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.
Taking over the old Two Little Red Hens space: Jeremy's, a cocktail bar from the Schaller & Weber owner that pays tribute to Old Yorkville.
Renting for as little as $665 per month, the 145 affordable units are now available in Astoria's brand-new Halletts Point development.
Police are looking for a man seen on video firing a gun toward a crowded East Harlem sidewalk earlier this month.
Upper East Siders can once again decide how to spend $1 million in city bucks — here's how to submit a project for participatory budgeting.
Health inspectors found poor hand-washing in a Brooklyn Russian restaurant, live roaches in a Manhattan bakery, and more.
A judge dismissed Amy Cooper's claims of discrimination for being fired after accosting a Black birdwatcher in Central Park two years ago.
The separate projects at the two Astoria landmarks will include a planetarium, recycled shipping containers, 200 units of housing and more.
A package at the 59th Street T.J. Maxx has been deemed non-hazardous after prompting a big emergency response, police said.
An upscale supermarket and more than 500 apartments may come to Extell's long-vacant Harlem site, as a planned office tower was never built.
A man fatally stabbed his Maspeth neighbor on a Woodside street corner earlier this week, according to police.
A man who died following a Henry Hudson Parkway crash had suffered a medical episode and veered across several traffic lanes, police said.
Someone approached a man and shot him from behind about two blocks north of Marcus Garvey Park early Thursday, according to police.
A man was killed in a crash Wednesday on the Henry Hudson Parkway near 125th Street, police said, snarling traffic just before rush hour.
The newly open Central Harlem shop is serving "classic French coffee with a little bit of African touch," owner Elhadji Cisse says.
An Astoria man is accused of plowing his pickup truck into a Queens family, killing five-year-old Jonathan Martinez, then fleeing the scene.
A brand-new luxury building on the Upper East Side is plagued by shoddy construction and misdeeds by its developers, residents allege.
The transformative, five-block Astoria development was approved over local objections, sending it to the City Council for a final vote.
Video shows two men grabbing cash and a fanny pack from a passenger in a car parked on a Harlem street, police said.
See inside the Billionaire's Row penthouse that could rank as the priciest apartment ever sold in New York City.
A man accused of following two women on the Upper East Side and then sexually assaulting them has been indicted on felony charges.
