NYPD Life Safety Systems Division Mobile Command Post truck on Washington Square North. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Washington Square Park Drug Crackdown: A Progress Report Washington Square Park has long had a drug problem—everyone knows this, and everyone who is honest about public health and... News 17 Nov 2025 | 01:43
A wrong-way driver killed a 27-year-old woman in Greenwich Village on Nov. 6. No arrests have been made. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Death on Morton Street: Wrong- Way Van Driver Kills Pedestrian A young woman was fatally struck by a rental van driving the wrong way down a Greenwich Village street on Thursday, Nov.... News 10 Nov 2025 | 04:51
New York Herald headlines of Dec. 3, 1893. ( Photo: Public Domain) Canter’s Lowly Resting Place: Three Old Jewish Cemeteries Revisited Often in historical research one stumbles upon something other than that which they were looking for. So it occurred recently... Voices 10 Nov 2025 | 01:45
Black students say NYU should have done more to warn them that the terrorist threats that the school received in the wake of the shooting of Charlie Kirk were directed at black students. ( Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Black Students Blast NYU Safety Response after Threats Following Charlie Kirk Murder Black students are blasting NYU’s initial response to a hate email manifesto sent to some students that they said very specifically... News 22 Sep 2025 | 11:16
Left: Booty from recent Washington Square Park drug busts; right: NYPD warns against mail fishing. ( Photos: NYPD) Drug Busts in Washington Square; Mailbox Thefts in East Village Police continue to arrest the purveyors of illegal narcotics including crack, methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in Washington... News 25 Aug 2025 | 02:35
The base of the biggest tree at 838 Greenwich St. sits below the scaffolding, but an online poster fears the scaffolding is slowing killing the tree because the structure blocks adequate water and sunlight. ( Photo: Otto Fritton) Activist Claims Scaffolding Slowly Killing Trees in Village On Greenwich Street, a lone street tree is receiving the silent treatment, starved of sun and rain due to scaffolding surrounding... News 23 Jul 2025 | 04:14
Left: Broadway at Cedar Street looking toward Red Cube; Right: Busted in Washington Square. ( Photos: Brian Berger, NYPD) E-Biker Attacks DOT Worker; Drug Bust in Washington Sq. Park In a shocking clash of common interests, an employee of the very e-bike friendly NYC Department of Transportation was slashed... News 21 Jul 2025 | 08:10
Left: Wanted for sexual abuse near Houston Street, May 17 & 18; Right: from a West Village drug bust ( Photos: NYPD) Cops Seek Village Sex Attacks Suspect; Narcotics Bust on 6th Ave. A sex predator is on the loose in Greenwich Village and cops are asking the public’s assistance in finding him. Two known... News 14 Jul 2025 | 12:24
Left: Wanted for hate crime and criminal mischief. Right: Ticket sellers stalk the Whitehall Street subway station, near scene of recent attack on Togo-native ticket seller. ( Photos: NYPD, Brian Berger) Hate Crime at Hebrew Union College; Migrant Ticket Seller Stabbed near Battery Park The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in discovering the identity and whereabouts of... News 09 Jun 2025 | 10:18
The historic Church of St. Luke in the Fields on Hudson Street is 204 years old and has long been active in Greenwich Village social causes. Its plan to rebuild its Mission Building after a fire is stirring a local controversy. ( Photo: Hudson Burrows) Historic Village Church’s Plan for New Mission Building Stirs Neighborhood Controversy Nestled in Hudson Street just a few blocks from the Hudson River sits the Church of St. Luke in the Fields. The Episcopal... News 06 Jun 2025 | 08:24
Michael Lupinacci holds photo of his great great aunt Santina Salemi who died in the fire. Her cousin Frances, was also in the shirtwaist sweatshop that day, but survived. ( Photo: Philip Maier) Ceremony Remembers Victims Who Perished in Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire A bell tolled 146 times on a sunny but chilly day on March 25 in Greenwich Village. On that date, 114 years ago, an 18 minute... News 28 Mar 2025 | 11:02
At Helen Levitt’s doorstep. ( Photo: Philip Maier) Karen’s Quirky Style Honors Photographer Helen Levitt Who was the most influential street photographer you never heard of? In honor of Women’s History Month, I set out to answer... News 22 Mar 2025 | 05:14
Two riders approach the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The wider, protected bike lanes are meant to make riding safer for the growing number of e-bikers. But some worry the faster, wider lanes will increase the danger to pedestrians since many bikers ignore all traffic laws. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) New Bike Lanes Debut in Village and Midtown; Riders Pleased but Many Ignore Rules of Road Up and down the avenues of Manhattan, brand-new wider bike lanes have been put in place by the Department of Transportation... News 10 Mar 2025 | 01:35
The Kirkus Review praised Talkin’ Greenwich Village saying the author David Browne “offers a detailed, abundantly populated chronicle of a storied place and its creative, outspoken, driven inhabitants...Animated social history.” ( Photo: Hachette Books) “Talkin’ Greenwich Village” Captures The Coolest Neighborhood in the History of the World David Browne’s terrific new book, Talkin’ Greenwich Village, is a love letter to that distinctive, quirky, historic stretch... News 25 Oct 2024 | 05:11
Advocates say that LinkNYC’s futuristic 32-foot tall 5G towers will disrupt the character of historic districts and buildings. ( Credit: NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications) 32-Foot LinkNYC 5G Towers Get Pushback from Historic Preservation Advocates New Yorkers may have seen a new fixture on their sidewalks as of late. At 32 feet tall, with metal columns and slightly translucent... News 24 Nov 2023 | 07:35
