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Here's everything you need to know about this year's New York City's German-American Steuben Parade and Oktoberfest celebration.
Heads up: The 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, J, M, N and Q trains won't be running normally this weekend.
The duplex apartment is located in a Park Avenue co-op called the "world's richest apartment building."
One of the American Museum of Natural History's most popular seasonal exhibits, The Butterfly Conservatory, returns Oct. 6.
The New York City public school teacher paid an undercover cop posing as a prostitute for a sex act.
The 66-year-old Queens man was hit by a road saw being operated by another worker at a building site on East 74th Street.
Visits to sites like Central Park's Wollman Rink and Lasker Rink dropped following Trump's campaign for president.
The new club is hoping to cash in on nostalgia and sex appeal.
The city Department of Buildings will review the zoning challenge against Extell's planned 50 West 66th Street.
The baroness by marriage entered into a deal with a 39-year-old "dog whisperer" to exchange training for English lessons.
Five members of the "200 Gang" were arrested in a recent takedown. The gang is accused of murder, robberies and drug dealing.
A freelance worker at the Triad Theater on West 72nd Street accused a renowned jazz trio of stealing a wireless microphone.
The 70-year-old victim was hospitalized following the mugging.
Two men forced an East Harlem resident into a back room of his apartment at gunpoint before looting the home.
More than 280 public and below-market units were preserved during the renovation project.
Community Board 7's transportation committee is asking the city to take action following the death of an Australian tourist
A man pretended to have a gun and threatened to sexually assault a woman walking in Harlem. She was able to get help from a passerby.
The seat, currently held by Marisol Alcantara, spans Upper Manhattan, Harlem and parts of the Upper West Side.
Real estate developer Kenneth Horn is behind the planned luxury condo building.
