Tag: crime

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, ...

March 28, 2012 Weather: Afternoon Storms, High of 68 Degrees.

March 27, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 51 Degrees.

February 24, 2012 Weather: Showers, High of 48 Degrees.

February 22, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 55 Degrees.

Since we reported on the teacher's assistant who was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a young boy at PS 87 at 160 West 78th Street, more details have emerged about the case. Gregory Atkins, the 56-year-old teacher's assistant, was arraigned over the weekend, and is being held on $250,000 ...

February 8, 2012 Weather: Possible snow showers, High of 38 Degrees.

When something happens once, it could be an anomaly. But when it happens twice, it's a trend. In fact, if it happens twice it will probably get a write-up in the New York Times Style section. So here's a trend: people are locking up plastic children's toys. This shot was ...

January 3, 2012 Weather: Windy, High of 28 Degrees.