The following op/ed was written by Lee Berman, a Lower East Side district leader, regarding this past weekend’s shocking murders of four homeless men in Chinatown. …

Traffic was delayed and the bike ramp was shut down this morning as officers stopped three women from unfurling a banner on the Manhattan Bridge bike path. …

Good Morning! At last, the leaves are turning here on the Lower East Side. With such warm temperatures lately it has taken a while, …

ABC7 News is reporting eleven firefighters and three residents were injured in the blaze that broke out around 2am this morning at 188 First Ave., between 11th and 12th streets in the East Village. The fire broke out on the first floor of the five-story tenement …

photo by Mike McCabe
Good morning. Here’s a nice shot of Coleman Skate Park, under the Manhattan Bridge, from Mike McCabe (@manhattanreviewofunnaturalacts). The view …

Good morning. Here’s a lovely view, taken by L.J. Martin (@archaicsoul), looking across Seward Park, towards the Forward Building and beyond. The weather is …

Our friends at the filmmakers collective, FilmShop, host their annual night of themed short films this Saturday, July 21, at Rough Trade. They …

Walking into Village East Cinema for the Lower East Side Film Festival I was directed downstairs where a small group of people crowded around a concession stand featuring metal tubs filled with ice and beer – plastic cups of red and white wine sat between them. …

Photos by Christopher Maher
This story was written by Christopher Maher.
Early April has proved drearier than one might hope, but things are looking …

This past Friday, in the shade on the corners of Washington and Greene streets, a crowd gathered around a small stage with a “Workers United” banner hung behind it. …

The following opinion piece was written by Alan van Capelle, president & CEO of the Educational Alliance. …

An op/ed from City Council candidate Christopher Marte. …

In the middle of the second season of Twin Peaks, after discovering a petroglyph (a rock carving or painting) inside a place known as The Owl Cave, Special Agent Dale Cooper tells Sherriff Harry S. Truman, “I have no idea where this will lead us. But I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.” …

The Lower East Side Partnership (LESP) is responsible for marketing and economic development initiatives that are designed to improve overall quality of life conditions on the Lower East Side. We regularly partner with locally based community organizations and institutions in order to increase exposure and drive foot traffic to merchants, cultural, and community facilities that act as the anchor institutions for our neighborhood. …

View of Monroe Street by MP
Monday, June 20, 2016 | Happy Summer Solstice! | Here’s a rooftop view of Monroe Street. | Weather: …

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