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We posted a photo of a Ferrari that was crushed by a truck on 69th and Columbus earlier this week. But in the last couple of days we've learned more

In the past couple of months, we have been contacted by readers on three occasions after they saw dead bodies in various parts of the neighborhood. We called authorities, and

Ferraris may be sleek, but they can't fit under a truck, a fact that the driver above learned the hard way on 69th street and

The violent maniac who raped and assaulted an Upper West Side woman last year was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week, and the woman she attacked wanted to remind him of

A man was shot around 88th street and Amsterdam Avenue early Tuesday morning after getting into an altercation with two men that

Police are looking for the two teenagers above, who they say have been robbing and punching Upper West Side pedestrians, and even threatening to stab them.

Several victims remained in the hospital after the attacks this morning in Riverside Park, in which police say a deranged homeless man identified as Julius Graham randomly stabbed five people with scissors. Graham first stabbed a female runner around 65th street in the park, then he stabbed a man walking ...

One of the men suspected of being involved in a chase on the West Side Highway Sunday that ended with a 33-year-old man getting beaten has been arrested, and another man is being held, although he hasn't been charged. Christopher Cruz, a 28-year-old from New Jersey, was charged with reckless ...

A large pack of bikers surrounded an SUV on Sunday and eventually beat and slashed the driver, whose wife and daughter were also in the car, according to reports citing NYPD and a video of the incident. The disturbing video, which we've posted below, comes from the helmet-cam of one ...

A 29-year-old man was shot in the torso at the Douglass Houses at around 10:41 p.m. on Saturday night, and taken to St. Luke's Hospital in stable condition, the NYPD told us. The shooting occurred outside 840 Columbus Avenue, one of the buildings in the project, which stretches from 100th ...

A 30-year-old man was arrested for sexually abusing a 2-year-old girl in a bathroom stall in Riverside Park on Tuesday afternoon around 5:14 p.m., an NYPD spokesman told us.

There have been some disturbing reports in the past few days about crimes in Central and Riverside Parks. Bicyclists have been attacked twice in Riverside Park in the past couple of weeks by thugs wielding ropes, bats and brass knuckles. The attacks happened along the Hudson above 160th street, according ...

A 30-year-old woman fought off a man who she said attempted to rape her in Central Park around 64th street early on Tuesday morning. Police released minimal official details about the crime. The Daily News and DNAinfo say the woman, an actress, met the man after drinking at a bar. ...

Two men were stabbed this week. In the first reported incident, a 23-year-old man was working at a kiosk on 60th street and Amsterdam Avenue at 3 a.m. on Tuesday when two other men approached him, the Daily News reported. They stabbed him multiple times in the face before grabbing ...

The 24th police precinct, which covers 86th street to 110th from the park to the river, has seen a spike in the number of assaults and robberies as compared to one year ago, according to NYPD stats. In the past few months, a mugger has been preying on young men ...

A police officer's scooter burst into flames on Tuesday at around 5 p.m. on the West 86th street transverse road in Central Park, forcing the officer to flee the vehicle, according to Geoffrey Croft of watchdog group NYC Park Advocates. Croft says the officer was not injured although his clothes ...

A man was shot in the leg at a playground in the Amsterdam Houses project around 63rd street late Friday night. The circumstances behind the shooting were unclear, but the Daily News reported that witnesses saw the man fall after being shot above the knee in the playground near the ...

Parents and staff members at the Joan of Arc schools complex on 93rd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues say that a gang is intimidating and robbing students at the school. Two students were mugged for their cell phones in December, and people at the school suspect that the gang ...

December 14, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 47 Degrees.

December 13, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 44 Degrees.