A dozen people, including four firefighters, were injured in a fire and partial building collapse ignited by an explosion near the corner of Pike and Henry streets on the Lower East Side early this afternoon.
Fire, police, EMS and Department...
Last night Community Board 3 approved a resolution in support of co-naming a section of Elizabeth Street in memory of Danny Chen.
Private Chen, a Chinatown native, took his own life in Afghanistan in 2011, after weeks of racially-tinged...
This week marks the first installation of a new WalkNYC program, a comprehensive “wayfinding” sign system, to help both New Yorkers and tourists navigate through the city, as easily as possible.
The freestanding stainless steel sign on the corner of...
For the second weekend in a row, there will be no dim sum on Doyers Street.
Nom Wah Tea Parlor, one of the oldest restaurants in Chinatown, was forced to close June 12, after its sewer line was apparently cut...
The city's Department of Transportation says Citi Bike is "pedaling past ridership records," racking up more than 250,000 total trips in its first three weeks. Local elected officials and Community Board 3 report relatively few complaints in the early...
The federal government today shut down Lucky Star Bus, putting a stop to the company's service between Boston and New York's Chinatown. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which oversees the interstate bus business, issued a press release that...
If you've walked down Elizabeth Street below Canal lately, you might have noticed the plywood on the east side of the block, alongside the former storefront of South China Garden, the popular restaurant that closed a couple of years...
Spider-Man takes a break from filming to play basketball with kids at P.S. 1 on Catherine Street in Chinatown last week. Andrew Garfield did not reveal himself but the YouTube poster notes that Emma Stone, Garfield's co-star and girlfriend,...
Another day - another hotel nearing completion - and news of another liquor license application. You're looking at the the new Fairfield Inn by Marriott, located at 95 Henry St. (Pike Street). Documents filed with Community Board 3 show...
Have you seen the Fung Wah parody? Marc Philippe Eskenazi, an assistant cartoon editor at The New Yorker, posted this gem a few days ago, "with apologies to Bob Dylan." As you, no doubt, know the feds shut down...
