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Screening of Electric Lady documentary focused on life of Jimi Hendrix

Music

Reliving Jimi Hendrix’s legacy at documentary on ‘Electric Lady,’ his famous Greenwich Village recording studio

Posted on August 14, 2024

Photo of Manhattan robber who choked victim at 14th Street station

Manhattan robber choked men out and stole their watches in three separate incidents: cops

Posted on August 14, 2024

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NYC sells off authentic Cornelia Street signs denoting Taylor Swift’s former block

Posted on August 13, 2024

Starbucks baristas strike outside the Starbucks in Astor Place demanding fair pay and better working condidtions.

Business

The last drop: Starbucks shuts iconic Astor Place store. Are high rents to blame?

Posted on July 29, 2024

Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue discusses the obstacles to restoring the Tony Dapolito Rec Center.

City is considering demolishing the Tony Dapolito rec center in Greenwich Village

Posted on July 10, 2024

Waiting on platform of Union Square station

Subway slasher in Union Square sought for slicing man on platform

Posted on July 1, 2024

NYU student journalist photographer sits in chair at office

Student journalists at NYU’s Washington Square News teach a memorable lesson on local journalism power

Posted on May 8, 2024

Worker outside NYU amid protests there and Columbia University

Columbia University admin calls for outside agitators to vacate encampment while NYU barricades campus with plywood

Posted on April 23, 2024

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Columbia University and NYU protests: Over 130 arrested as NYPD clears out Gould Plaza occupation

Posted on April 23, 2024

Cinema Village movie theater in Manhattan marquee

Why workers at one of Manhattan’s oldest movie theaters want a union to be the next coming attraction

Posted on April 10, 2024

Suspect in Manhattan stabbing case.

Suspect in Manhattan stabs 66-year-old after fight over public urination: NYPD

Posted on January 22, 2024

Greenwich Village site where new development will rise

Greenwich Village residents seek affordable housing and cultural space at new building set to rise on city-owned site

Posted on January 11, 2024

Dance-off at Washington Square Park

SEE IT: Dance-off at Washington Square Park adds to the holiday fun

Posted on January 3, 2024

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A New York City non-profit’s mission to feed the hungry, but make it vegan

Posted on December 27, 2023

Greenwich Village vigil attendees holding candles for lost sex workers

Annual Greenwich Village vigil honoring sex workers killed in violence marks 20 years of remembrance

Posted on December 27, 2023

Lenny Kaye with guitar

Catching up with Lenny Kaye, longtime Patti Smith guitarist and ‘cultural historian’ of Village music

Posted on December 6, 2023

Suspects behind antisemitic incident in Greenwich Village

Bigoted bullies in Greenwich Village hurl debris, shout antisemitic remarks at man: NYPD

Posted on November 4, 2023

Greenwich Village

SEE IT: NYC Village Halloween Parade celebrates 50th anniversary

Posted on November 1, 2023

Makeshift memorial to Matthew Perry

‘Friends’ forever: New Yorkers pay tribute to Matthew Perry day after his shocking death

Posted on October 29, 2023

NY: Triangle Fire Memorial Dedication

‘Making a statement’: New Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire memorial honors 146 victims, 112 years later

Posted on October 12, 2023

NY: Downtown LGBTQ+ Activism Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan

Greenwich Village

Activism Walking Tour explores LGBTQ+ history of lower Manhattan

Posted on August 26, 2023

Union Square at night

Business

Union Square economic study plots economic future of business district

Posted on August 18, 2023

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Greenwich Village

West Village scissors attacker indicted for cutting up three people: DA

Posted on August 17, 2023

Hundreds of teenagers brawl at Union Square Friday afternoon.

Union Square riot: 65 teens and YouTube influencer arrested after afternoon of pandemonium

Posted on August 5, 2023

Police file photo

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village slashing: Unhinged man cuts up two men with scissors, cops say

Posted on July 27, 2023

People playing yo-yos in Washington Square Park

Sunday in the park with the arts: Washington Square Park features a day of music, poetry and body-painters

Posted on July 26, 2023

Cops are looking for three crooks

Serial crooks sought for Upper East Side, Greenwich Village robberies

Posted on July 23, 2023

Subway stabbing suspect in Manhattan

Suspect sought in violent subway stabbing at Union Square train platform

Posted on July 3, 2023

Stabbing investigation

Washington Square Park stabbing: Search continues for suspects after man slain

Posted on June 22, 2023

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Death on the 4 train: Man found fatally stabbed at Union Square station

Posted on June 17, 2023

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70-year-old woman struck and killed by MTA bus in Greenwich Village

Posted on June 7, 2023

Trans activist Qween Jean at a Washington Square Park rally

Prominent transgender activist Qween Jean arrested in Greenwich Village during ‘Trans Revolution’ march

Posted on June 1, 2023

NY: CEI Benchmarks

Public school students present city’s newest hand-painted park benches at Washington Square Park, come with inspirational messages

Posted on May 26, 2023

Police

Greenwich Village

Cop who allegedly beat homeless man while on patrol in Greenwich Village indicted for assault: DA

Posted on May 24, 2023

Remembering the Triangle fire victims

Triangle Fire Memorial coming to Greenwich Village this fall

Posted on May 17, 2023

Julia Gorton photographer

Julia Gorton captures the vintage Downtown New York music scene with vivid imagery in new collection

Posted on May 17, 2023

Iconic Astor Place ‘Cube’ removed for restoration, will spin again by August

Posted on May 9, 2023

Suspect (NYPD) and West 4 Street-Washington Square Station (GMaps)

Greenwich Village

67-year-old punched in face in unprovoked attack outside subway entrance in Greenwich Village: NYPD

Posted on May 8, 2023

New York Studio School student Nate Antolik works on a sculpture

Go inside the New York Studio School of Drawing, where young artists ‘come to look and learn to see’

Posted on May 3, 2023

Union Square Barnes & Noble

Put it in the books: Union Square Barnes & Noble workers file for union election

Posted on April 28, 2023

Remembering the Triangle fire victims

Business

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire victims remembered 112 years after horror in Greenwich Village

Posted on March 25, 2023

A close up of Pepper the Boston Terrier wearing a shirt and harness at Washington Square Park.

Who let the dogs out? National Boston Terrier Day brings flood of doggos to Washington Square Park

Posted on February 20, 2023

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Greenwich Village

Community leaders, elected officials grieve together at Union Square vigil for lives lost to anti-Asian hate

Posted on February 16, 2023

Greenwich Village

Cops seek New Year’s Eve slasher in Greenwich Village

Posted on January 24, 2023

Cannabis

New cannabis dispensary in Greenwich Village marks racial equity milestone

Posted on January 23, 2023

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Smoke Shop in Greenwich Village Robbed at Gunpoint

Posted on January 23, 2023

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Manhattan community boards, Borough President Levine call on city to slow 5G rollout

Posted on January 21, 2023

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Business

Second legal weed dispensary to open in Greenwich Village next week

Posted on January 19, 2023

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Rev. Michael Blake announced he will join the race to be NYC Mayor in 2025.

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feral cat shelters in Brooklyn

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