If you walked past the intersection of Essex and Canal streets over the holiday weekend you probably noticed flyers like this one -- alerting residents to a proposal from interstate bus companies to establish new bus stops on the...
As we have noted in the past, the team behind the "Low Line" is planning a major exhibition in an abandoned building of the Essex Street Market next month. One goal, among others, is to demonstrate technology that will...
If you think you've seen more guys in suits walking in and out of Lower East Side buildings lately, it's probably not your imagination. Real estate insiders say interest in the neighborhood has skyrocketed this summer. The reason is...
Police investigators say it appears the death of 29-year old Carlisle Brigham yesterday inside a Lower East Side apartment building was probably a tragic accident. Her injuries were so severe that police and paramedics initially suspected someone might have...
There's some news today about the Madison-Jackson, the former P.S. 12 building that was recently converted to condos. We're told by Michael Bolla, who teamed up with Chinatown banker Thomas Sung to develop and market the building, that apartment...
Anyone who has witnessed Community Board 3's monthly liquor license hearings knows how contentious the marathon sessions can become. Ariel Palitz, the owner of Sutra Lounge on First Avenue and a member of CB3, is often at the center...
When Chris Jennings and Alex Hage-Boutros moved into their new store a few weeks ago, one of their many challenges was cleaning out menorahs and other items left by the previous tenant, a Judaica store that closed this spring after calling Essex Street...
More now on the City Planning Commission's historic vote this morning in favor of the Seward Park Mixed-Use Development Plan. The decision means there's only one more major step remaining before the city begins soliciting proposals from private developers...
The approaching school year brings new activity to 219 Stanton Street, former home of Our Lady of Sorrows, the Catholic school on the corner of Pitt Street that closed last year. The Cooke Center, a provider of special education...
We have some new information today about the bizarre and violent incident on Madison Street earlier this month in which a nearly naked man covered in blood jumped out of a second-story apartment window, frightening neighbors and leading police to...
