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.
Engstler, who grew up on Roosevelt Island and has the Queensboro Bridge tattooed on her calf, is now set to join the WNBA's Indiana Fever.
Two young men were stabbed on a Harlem subway platform early Wednesday after getting into a fight with an unknown man, police said.
From a corner burrito joint to a sleek taco spot, a slew of Mexican restaurants are slated to open around Astoria in the coming months.
Founded by alumni of high-end NYC restaurants, Union Square Play is moving uptown with a new Upper East Side play space.
Some prominent Harlemites have been swept up in a lawsuit between residents of the famed Striver's Row district and next-door neighbors.
The three-term Queens lawmaker abruptly dropped his re-election campaign Tuesday, leaving little time for a replacement to be named.
Police asked for help identifying a man accused of holding up an East Harlem deli cashier at gunpoint and making off with $1,500.
A woman plowed her car into an outdoor dining shed on the Upper East Side on Monday after initially hitting a parked car, police said.
With reports of hate crimes on the rise in Manhattan this year, D.A. Alvin Bragg wants to improve his office's capacity to investigate them.
A leafy Central Harlem block is now home to the neighborhood's most expensive townhouse after a sale last week, according to The Real Deal.
Years after she shelled out $15 million for a three-floor Fifth Avenue penthouse, an heiress is now suing the building over leaky ceilings.
A pair of new apartment buildings are set to rise two miles apart on 21st Street in Astoria and Hunters Point, according to city records.
An officer shot the machete-wielding man after he used it to threaten his family in their Astoria apartment on Monday, according to police.
Rumors have swirled for weeks after a third fire destroyed a row of shops on Harlem's Lenox Terrace campus. Now, police say it was arson.
Police said a 37-year-old man who went missing from his Woodside home has been found safe.
The BA.2 subvariant of omicron is causing COVID-19 rates to rise again in Western Queens. Here's what the latest data shows.
Three run-down West Harlem buildings will soon be converted into affordable co-ops that tenants can buy — not rent — for $2,500 each.
Residents with questions or concerns about the neighborhood-reshaping Innovation QNS proposal can ask them at a forum this month.
Four men beat and robbed a 67-year-old man after he withdrew money from an East Harlem bank, according to police.
The leader of the Isaacs Center was abruptly fired by its new parent, Goddard Riverside, prompting "grieving" and outrage from lawmakers.
