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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

NYC Ferry operated by Hornblower is excited to announce the launch of its Lower East Side Route this Wednesday, August 29th. The sixth NYC Ferry Route will connect Corlears Hook, Manhattan, and Stuyvesant Cove, Manhattan to hubs on 34th St., Long Island City, and Wall St./Pier 11, connecting millions of New Yorkers to new neighborhoods, growing job centers, housing and more.

Emergency workers just lifted an injured worker out of a trench that was being dug on East Broadway near Montgomery Street.

Today's high winds are causing all kinds of problems for the city's emergency crews.

Emergency crews are dealing with a water main situation on Henry Street near Clinton Street, where a manhole is spewing smoke. Diana Lakis sent...

A man was hit and killed by an F train in the Delancey Street Station today. It happened at around 12:45 p.m.

There's more trouble this morning at 201 East Broadway, a construction site next door to the Educational Alliance/Manny Cantor Center.

A federal appeals court this morning overturned former Lower East Side Assemblyman Sheldon Silver's 2015 conviction on federal corruption charges.

A taxi driver struck a bicyclist in Chinatown this morning.

Police have put out a bulletin after the disappearance of Yulun Zeng, an 80-year-old local resident.

Thanks to Jessica Delfino for this photo from 1 Catherine St. (that's between East Broadway and Division Street). The fire department this morning responded to...

Thanks to Lo-Down readers for sending along these dramatic images and video.

We have more details on tonight's devastating fire at Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the 167-year-old synagogue building at 60 Norfolk St. More than 100 firefighters fought the blaze, which broke out just before 7 p.m.

Here are more photos and video from the scene of the huge fire that broke out tonight at Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the historic synagogue at 60 Norfolk St. We're told that the fire is just about out at this point but

Firefighters are battling to save what's left of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, the historic synagogue at 60 Norfolk St. You can see and smell the smoke from blocks away on the Lower East Side tonight.