Left: Migrant busted for menacing in front of this gift shop. Right: Alleged podophile, Dexter Betancourt. ( Photos: Google Maps, NYPD) Menace Arrested Near Madison Square Garden; Subway Podophile Busted! The alleged foot-loving sex pest sought by cops, as reported in last week’s Crime Watch, has been caught. His name is Dexter... News 30 Jun 2025 | 12:19
Left: Wanted for forcible touching in Herald Square. Right: Wanted for chain snatching on W. 29th St. ( Photos: NYPD) Buttocks Grabbed in Subway; Chain Snatched on W. 29th St. The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in finding the individual wanted in connection... News 23 Jun 2025 | 07:40
A pollutant-absorbing mural called “Botanical Pulse” now graces a building abutting Hell’s Kitchen Park. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Massive Pollution-Absorbing Mural Comes to Hell’s Kitchen Park An enormous mural depicting blooming plant life now graces Hell’s Kitchen Park, located between W. 47th & 48th Sts. on 10th... News 03 Jun 2025 | 05:30
E-bike bandits, two per bike, in Hudson River Park, April 24, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) Man Indicted for Threat to Kill Jews at East Side Synagogue; E-bikers Attack Teen in Chelsea E-Bike Gang Attacks Youth in Hudson River Park in Chelsea Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying four... News 12 May 2025 | 01:58
Left: Officer Roman catches a subway groper; Right: Alleged subway attacker, Peter Perna. ( Photos: NYPD) Transit Cop Catches Groping Suspect; Alleged Chelsea Subway Attacker Arrested On Thursday May 1, 2025, Officer Roman, a female officer with the Transit Bureau, showed what sharp eyes and social media... News 04 May 2025 | 07:53
David Barton’s Gym U NYC reclaims the former YMCA building in Chelsea that was made famous by the Village People’s anthem. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) Feud is over between gym owner and landlord of famed Village People ‘YMCA’ building A simmering feud between David Barton, a pioneer of the gym-as-nightclub movement, and the landlord of the building where... News 28 Apr 2025 | 06:16
Wanted for mugging a senior woman for her purse, Sixth Avenue and 16th Street, April 18, 2025. ( Photos: NYPD) Woman Mugs Woman in Chelsea; Penn Station Stabber Indicted Cops from the 13th Precinct are on the lookout for a suspected woman mugger who targeted a senior woman in Chelsea recently.... News 28 Apr 2025 | 10:12
Zhenya Gershman surrounded by her paintings. ( Photo: Kelly Garreau ) New Exhibition by Activist Artist Shines Human Light on Homeless Zhenya Gershman is an artist who uses her canvas to highlight a wide variety of causes, from the plight of the homeless in... City Arts 26 Apr 2025 | 03:44
Clifton Williams on the day he was charged in two assaults on May 8, 2024, one on actor Steve Buscemi and another on an Asian individual whose name was not released. He was sentenced on April 10 after pleading guilty. ( Photo: NYPD) Random Stabbing in Midtown; Steve Buscemi Attacker Sentenced Because it happened just two days after the horrific broken-bottle attack on costume designer Mae Berg in SoHo, another random... News 13 Apr 2025 | 11:21
Suspected Flatiron stabber walking past Madison Square Park, Worth Square behind him, March 29. ( Photo: NYPD) Cops Hunt Flatiron Stabber; Bragg Indicts Man for Anti-Gay Hate Crime On Saturday, March 29, at approximately 5:30 p.m., in the vicinity of West 25th Street and Fifth Avenue, a 31-year-old male... News 06 Apr 2025 | 06:32
Eric Bothcher has put up nine projects for participatory budget vote. Voting closes on April 6. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) $1 Million On Tap as Chelsea ‘Participatory Budgeting’ Voting Gets Underway As “participatory budgeting” voting gets underway (March 29 to April 6), Chelsea residents living in City Council Member... News 31 Mar 2025 | 06:03
Wanted for assault at 23rd St A / C /E station, March 17, 2025. ( Photo: NYPD) Psycho Shoves Man for Refusing Subway Swipe; Fatality at Times Square Station Appearances, never forget, can be deceiving. That’s one lesson to be relearned from an assault that occurred on March 17,... News 30 Mar 2025 | 04:39
Chelsea City Councilmember Tony Simone rallying for the implementation of a bill that would mandate psychiatric care for some defendants departing jail, which is based on a report he issued in January. ( Photo: Tony Simone) West Side Pols Push Varied Measures They Say Will Address Homelessness Two politicians representing Manhattan’s parts of the West Side are pushing measures that they believe will help homeless... News 02 Mar 2025 | 08:04
Sleek, modern-looking interior is a hallmark of “Kid,” a new Chelsea restaurant brought to you by the same folks who are behind Motel Morris and Chelsea Commons. ( Photo: Deborah Fenker) New ‘Kid’ on the Block Heats Up Dining Scene with Modern Take on Italian Eatery Looks like the team behind Motel Morris got a little frisky and had a Kid just a stone’s throw from their first restaurant.... Food & Drink 10 Feb 2025 | 03:32
A stylishly dressed woman stole cosmetics from a Chelsea shop, cops said, and when confronted, assaulted a store employee. ( Photo: NYPD) Stylish Woman Shoplifter Steals from Flatiron Cosmetics Store, Assaults Employee, Flees At its best—which is the same as saying at its worst—crime is an equal opportunity employer. Take the stylish woman bandit... News 10 Feb 2025 | 02:52
Woman Assaults Cops in Times Square; Public Lewdness in Kips Bay