whitney via www.whitney.org Chelsea & Downtown Manhattan Events: Sept. 17 - 23 Thursday, September 17th Chelsea Zoe Dubno + Stephanie LaCava: ‘Happiness and Love’: Join the Strand for an event with debut... News 16 Sep 2026 | 12:08
A docent leads a group of visitors on a tour of the High Line earlier this summer. ( Courtesy of High Line) High Line Goes High Brow With Artsy Topic Tours The High Line has been an irreplaceable asset to Chelsea from its start in June of 2009 and now The Highline higher-ups have... News 14 Sep 2026 | 06:30
Elder Assault in Chelsea subway suspect (left); Arrested for assaulting an MTW employee. ( Photos: NYPD) Elder Assault in Chelsea Subway; MTA Employee Attacker Arrested The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual depicted in the wanted in connection with the... Crime Watch 13 Sep 2026 | 04:06
Ganelle Guzman McMillan told her harrowing story about being entombed in the rubble of the WTC at the 9/11 Memorial at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens in Palm Harbour, FL. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Last Survivor Pulled from WTC Rubble Tells 9/11 Miracle Story Ganelle Guzman-McMillan, as the last survivor pulled alive from the rubble of the World Trade Center, has one of the most... News 15 Sep 2026 | 01:48
The 9-11 tower of lights as viewed from the popular downtown pub O’Hara’s a short distance from Ground Zero. ( Photo: Luke Kelly) Pilgrims Flock to Ground Zero Pub for 9/11 Memorial The crowd lined up before the opening, clustering around the barricade across from Ground Zero. A police officer opened the... News 12 Sep 2026 | 10:26
Mirlene Casimir after dropping off her son at 2-K ( Photo: Alex Zimmerman/Chalkbeat) School Year Finally Starts; Features First 2-K Programs As her 2-year-old son bounded into his brightly colored preschool classroom on Thursday morning, Mirlene Casimir lingered... News 12 Sep 2026 | 09:08
Police outside 440 West 47 Street Sept. 9 after a double stabbing left one man dead and a woman injured. A suspect who prosecutors said spent long stretches at that address was arrested the next day and charged with murder and attempted murder. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Double Stabbing in Hell’s Kitchen Kills Man Who Tried to Stop Attack A fatal stabbing in Hell’s Kitchen left one dead and another injured Sept 9 but police quickly apprehended a suspect who... News 13 Sep 2026 | 09:27
On one chair, a red bandana and note commemorated the life of Welles Crowther, a stock trader and volunteer firefighter who saved as many as 18 lives before he died in the South Tower. ( Photo: Sarah Gassel) Bryant Park 9/11 Tribute Reflects on Losses 25 Years Later In the middle of Bryant Park, tied to one of the 2,753 green chairs set up on the lawn, a single red bandana stood out. Next... News 12 Sep 2026 | 03:13
FDNY Museum Executive Director Dominick R. DeRubbio—whose uncle, an FDNY member, was killed at the WTC’s South Tower on 9-11—helmed a ceremony there marking the 25th anniversary of the attacks. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Somber Ceremony Marks 25th Anniversary of 9/11 at FDNY Museum A somber wreath-laying ceremony was held at the FDNY Museum on the morning of Sept. 11, in order to mark the 25th anniversary... News 12 Sep 2026 | 03:44
The new rendering by Vornado for space across from Madison Square Garden/Penn Station on Seventh Ave is shorter than the original plan, but the new tower will still be the fifteenth tallest building in the city and is proposed to be four feet taller than the Chrysler Building. ( Photo: Vornado) Vornado Unveils New Rendering for Tower Across from Penn Station Vornado Realty Trust, the largest property owner around Penn Station, has cut both the height and mass of the luxury office... News 12 Sep 2026 | 11:32
A worker vacuums up debris in downtown Manhattan on Sept. 15, 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. ( Photo: AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) Newly Opened Records Show Fears Over Air Quality After 9/11 Attacks In the months after the Sept. 11 attack, New York City set up a hotline for residents and workers in Lower Manhattan who... News 11 Sep 2026 | 01:34
In this July 17, 2000, Father Mychal Judge, a chaplain with the FDNY stands at the shore of the Atlantic Ocean at Smith Point Park in Shirley, N.Y. before a service where 230 candles were lit for the July 17, 1996 victims of TWA Flight 800. ( Photo: Ed Betz/AP) Memories of Father Mychal Judge live on 25 years after 9-11 The Church of St. Francis of Assisi drew an intimate group of approximately 40 worshipers on the eve of the 25th anniversary... News 11 Sep 2026 | 02:36
The NYC Parks Dept. has further detailed their involvement in a planned housing project at 388 Hudson St., where they would oversee recreational space. Its construction would coincide with the destruction of the Tony Dapolito Recreation Center. ( Photo: NYC Parks Dept. ) Tony Dapolito Center Still Faces Doom; New Tower Plan Revealed at CB2 The Parks Department has updated Community Board 2 on their plans to design a new affordable housing and recreational tower... News 14 Sep 2026 | 08:49
UWS Council Member Gale Brewer speaks at rally at July 24 rally, a day after Raul Morales was arrested and charged with stabbing two men near synagogues. ( Photo: Gerardo Romo/City Council Media Unit) UWS Stabber Indicted for Attempted Murder, Antisemitic Hate Crimes The mad stabber Raul Morales, 51, who attacked two men on the Upper West Side in an unprovoked fury on the afternoon of July... News 12 Sep 2026 | 04:16
The World Trade Center “Tribute in Light” installation sent beams of hope heavenard from Ground Zero on 9/11/25, the 24th anniversary of the terror attack. ( Photo: Philip Maier) 9/11 Legacy Revisited in the Straus News Manhattan Archive The events of 9/11 and its legacy are so overwhelming their horror, scale and intensity, it’s impossible for any one person... News 12 Sep 2026 | 01:17
