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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, ...

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 ...

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 73-year-old woman out birdwatching around noon on Wednesday was hit on the head, robbed and raped in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park, according to police.  The attacker reportedly approached her in the park around 74th Street just off of Central Park West. Another birdwatcher found the woman ...

Obviously, on the anniversary of September 11, everyone's on high alert. This morning around 11:30, police were called to 50 West 72nd Street, which is just East of Columbus Avenue, on reports of a suspicious device, according to scanner traffic. When we arrived at the scene around 11:45, the half-dozen ...

Since we reported a couple of weeks ago that police in Central Park were cracking down on bicyclists who break the law when riding in Central Park, we've heard about some action in the park. Police have been out with speed guns, and have been

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

Blind lawyer Richard Bernstein was hit by a bicyclist last week, fracturing his pelvis and hip, bloodying his face, and causing him to have to drop out of the New York City marathon. He had been walking in the park at East 90th Street wearing a bright yellow shirt and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A tipster tells us that the NYPD's bomb squad taped off an area in Central Park just West of the Great Lawn this afternoon and has been telling people to avoid the immediate area. An officer  yelled "Bomb Squad" at him and told him to walk away from the Bridle ...

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

The NYPD sent us the above sketch of a man accused of robbing the Apple Bank at 73rd Street and Broadway. Police are looking for the public's help in catching him. First of all, if you've seen this guy, let the police know. The number's at the bottom. For the ...

April 20, 2012 Weather: Sunny, High of 71 Degrees.