Eater reports an overnight fire broke out at Teany, the tea and sandwich shop on Rivington Street. It was apparently an electrical fire that caused damage to the restaurant and at least some of the apartments in the building....
Chef Dennis Ngo with Co-owner Tuan Bui at the banh mi counter inside An Choi on Orchard Street.
Although the Vietnamese restaurant, An Choi (85 Orchard), is new to the 'hood, as of a couple months ago, co-owner Tuan Bui...
The New York Post reports Police are looking for a teenage girl who stole a pocketbook from a woman on Hester Street (between Orchard & Ludlow), then pushed her to the ground. The incident happened the afternoon of May...
View Larger MapRepresentatives of the Parks Department and Community Board 3 will meet with Lower East Side residents tonight to discuss plans for refurbishing Luther Gulick Park/Playground. The park borders Delancey, Willett, Columbia and Broome Streets. Over the years,...
View Larger MapRepresentatives of the Parks Department and Community Board 3 will meet with Lower East Side residents tonight to discuss plans for refurbishing Luther Gulick Park/Playground. The park borders Delancey, Willett, Columbia and Broome Streets. Over the years,...
The new American Girl doll, Rebecca Rubin, will debut on Sunday morning (9am) at the company's retail store on 5th Avenue and 49th Street. If you haven't been following the hoopla, Rebecca is the newest historical character from...
The Manhattan brokerage firm, "The Real Estate Group," is out with its May rental market report. "It's clear to us consumer demand is back" for New York City apartments," the report declares. But there's this caveat:"...our consumer base is...
If you read the exhaustive New York Times piece over the weekend on DBGB, Daniel Boulud's new restaurant on the Bowery, you know even restauranteurs with impeccable credentials and huge bank accounts are more than a little nervous about...
Gawker unleashes a not unwarranted snark attack on this morning's New York Post story on rising assault cases throughout Downtown Manhattan. On the Lower East Side for instance there have been 10 more assaults so far this year than...
Financial blogger Felix Salmon takes note of a fascinating new chart (stay with me!) that tracks New York subway ridership through the years:
The Bowery J/M/Z stop has seen less ridership than any other subway
station in Manhattan for years, and...
