A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed last night at the bustling corner of Delancey and Suffolk streets.
According to news reports, the gunman walked up to the victim, who was standing in a large group, and opened fire....
Photo: One Manhattan Square will soon be home to a Brooklyn Fare grocery store.
News and notes from the Lower East Side in the past week:
--Brooklyn Fare Kitchen & Market is coming to One Manhattan Square in the...
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Mayor de Blasio announced in the past week that Governors Island will be staying open year-round, beginning this fall. NYC Ferry will be adding service via the South Brooklyn route, meaning Lower East Side residents will be able...
Here are some of the Lower East Side stories that caught our eye in the past week:
--Ten years ago, Private Danny Chen died of a self-inflicted gunshot would while serving in Afghanistan. Over the weekend in Chinatown, friends...
Photo: Miriam Gross snapped a shot of the flag flying high above the 29th floor of the condo tower under construction alongside the former Bialystoker Nursing Home building. As we noted earlier this month, the flag went up prematurely....
Photo: Brooklyn Bridge dedicated bike lane opening, Sept. 14, 2021. Photo courtesy of NYC DOT.
Some of the items that caught our eye on the Lower East Side in the past week:
--The Brooklyn Bridge dedicated bike lane finally...
Photo by Susan Levinson.
A few of the stories that caught our eye on the Lower East Side in the past week:
--Chinatown has never fully recovered economically from 9/11 but here's an under--appreciated fact: many people in the neighborhood...
Maybe the construction crew building that condo tower next to the former Bialystoker Nursing Home building got a little over-anxious to finish the project.
The other day a flag appeared on top of the building, which had reached 25...
Photo: A quiet holiday afternoon at the mouth of the Manhattan Bridge.
Here are some the stories that caught our eye in the past week:
--A 97-year-old woman who lived in the Baruch Houses was found dead in her...
Here are some of the topics Community Board 3 will be taking up in the month of September:
--On Thursday, September 2 before the health and human services committee, there will be an update from Mount Sinai. As you may...
