Decades-overdue library books returned with a note: 'I am embarrassed'

Since the New York Public Library eliminated fines for overdue books, the library system has been flooded with returns. Recently, a stack of books overdue for decades came with an anonymous note.

Anti-gay attack: 22-year-old man viciously beaten on subway train

A violent attacker punched a man and pulled his hair out while using an anti-gay slur aboard a subway train in Manhattan.

Man guilty in $200,000 SoHo Chanel store robbery

A Brooklyn man has been convicted for a brazen daytime smash-and-grab-style robbery of a Chanel store in Manhattan.

Woman pulls knife, bites man in front of young children in string of shocking subway assaults

The NYPD is investigating a string of shocking assaults on the city's subway system including that of a woman pulling a knife on a man and then biting him in front of her children.

2 teen boys shot outside East River Houses in East Harlem

Two teenage boys were shot possibly during a dispute on East 105th Street in East Harlem. Police were looking for the gunman.

Subway assault victim says no one helped her

A subway commuter says an "unstable madman" attacked her in front of witnesses but nobody stepped in to help her.

Suspect arrested in NYC McDonald's assault and robbery

The NYPD has arrested a suspect in the violent assault and robbery of a man inside a Manhattan McDonald's.

K-pop musical coming to Broadway

A K-pop musical is headed to Broadway starring Luna.

Thief smashes taxi window with cinder block

The NYPD released a video of a woman breaking into a cab in Manhattan to steal a phone.

Coffee shop opens on platform of 86th Street subway station in Manhattan

Improvements are percolating in the New York City subway system. The MTA is trying to burnish its image with the opening of a coffee shop on the Q line platform at the 86th Street station in Manhattan.

R train suspensions complicates commute for Bay Ridge residents

If you ride the R train from or to Brooklyn, you need to know about these service suspensions due to switch replacement work that will last through June.

Homeless man accused of killing man near Penn Station

The NYPD has arrested a homeless man after a man was found stabbed to death on a sidewalk near Penn Station..

Woman running in Manhattan choked, sexually assaulted

A woman running on a path in Hudson River Park in Manhattan was attacked and sexually assaulted.

NYC subway robber goes on $700 shopping spree

A subway robber went on a spending spree with a victim's credit cards after snatching his wallet in a Midtown Manhattan subway station.

Inflation hits New York lunches, too

Two years after the pandemic started, many New Yorkers are getting back to the office only to find that their favorite lunches have gone up in price.

73-year-old NYC man attacked in broad daylight in attempted robbery

A 73-year-old man was shoved to the ground from behind and kicked in a broad daylight robbery attempt in Midtown Manhattan.