NYC setting temporary morgues for surge in coronavirus deaths
New York City is setting up temporary morgues and deploying refrigerated trucks outside of hospitals for the surge of coronavirus deaths overwhelm the city morgues.
Restaurant lunch box lunches for busy New Yorkers
One way to get a taste of different things at lunch is to get a kind of lunch box meal.
Spanish-language adaptation of award-winning play addressing immigration and hate comes to NYC
You can now see the play “La Construcción Del Muro," the Costa Rican stage adaption of Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Robert Schenkkan’s “Building the Wall,” at Teatro LATEA.
Award-winning immigration play returns to New York City
A Costa Rican adaptation of Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Robert Schenkkan’s play “Building the Wall” is being showcased at Teatro LATEA on the Lower East Side.
Robber aims rifle at smoke shop worker
The NYPD wants to find the men who made off with cash, cigarettes, lottery tickets and a cell phone from the N&N Delancey Smoke Shop on the Lower East Side.
Water main break floods streets on the Lower East Side
Crews with the Environmental Protection Department, which manages the city's water supply, responded to a water main break on the Lower East Side on Monday.
A.I. computer creates music for Manhattan hotel
A Lower East Side hotel partnered with Bjork and Microsoft A.I. to create music for the hotel’s lobby.
Resident sues over apartment conditions
Charlene Richardson is desperate for help. She has lived in an apartment in NYCHA's Samuel Gompers Houses on the Lower East Side for more than 20 years. She says she hasn't had a kitchen wall since 2017.
Crowd lifts vehicle to free trapped woman
Video has gone viral of an SUV being lifted by people on the Lower East Side as they apparently free a woman trapped below.
Crowd lifts vehicle to free trapped woman
A crowd of strangers helps tip an SUV onto two wheels on the Lower East Side as they apparently free a woman trapped under it. Credit: Colby Droscher via Storyful
NYPD officer injured during traffic stop
A New York City police officer was injured when a man pinned him between his car and the patrol vehicle Tuesday night.
NYCHA tenants living with no gas this Christmas
Hundreds of tenants who live at the Samuel Gompers Houses in the Lower East Side have been living without gas since September.
Man beaten to death in iPhone robbery
Police in New York say a man has died weeks after a brutal beating during a robbery on the Lower East Side.
Citywide program offers free graffiti removal
Call it art or call it a nuisance, graffiti is a staple of New York City and can be found just about anywhere in the five boroughs. But just as visible are efforts to get rid of it.
Man kissed girl, 12, tried again on lips inside elevator: Cops
The NYPD wants to find the creep who kissed a 12-year-old girl on the cheek and attempted to kiss her on the lips while inside an elevator in the Lower East Side.
Man kissed girl, 12, tried again on lips inside elevator: Cops
The NYPD wants to find the creep who kissed a 12-year-old girl on the cheek and attempted to kiss her on the lips while inside an elevator in the Lower East Side.
NYC Houses of Worship: Eldridge Street Synagogue
It is not what you'd expect to find in the middle of Chinatown but the Eldridge Street Synagogue has been a fixture on the Lower East Side for more than a century. Built in 1886, the Jewish temple's history is just as incredible as its architecture. Back in the 1880s, the Lower East Side was a portal for immigration. Most Jews who came through were Eastern European, also known as Ashkenazi Jews.
Good Day Cafe: Milkshakes from New Territories
Actress Judy Greer has teamed up with Lactaid to celebrate summer with Lactaid based milkshakes from New Territories on the Lower East Side.
'Hell Square': LES residents complain of noise, fights, drunks
Party buses pulling up at 2 a.m., vomit on the sidewalk, streets clogged with drunk people. That's just an average weekend on the Lower East Side, according to some people who live here.
What is Hell Square?
Party buses pulling up at 2 a.m., vomit on the sidewalk, streets clogged with drunk people. That's just an average weekend on the Lower East Side, according to some people who live here. A study looked at a 24-square-block area that has become known as "Hell Square." The neighborhood has the highest density of liquor licenses in New York City.