Upper East Side, NY|News|
Eliot Spitzer Sells UES Building For $160M, Report Says
The disgraced governor's father developed the East 72nd Street apartment building in the 1970s. New owners plan to modernize it.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
- New York City, NY
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Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY|News|
Black Seed Bagels To Open New Location In Rockefeller Center
The bagel shop's 30 Rockefeller Center location will be its sixth in New York City.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY|News|
Man Attacked During Robbery In Hell's Kitchen Apartment: Police
A man was inside his apartment when he was attacked after refusing to give another person money.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
JJ Johnson's New Harlem Restaurant Gives Rice A Starring Role
Johnson's FIELDTRIP on Lenox Avenue and West 115th Street features a menu of rice bowls using high-end grains at a reasonable price.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Washington Heights-Inwood, NY|News|
Dominican Film Festival Returns To Upper Manhattan
The six-day film festival begins July 23 and will feature more than 70 film screenings at four different venues.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Upper West Side, NY|News|
UWS Priest Known For LGBTQ Support Forced To Retire
Father John Duffell of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament was forced out for sexual misconduct allegations, church officials said.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
Harlem Congressman Calls For Release Of Rapper A$AP Rocky
A$AP Rocky was arrested in Sweden after he and his bodyguards got into a street brawl. The artist says he was acting in self defense.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY|News|
Taxi Crashes Into Hell's Kitchen Restaurant, Injures 8: FDNY
The eight people who were hurt suffered non life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Upper East Side, NY|News|
UES Developer Indicted For Mortgage Fraud Scheme, DA Says
Developer Penny Bradley is accused of stealing $500,000 from her company for personal expenses such as a Range Rover and luxury vacations.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY|News|
Waitlist Opens For Below-Market Units At Midtown Development
Apartments at the Hudson Crossing development on West 37th Street are being offered at rents ranging from $1,405 to $2,174 per month.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Upper West Side, NY|News|
Man Beat With Chair Inside UWS Restaurant, Police Say
The attack took place at La Nueva Victoria restaurant on Broadway and West 95th Street.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
New Women's Jail Should Be Located In Harlem: Borough President
Borough President Gale Brewer said that Lincoln Correctional Facility in Harlem should be repurposed as a jail for New York City's women.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Upper East Side, NY|News|
Manhattan Lawmaker Mulls Challenge Against DA Cy Vance
Dan Quart, whose district spans the Upper East Side, Midtown and Murray Hill, will decide on a DA run in the next months.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Gramercy-Murray Hill, NY|News|
Person Found Dead On Kips Bay Building Roof, Police Say
The person was found suffering what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
Harlem LGBTQ Flag Burner Arrested, Police Say
The man is accused of burning LGBTQ pride flags outside of Harlem's Alibi Lounge on two separate occasions.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Harlem, NY|News|
Harlem's Langston Hughes House Wins Preservation Grant
The Harlem brownstone is one of 22 sites to be awarded $1.6 million in grant funding for historic preservation.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Washington Heights-Inwood, NY|News|
Boy Hit By Train At Inwood's Dyckman Street, Police Say
The 12-year-old suffered a serious injury to his leg and was sent to the hospital in stable condition.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Upper East Side, NY|News|
Upper East Side Dean & Deluca Closes
The high-end grocery store on Madison Avenue and East 85th Street closed this month after losing its lease.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Upper West Side, NY|News|
College To Sell UWS Academic Building For At Least $80M: Report
The New York Institute of Technology is getting ready to offload its building on Broadway and West 61st Street.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
Midtown-Hell's Kitchen, NY|News|
Anti-LGBTQ Vandal Defaces Megan Rapinoe Posters In Bryant Park
Posters of the US soccer star were found vandalized with Anti-LGBTQ graffiti the day after Rapinoe scored a goal in the World Cup final.
Brendan Krisel, Patch Staff
