Nick worked at NYC Patch from 2020 to 2023, covering Harlem, the Upper East Side and Astoria-Long Island City. Follow him on Twitter at @nick_garber.
Nick grew up in New York City and went to college in Vermont, where he reported for several newspapers. He later reported for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette before spending a year with Patch in Seattle. He lives in Astoria.
Dreading a return to crowded congregate shelters, men staying at a Hell's Kitchen hotel protested the city's decision to transfer them away.
A woman on the Upper East Side tried to rip off a man's rainbow face mask before using an anti-gay slur and spitting on him, police said.
A man sitting at Greeley Square Park was attacked in broad daylight Tuesday by men wielding a baseball bat and a chair, police said.
Carl Schurz Park will host six free performances of King Lear in the coming weeks — here's how and when to attend.
As a heat wave brings dangerously high temperatures to NYC, here's a roundup of indoor cooling centers and outdoor options in Harlem.
Homeless New Yorkers are being transferred away from the hotel shelters that became lightning rods in Hell's Kitchen over the past year.
A man making anti-gay statements stabbed another passenger on a Midtown subway platform Monday and remains at large, police said.
A 32-year-old man was ambushed and shot in broad daylight Monday across from a Harlem public housing complex, police said.
The neighborhood has just one cooling center as highs approach 100 degrees, prompting criticism from one official. Here are other options.
Here are the must-read Patch NYC stories for Monday, June 28.
The Porch, a new music venue, cafe and bar, plans to pay tribute to Harlem's bygone jazz clubs while remaining affordable to neighbors.
A Manhattan leader urged caution after the mayor vowed to "flood" Times Square with police officers following another daytime shooting.
A 21-year-old man was shot Sunday evening just steps away from Harlem Hospital, but authorities were unable to save him.
Police shared video of Sunday's shooting in Times Square that injured a 21-year-old Marine, as a search for the suspect continues.
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Here's what you need to know if you're taking the subway this weekend in the neighborhood.
Here's what you need to know if you're taking the subway this weekend in the neighborhood.
Here's what you need to know if you're taking the subway this weekend in the neighborhood.