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.
After a previous green-space dream ended in disappointment, neighbors celebrated the transformation of a once-neglected community garden
Steinway Street's latest business opening isn't a restaurant or a smoke shop: it's a "24/7 futuristic table-tennis-on-demand concept."
A man delivering food was shot in the groin on a Harlem street late Friday by a gunman who remains at large, according to police.
The popular car-free streets program is expanding this spring, with four new Harlem locations — on top of four returning streets.
A busy block steps away from Times Square was shut down during Friday's rush hour as police responded to a suspicious package.
Astorians commuting to Manhattan Friday morning may need to find alternate routes: N and W trains are suspended in both directions.
A man was fatally struck by a train at the 125th Street-Lenox Avenue station on Thursday, causing subway delays just before rush hour.
A prominent Harlem ballroom building that once hosted jazz legends has found a new tenant: a French-language charter school.
The concept of a "COVID deal" is now a distant memory, as Upper East Side rents jump and Manhattan hits record highs, a new study found.
On the heels of his latest restaurant opening, Charles Gabriel is planning two more Harlem locations as his fried chicken kingdom expands.
The latest of three high-rise projects planned for the Halletts Point peninsula got a warmer reception than some other Astoria developments.
David Bonola, a 44-year-old Queens resident, was charged with murder in the brutal stabbing of Orsolya Gaal at her Forest Hills home.
Backers of the transformative, five-block rezoning faced tough questions at a public meeting Wednesday, as protesters chanted outside.
Months after declaring Dorrance Brooks Square a historic district, the city wants to make the picturesque park more pedestrian-frirendly.
Inching closer to shedding its "trash city" nickname, New York unveiled a new set of waste bins that could soon be seen citywide.
A series of shops in a famed Upper East Side condo are facing foreclosure, according to a new lawsuit against their billionaire landlord.
Police are looking for a former lover of Orsolya Gaal who possessed an "intimate knowledge" of her home, according to the New York Post.
Hours after escaping the NYPD in Midtown, Isaiah Metz was finally taken into custody at a Yonkers shelter late Tuesday, authorities said.
A 30-year Queens Assemblywoman is accused by a rival of submitting forged signatures to get on the ballot. She denies the allegations.
Family-run Sojourner Coffee will open this week, filling a void in Central Harlem's coffee scene left by the closure of its predecessor.
