One of those fancy new bus stop shelters on Grand Street took a serious beating last night, or early this morning. The Lo-Down's Jennifer Strom snapped this photo a short time ago. The glass on one side of the...
From this morning's police blotter in the Post:
A pickpocket who was picked up in Chinatown tried to bribe her arresting officer, sources said. "I'll give you all the money in my wallet, which is over $1,000, or I ...
As you may have heard, The Lo-Down is co-sponsoring this fun event at the Educational Alliance on Wednesday. Writers Gary Shteyngart and Joanna Smith Rakoff happen to be friends from college and share a love of the Lower East...
The Lo-Down is looking forward to co-sponsoring an upcoming event at the Educational Alliance: "LES Lit," an evening with authors Gary Shteyngart and Joanna Smith Rakoff. The November 17th reading and discussion is a great opportunity to get to...
It's a $6 billion undertaking that began in 1970 and won't be completed for another decade -- the largest capital project in New York City history. Now, the construction of Water Tunnel #3 is going to be making its...
Interview by Margaret Zamos-Monteith, Pictures by Matthew Monteith.
Author Gary Shteyngart has just moved from the Lower East Side and already he is back at Brown Café on Hester Street, one of his favorite breakfast spots. “If I were a...
At about midnight last night, a police car and a small sedan were involved in a collision at the intersection of Grand Street and Pitt. The occupants of the car - a man and woman, an infant and a...
Joel Raskin sent along some photos documenting the M21 bus changes in the neighborhood. As part of the MTA's drastic service cuts, the M21 has been rerouted, ending on Grand Street and FDR Drive. Yesterday around 4pm, workers were...
Two Grand Street cooperatives, Hillman and Seward Park, elected new board members in the past several days. At Hillman - where State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver lives - incumbents were defeated for the first time in many years (possibly...
We've just returned from the scene of that traffic accident at the intersection of Grand and Pitt streets. According to witnesses, a man on a motorcycle was riding the wrong way (southbound) on Pitt, a one-way street. He collided...
