City Hall News reports City Council Candidate P.J. Kim has surprised the political establishment, raising $70,000 in two weeks. Kim just joined a crowded field taking on Councilman Alan Gerson in District 1, which includes much of the...
Last night, Gothamist reported a shooting on East Houston Street near Clinton. Based on police radio chatter, two men were seen running and one of them had gone into a building on Clinton. The cops were keeping residents from...
From Gothamist: Around 4:30 p.m., a shooting was reported on East Houston near Clinton
Street. According to police radio, two men fled the scene and one of
the perps went into a building on Clinton. We received two tips from
readers: "Shooting...
WNYC's Soundcheck blog takes a look (and a listen) at the noisiest neighborhoods in the city. It won't come as a big surprise that this is a category in which the Lower East Side and Chinatown excel. After Washington...
We've been bringing you the stories of the recession's impact on small businesses on the Lower East Side. The other day, I visited Pedro Vargas, the owner of the Clinton Restaurant, a fixture at the corner of Clinton and...
Although the spring blossoms are still in full force around the neighborhood, this weekend's high temps brought out the Tompkins Square Park sunbathers a little early. Let's hope all that pasty-white skin didn't burn!
The wait outside Clinton St. Baking...
The Lo-Down is a community web site dedicated to covering news, events and - most significantly - the people who live and work in one of the world's greatest neighborhoods, the Lower East Side.
We are Ed Litvak and Traven...
These IPhone photos were take just a few minutes ago at the corner of Clinton and Grand Streets, in front of the Citibank. Bystanders speculated that the garbage truck hit a pedestrian at about 10:30pm. The medical examiner arrive...
