Lower East Side News

A TLD tipster drew our attention last night to the intersection of East Broadway and Rutgers street. He told us a commuter tour bus had been "pulled over and taken out of commission." As passengers unloaded, he said, the...

Tonight's Community Board 3 meeting is underway. We don't normally provide "live updates" from these sometimes mind numbing/sometimes interesting sessions. But with the holiday approaching, there's no time like the present. So here you go: State Senator Daniel Squadron just...

Video courtesy: RONENV.COM Remember that dramatic acrobatic stunt on the Williamsburg Bridge this past summer? Seanna Sharpe and magician Thomas "Savage" Skinner descended from a height of 300 feet, attracting a big crowd, before being arrested. At the time we...

Two months ago, James Ramsey and Dan Barasch went public with their bold proposal to transform an abandoned train station below Delancey Street into a beautiful subterranean park.  There was a blizzard of media coverage back then -- including...

This morning, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. is expected to vote in favor of allocating $14 million for the creation of a new park at Pier 42, just north of Montgomery Street. The news broke Thursday night and was...

We're at Pier 42 where U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and State Senator Daniel Squadron are announcing the allocation of $14 million dollars in 9/11 recovery funds towards renovation of long-neglected Pier 42. More to come.

For the fourth time in two years, residents of the Smith Houses are having to deal with a long-term gas outage.  This week, the neighborhood's elected officials sent a letter to the New York City Housing Authority, calling the...

Here's an update on the fate of the Bialystoker Nursing Home building at 228 East Broadway. As we have reported, the troubled home closed late last month after the last of its residents found new accommodations.  Facing what they...

If you haven't gotten your flu shot yet, there's another opportunity this weekend.  On Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. free flu shots are being offered in the community room of the Vladeck Houses, 328 Madison Street. The...

Lo-Down reader K Webster snapped this photo early today high above the New Museum, where fans camped out on the sidewalk for a chance to attend a book event next Tuesday night featuring Lady Gaga and celebrity photographer Terry...