East River Park

Starting Monday (September 8), The East River Park running track will close for reconstruction, as well as the entire northern section of the park above East Houston Street. Meanwhile, the new pedestrian bridge connecting Corlears Hook Park to East...

Construction crews will be back on the job Monday at East River Park, resuming the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project after an appeals court lifted a temporary restraining order. Fencing has gone up in the park, including along the...

Mayor de Blasio officially kicked off the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR) this week, an initiative meant to protect the Lower East Side from the effects of climate change.

The New York City Council yesterday approved a controversial plan to build a flood protection system along the East River from East 25th Street to Montgomery Street.

In response to neighborhood opposition to the city's plans for a flood barrier in East River Park, the de Blasio administration announced more changes in its resiliency schemes this week.

Community activists are planning a rally tomorrow (Saturday) to protest the city's resiliency plan for East River Park. From the organizers' press release: Demonstrators will bury a much-criticized flood control plan under a pile of compost in East River Park...

There are a couple of opportunities this month to participate in the public review process for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project. As you may know, the city's plan to protect the Lower East Side from future storms on the scale of Hurricane Sandy has been met with heavy criticism.

A 30-year old man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for brutally raping a female jogger in East River Park two years ago.

Over the weekend, police took 28-year-old Paul Niles into custody in connection with last Wednesday evening's rape in East River Park. We reported the arrest on Saturday. Here's an update. Saturday at about 6:30 pm., Niles flagged down a police...

Police have released still photos and surveillance video showing the man they believe raped a woman in East River Park Wednesday evening. The incident happened at around 7:30 p.m. The victim was dragged by her hair from the footpath near...