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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.

A van and an Audi crashed at the corner of  99th Street and West End Avenue on Sunday around noon, and our tipster Sachin got two views of the accident, above and below. Sachin told us that he heard the driver of the Audi talking on the phone after the ...

November 19, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 48 Degrees.

Police are looking for a boy (12-14 years old) who they say groped a 24-year-old woman who was running in the northwest section of the park on Friday night. A group of 5 teens stopped

Two nasty accidents occurred on the Upper West Side late on Sunday.

Some criminals use Mustangs as getaway cars. Others prefer SUV's. But two Upper West Side thieves attempted a daring escape this week on the M7 bus, according to police. They didn't get far. Joseph Melendez and Kenneth Wimberley walked into clothing store Theory on 69th Street and Columbus on Wednesday. ...

By Emily Baer Captain Ben Graham, who was recently appointed to the 24th Precinct (covers the Northern half of the Upper West Side), spoke at a community council meeting last month about some new safety concerns that have emerged and how the precinct is fighting crime in the area. There ...

David Albert Mitchell, the homeless man accused of raping a 73-year-old woman in Central Park on September 12, assaulted two other women while he was fleeing the scene of the crime, prosecutors said on Tuesday as they charged him with seven felonies. After raping a birdwatcher in Central Park at ...

Police are asking the public for help finding Lourdes Duchatelier, who has been missing since September 29. "Silver Alert issued 10/2/12 at 12:45 PM. The NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for Lourdes Duchatelier, female, black, 85 years old.  She is described to be 5'6", weighing 110 lbs. She was ...

A 14-year-old boy riding the 1 train near the 86th Street stop was robbed of his cell phone by a man wielding a hypodermic needle on Friday morning around 8:30 a.m., police said. The man began chatting with the teen on the train before showing him the needle and then ...

Homelessness is on the rise in New York; the number of people in shelters is up 29% since last spring when state budget cuts forced the closure of a city rent-subsidy program called Advantage. Many more people can't get access to shelters -- just 35% of families applying to stay ...

The New York Post has added some details to the story we broke on Wednesday about a disturbing attack against Lansky's Old World Deli on Columbus Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets. The Jewish-style restaurant was severely defaced after closing time on Tuesday, with computers, toilets, plates and refrigerators smashed, ...