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...
Brace for more bad news from the MTA - they're "re-forecasting" the agency's budget today, and the cuts are sure to be even more draconian than they feared just a few weeks ago. Meanwhile, state lawmakers meet again today...
Russ & Daughters owner Niki Russ Federman speaks Friday as State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, DOE Fund Founder George McDonald and Tara DePorte of the LES Ecology Center look on.
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver...
New York has more real estate listings with price reductions than any other major city (Trulia)"Reuse" is the new battle cry at the Lower East Side Ecology Center (Downtown Express)"Thor" at the Hotel on Rivington preps for a makeover...
Community Board 3's Transportation, Public Safety. Environment Committee meets. Among the issues to be addressed: requests for stop signs at Delancey and Lewis Streets, request for crosswalk on Clinton between Grand and East Broadway, funding proposals for LES Ecology...
Earlier this month, Essex Market butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter made headlines for his "recession dinner," treating dozens of struggling families to a steak dinner at two neighborhood restaurants. Just about everybody is trying to make their dollars stretch further these...
More than a thousand girls descended on Seward Park High School Sunday in search of the perfect designer prom dress. The dresses were all donated to "Operation Fairy Dust's" 7th annual "Prom Dress Giveaway." The Daily News has the...
A report by New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy finds the Lower East Side is among the neighborhoods in New York that experienced the most dramatic increases in housing prices between 1996 and 2006.The...
On Friday, the government reported the unemployment rate had soared to a staggering 8.5%. We all see the ripple effects every day, even walking down the street. It's become routine to see empty storefronts, "going out of business" signs...
Is there room for both you and Bill Murray at "Broadway East?" Last night we stopped by to give this place another try, after being disappointed when it first opened. Since that time, "Broadway East's" subterranean lounge has become...
