The most recent headless chickens were found on the south side of Broadway Malls at West 91st Street. ( Photos: Google Maps; Gus Saltonstall X inset) Headless Chickens Return to Broadway: Santeria or Voodoo? What Does It Mean? Signs of animal sacrifice have again returned to the Upper West Side, and again the evidence is a pair of dead, headless... News 29 Sep 2025 | 05:13
Steuben Day preview at Foley Square, Sep. 19 (inset); and the parade proper on Fifth Avenue the next day. ( Photos: Brian Berger) 1000s of Jolly Germans March Up 5th Avenue: Auf die Freundschaft! Fifth Avenue came alive to the sights and sounds of the annual German-American Steuben Day Parade on Saturday, Sept. 20,... News 29 Sep 2025 | 09:08
The Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak has now been declared over. Officials traced it to Harlem Hospital, above. ( Photo: NYC Health + Hospitals Harlem ) After 7 Deaths, Legionnaires’ Outbreak in Harlem Declared Over The deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak that struck Harlem around Aug. 9 is over, NYC health officials said on Aug. 29, leaving... News 19 Sep 2025 | 09:15
Two men, including Nunzio Quinto (second from left) have filed lawsuits in connection with Harlem’s Legionnaires’ outbreak. Quinto appeared at an Aug. 20 presser with Al Sharpton (far right) and Ben Crump (far left). ( Photo: Al Sharpton, Instagram) Two Legionnaires’ Patients File Lawsuits Against Employers, Death Toll Climbs to Six A deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Harlem has now led to six deaths, up from four at last count, with a total... News 25 Aug 2025 | 07:07
City officials have proposed stronger regulations around testing cooling towers for Legionnaires’ (Note: The cooling tower pictured is not tied to any outbreak). ( Photo: EVAPCO) City Proposes Stronger Legionnaires’ Rules for Cooling Towers, Amid Outbreak An ongoing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that struck Harlem in late July, killing three people, appears to be slowing... News 19 Aug 2025 | 07:06
Mayor Eric Adams showed up to Harlem to talk with locals about the outbreak on August 6. ( Photo: Flickr, nycmayorsoffice) Harlem Legionnaires’ Outbreak Multiplies, Three Now Dead An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that struck Harlem in late July has spread to more people, NYC’s Department of Health... News 12 Aug 2025 | 04:27
Cooling towers can be breeding grounds for Legionnaires’ disease (note: the one pictured is not tied to any outbreak). ( Photo: EVAPOCO/X.com) Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Hits Harlem, Killing One Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia named after the Legionella bacteria, has struck Manhattan. An outbreak... News 05 Aug 2025 | 03:16
Left : Two Waterline Square (yellow circle within rectangle of larger development), where a teen was slashed. Right: West 114th Street and Lenox Avenue (yellow circle), site of a shooting by a 15-year-old.. ( Pbotos: Google Maps, Straus News markup) Teen Slashed on UWS; Cops Collar 15-year-old for Harlem Shooting Teen violence reached a locale little known for such mayhem, namely Two Waterline Square at 400 W. 61st St. (which also has... News 28 Jul 2025 | 03:51
Left: 1370 Fifth Ave., within King Towers NYCHA complex; Right: Wanted for forcible touching. ( Photos: Google Maps; NYPD) 15-Year-Old Shot on 5th Avenue; Buttocks Grabbed on Madison The rash of gun violence involving teenagers continues unabated. While Manhattan has been relatively insulated from the trend... News 23 May 2025 | 11:30
SBA President Vincent Vallegong at the podium. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Sergeants’ Union Rallies in Harlem for “Fair Pay Now” Hundreds of NYPD sergeants and their supporters braved the frigid cold and came to Harlem on Thursday Jan. 9, to protest... Voices 10 Jan 2025 | 08:16
Clockwise: Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Christian Mission in Harlem, St. Paul’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chelsea, Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum on the Lower East Side, and St. Peter’s Chelsea. ( Photo credits, clockwise: Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Christian Mission’s Facebook page, Jim Naureckas via Wikimedia Commons, Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons, Beyond My Ken via Wikimedia Commons.) Four Sacred Sites in Manhattan Receive Renovation Grants The New York Landmarks Conservancy has pledged a total of $81,750 in “Sacred Sites Grants” to four religious properties in... News 03 Jun 2024 | 04:11
A fashion tour of Harlem. Photo: Nidal Qannan Brixton Comes to Harlem They are legendary neighborhoods, an ocean apart, yet connected by parallel histories and similar challenges. Both are predominantly... News 15 May 2022 | 09:36
Trader Joe’s will move into the lower level of the new Urban League Empowerment Center. Building rendering: Beyer Blinder Belle Trader Joe’s to Open in Harlem Come 2023, Upper Manhattan will finally have a Trader Joe’s. The popular grocery chain is expected to move into the lower... News 08 Jan 2021 | 02:45
Student doctors (left to right) Adal Abonamah, Avraham Marcucci and Rachel Gabriel. Photo courtesy of Touro College ‘The Community We Call Home’ Donning masks and gloves, 76 student doctor volunteers and faculty from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine - Harlem engaged... News 05 Nov 2020 | 03:52
The Harlem Grown garden on West 127th Sreet (Photo: Jaden Satenstein) ‘Growing Healthy Kids’ By Jaden Satenstein In a city characterized by its tall, tightly-packed buildings, green space is usually not considered a... News 06 Aug 2019 | 12:06
