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.
A beloved diner fleeing its "deadbeat" landlord, a Greek spot and a pizzeria were among the new UES restaurants revealed this week.
The Astoria studio, where "The Cosby Show" was filmed, looked the other way while its star serially abused women, a new lawsuit alleges.
An argument in front of a high-end condo tower steps from Times Square led to a man being stabbed to death Tuesday, according to police.
A 22-year-old man was approached by a man and a woman on a Harlem block Tueday afternoon, then shot in the abdomen, police say.
Senator Raphael Warnock, whose high-profile re-election battle ended in a win Tuesday, came of age as a pastor at a storied Harlem church.
The two almost-identically-named Astoria pizzerias have made peace, after a name change helped resolve their bitter legal battle.
An old garage will be converted into a childcare center for 3-K and pre-K students, addressing a long-held demand by neighborhood parents.
A man and a woman have been bumping into people in Bryant Park and secretly snatching their valuables for weeks, according to police.
The 32-foot-tall wireless towers are being eyed for 18 blocks across the Upper East Side, the city revealed in a letter. Here's where.
The 339-mile-long Champlain Hudson Power Express line will bring hydropower from upstate New York all the way down to Astoria.
A 135-year-old rowhouse on Lenox Avenue was demolished to prevent a collapse, the third teardown of a landmarked Harlem building since 2021.
Police asked for help finding a teenager from Long Island City's Queensbridge Houses who has not been seen since last week.
Police are looking for a masked man seen on video bashing another man's head with a baseball bat on a busy Hamilton Heights street.
It took 200 firefighters and four hours to contain Saturday’s huge fire, which sent flames shooting out of the Hamilton Heights building.
"Active rat burrows" are visible inside an East Harlem lot in need of an emergency cleanup, the city's Health Department says.
A Long Island City community board weighed in on a plan to top Queens Plaza's iconic Eagle Electric building with a 22-story office tower.
This week, city inspectors found mice in Astoria, no heat in Chelsea, no gas in Forest Hills, and more.
A fire has spread to multiple floors of a Harlem apartment building Friday morning, but no injuries have been reported.
A new plan would lump part of the Upper East Side into a Queens-based Assembly district, in an eerie repeat of a recent City Council fiasco.
Yet another redrawing of New York's State Assembly maps could produce some startling changes in Astoria and Long Island City.
