled, to 37. Robberies, however, are down 17%, and there have been no ...

Police are looking for a man they say tried to rape a woman running in Riverside Park at about 6 p.m. Friday night. The 24-year-old woman saw the man approaching from behind with his genitals exposed as she ran on a dirt path between 122nd and 125th Streets. He grabbed ...

April 12, 2012 Weather: Mostly Sunny, High of 62 Degrees.

April 5, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 57 Degrees.

Hollywood has always romanticized bank robbers, even when they were not romantic or even attractive at all. But now the Upper West Side appears to have an honest-to-goodness romantic bank robber. He brings flowers to his robberies. All together now: Awwwwww. Police are seeking the man in the picture above, ...