Tag: crime

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.

December 29, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 37 Degrees.

December 27, 2011 Weather: Afternoon Rain and Wind, High of 56 Degrees.

December 16, 2011 Weather: Windy, High of 52 Degrees.

This weekend has been a relatively violent one on the Upper West Side, with at least two serious incidents. On Friday just before midnight, three young men were shot in front of the building at 175 West 90th Street off of Amsterdam Avenue (pictured above). Details of the shooting, reported ...

The shimmering Apple store on 67th Street and Broadway makes an architectural statement, and that statement is "Come in and worship, and then swipe your credit card into this neat little machine." But for months the glass facade of the store was marred by huge black panels installed to cover ...

The shootout on Thursday night that we reported with the help of some nearby residents just took an extra-strange turn... and just in time for Halloween. According to Leslie Albrecht at DNAinfo, who talked to an unidentified source, the officer who was assaulted on 91st Street and Riverside Drive was ...

An off-duty police officer was assaulted around 91st Street and Riverside Drive around 10:40 p.m. Thursday night, and the suspect stole his gun, an NYPD spokesman said. During the struggle, shots were fired, although it's unclear if the officer fired the shots or if the suspect did. As of 1:30 ...

Apparently, a bully is on the loose on the Upper West Side, allowing his kid to step on people's glasses and then...not apologizing! That is the gist of a drawing that has been taped to poles around 94th Street in the last few days. You can see it above, in ...

October 17, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 67 Degrees.

Teenager Sean Hines was found dead in his 92nd Street apartment Friday night from a stab wound to the leg, and police took his mother and stepfather in for questioning. The 18-year-old lived in the Wise Towers housing project between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West. “My husband did that. ...

September 9, 2011 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 83 Degrees. News: Fashion designer Marc Jacobs' bags are hot -- so hot in fact that people are stealing them right off the shelves. A thief with high-end taste walked into the Barney's Coop on Broadway and 76th Street yesterday and asked ...

September 6, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 65 Degrees. Notices: The Riverside Park Fund is looking for people to volunteer at the 9th Annual West Side County Fair on Saturday. "Over 20 volunteers needed from 12-6pm to help with the games booths, crowd control at the animal area, and more ...