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Patch's guide to the various Halloween parties, parades and pumpkin patches in Lower Manhattan this season.
The 35-year-old Tex-Mex restaurant couldn't negotiate a new lease with their landlord, according to staff.
Via is offering a $19 pass with up to four rides per day during weekends of no L trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The brute grabbed a woman by the neck and threatened to stab her with pliers unless she coughed up cash, police said.
The thief threatened a man with a simulated weapon and made off with hundreds in property, police said.
The NYPD's Transit Unit and the MTA transformed part of the subway station into a hall of horrors.
The West Village private school aims to build a three-story extension with new classroom and lab space.
The Chelsea Music Hall is opening its doors Thursday night and will host live acts, comedians and immersive theater.
The wacky thief donned a sweatshirt with the video game character during four Lower Manhattan robberies, police said.
ESPN and a community group will sponsor the parade at a new venue after it was canceled due to insurance issues.
Councilwoman Carlina Rivera introduced legislation that would set citywide standards for bike lane detours.
A man careened headfirst into the pavement when someone stepped into the bike lane and caught their foot on his motorized scooter.
The city has been unable to renew its lease on the Tribeca school space and plans to uproot P.S. 150 from the area.
Tripadvisor ranked NYC the country's pizza capitol with Bleecker Street Pizza as the city's top pizzeria.
Concerned locals are expected to pack the City Planning Commission Wednesday for a hearing on three Lower East Side skyscrapers.
The driver suffered a leg injury and was rushed to a nearby hospital.
Diners need to hook their food inside Japanese restaurant chain Zauo.
Don't we already have a subway horror show?
Developers razed the four-year home of Papaya King and plan to erect a five-story office building on the East Village block.
