7th precinct

As we reported a short time ago, another bar was caught up in the Lower East Side nightlife crackdown this evening.  Shortly after 10 p.m., officers from the 7th Precinct showed up at White Slab Palace, the Swedish restaurant/drinking...

You're looking at a grainy cell phone photo taken inside Clinton Street bar/performance space Culturefix this past weekend. As Grub Street and the Village Voice reported earlier in the week, the NYPD and several other city/state agencies paid the...

28th Annual National Night Out from Village Beat Report on Vimeo. During Tuesday's National Night Out celebration on Stanton Street there was lots of talk about a diturbance that took place as 7th Precinct Commander Nancy Barry was addressing the...

The commanding officer of the 7th Precinct, Deputy Inspector Nancy Barry, is moving on.  Barry, who's been the top cop in Manhattan's second smallest precinct since the spring of 2009, is being transferred to the 24th Precinct, on the...

Underage drinking in Lower East Side bars -- it's been a hot topic for several months now.  Beginning last fall, the 7th Precinct made it a top priority -- coming after neighborhood drinking establishments for serving alcohol to undercover...

On Friday afternoon, defense attorney Kevin O'Donoghue rose to his feet in closing arguments, telling a state Supreme Court judge, "something stinks on the Lower East Side and (referencing a recent New York Magazine story on the city's smelliest...

Anyone who crosses Delancey Street at Clinton on a regular basis knows it's one of the most treacherous intersections in the neighborhood.   Several factors combine to heighten the danger, including: an absurdly short "walk" signal, a heavy volume of...

A meeting involving the 7th Precinct and Lower East Side business owners to discuss security concerns on Orchard Street just wrapped up at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.  The event was organized by the LES Business Improvement District...

More on the fatal shooting last night on Pitt Street. Unnamed Daily News sources say the murder happened "close to the home of someone who took out an order of protection against" the victim, 23-year old Jonathan Alston of...

We received two tips late last night about a shooting that happened on Pitt Street, between Rivington and Stanton, around 1 a.m. According to the NYPD, a 23-year old man from Brooklyn was shot in the head and killed. The...