We are on the scene of a huge fire that broke out on the roof of a building on the northeast corner of Avenue A and Houston Street. The fire department was on the scene and had it under...
At about midnight last night, a police car and a small sedan were involved in a collision at the intersection of Grand Street and Pitt. The occupants of the car - a man and woman, an infant and a...
A new haven awaits pedestrians, picnickers, cyclists and sunbathers this Fourth of July weekend along the East River, where the new and improved riverfront promenade is (finally!) open for business all the way south to Grand Street.
The wide paved esplanade...
We've just returned from the scene of that traffic accident at the intersection of Grand and Pitt streets. According to witnesses, a man on a motorcycle was riding the wrong way (southbound) on Pitt, a one-way street. He collided...
The fire actually happened at the Masaryk Towers, not the Baruch Houses, as we reported earlier. A woman was being treated inside a Beth Israel ambulance, most likely from smoke inhalation.
Residents sitting on a bench outside the apartment complex...
From The Lo-Down in-box, a story tip from Yori Yanover of the Grand Street News:
A tour bus turning at the corner of Clinton and East Broadway ran over a 50 year old Hispanic woman around noon time today, Tuesday,...
A community forum convened Sunday to discuss responses to last month's assault of a 9-year-old girl in Seward Park Library drew together local elected officials and community leaders from diverse organizations, eliciting promises to work together to fight crime and producing a pledge from a...
Last night, city officials faced pointed questions from tenants about the Fire Department's response to last Sunday night's devastating blaze on Grand Street. The residents had came to an informational meeting in Chinatown, which included briefings from several city...
