The Lo-Down is on the scene at Second Street near First Avenue, where police have found a plastic garbage bag containing C4 explosives in the Second Street Marble Cemetery. DNAInfo is reporting no blasting cap was found, and that...
According to this morning's New York Post, a man was severely beaten last night on Orchard Street. The incident happened at about 9:45pm outside Little Giant, the restaurant on the corner of Orchard and Broome. The Post reports: "the...
A 67-year old man was rushed to Bellevue Hospital earlier today after an air conditioner came crashing from the 6th floor of a building on 2nd Avenue, falling on top of him. At around 8:30am, Tony Franzese was walking...
In the spring and summer of 2009, shortly after its opening, the Aces & Eights bar at 34 Ave. A generated a firestorm of complaints from the neighborhood. It was not a unique debate, just one more episode in...
Five people were hurt when a cab, headed uptown on First Avenue, jumped the curb at East 3rd Street late last night and smashed into a coffee shop. A 71-year old man, who was inside "The Bean (49 First...
WPIX is reporting a man was shot and killed overnight outside the Alfred Smith Houses, on Madison Street, just to the west of Catherine. The TV station indicated the address was 46 Madison. Police said the victim, 28 years...
A trusted tipster emailed a few moments ago to tell us about an accident she witnessed on East Broadway, near Seward Park earlier tonight. Apparently a boy, who looked to be about 7, ran from the park into the...
If you haven't heard by now, a guy who lives on the Lower East Side caught Alex Rodriguez's 600th home run ball at Yankee Stadium today. Zell's Pinstripe Blog (screen cap above) has the story. In a nutshell, 23-year...
The office of State Senator Daniel Squadron has released a statement regarding the Landmark Preservation Commission's unanimous denial of landmark status for 45-47 Park Place earlier today:
"Today, the Landmarks Preservation Commission decision has affirmed values that define New...
Police are saying an 8-year old girl was sexually assaulted last Thursday afternoon by a man who followed her into a building on Forsyth Street. Police released a videotape and still image of the suspect tonight. They described him...
