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.
The employees at the Astoria Boulevard Starbucks are pushing to form a union — the latest location to be swept up in the nationwide trend.
The controversial owners of the Steinway Mansion are now planning a new apartment building on Broadway, likely displacing a longtime bodega.
A woman stabbed another woman on an East Harlem street during a broad-daylight fight that started inside a bodega, police said.
A man believed to be urinating on the subway tracks slipped and was fatally struck by an R train in Astoria on Thursday, police said.
Fridge No More and Buyk shut down nearly 70 NYC warehouses as the rapid-delivery startups reportedly suffered from U.S. sanctions on Russia.
Fridge No More and Buyk have shut down their Queens warehouses after both delivery companies imploded — possibly due to the war in Ukraine.
Fridge No More and Buyk have shut down their Harlem warehouses after both companies rapidly imploded — possibly due to the war in Ukraine.
Fridge No More's two UES delivery warehouses have shut down amid their company's rapid implosion — possibly related to the war in Ukraine.
A group of dirt-bike riders chased, beat and robbed a 64-year-old man and his son at a Harlem intersection in broad daylight, police said.
Members of the 2004 Greek national soccer team that shocked the world by winning the Euro championship will be on hand at the Astoria event.
Police are trying to track down a man seen on video drawing swastikas onto the door of the Minskoff Theatre near Times Square.
After a yearlong wait, Harlem's fried chicken king is finally ready to open his new neighborhood restaurant. Here's what to know.
Accusations of violent threats tainted the emptying-out of these Second Avenue buildings, which are now set to be demolished.
A decade after buying the beloved theater, John Ciafone tells Patch he is finally close to demolishing it to make way for apartments.
After going remote for two years, the parade will be back in full on Fifth Avenue on Thursday. Here's what to know and how to watch.
Krab Queenz, a popular Louisiana-based seafood chain, will open its first NYC restaurant in the former Harlem Olive Garden on 125th Street.
As New York City marks two years since its first COVID-19 death, here's the toll the virus has taken in Astoria and Long Island City.
A sleek curbside corral that can hold six bikes will be installed on an Astoria avenue this summer as part of a citywide pilot.
A 200-bed cancer care tower will rise on York Avenue, the hospital said Tuesday: the latest medical building to reshape the UES skyline.
The man accused of stabbing an employee during a fight at an East Harlem McDonald's last week has turned himself in, police said Tuesday.
