Glass facade building 107 East Broadway, near the corner of Pike Street c. 2022. On the ground floor is Lazhou Ramen. On the third floor, a secret People Republic of China police station. Today, the police station, and the scaffolding are gone. The noodles, happily, remain. ( Photo: FBI) The Spies Who Loved Noodles: Defendant in Secret Chinese Police Station Case Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy You heard the story about the secret Chinese police station above a ramen shop in Chinatown, yes? No? Either way, it’s a true... News 20 Dec 2024 | 03:28
Face of Evil: Police on Dec. 5 released a new photo which they believe shows the face of the shooter in the horrific killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was assasinated outside the Hilton Hotel early on Dec. 4. The manhunt for the killer continues. ( Photo: NYPD) Gunman Kills CEO of United Healthcare Outside Hilton; Cops Say Killer Left City on Dec. 4 A lone, masked gunman opened fire on the CEO of United Healthcare in an early morning shooting on Dec. 4 killing him outside... News 08 Dec 2024 | 05:19
Eight UPS and FedEx trucks have been robbed across New York City since April, and no arrests have been made yet. ( Photo: via brand.ups.com) Truck Robberies Continue, Still Under Investigation Months Later News 05 Dec 2024 | 12:27
WANTED FOR GRAND LARCENY - Perpetrator - Probable Cause to Arrest. Water Street, November 2, 2024. ( Brian Berger) Trio of Asian Con Women Swipe $40G Worth of Jewelry from 81-Year-Old Woman on LES Don’t tell anyone but the life of a crime reporter can be a little dull sometimes. Once in a while, something unusual comes... News 04 Nov 2024 | 03:44
A typical Times Square tourist, October 2024. Their face has been blurred to preserve their anonymity. ( Obtained by Straus News) Migrant Youth Gang Los Diablos de la 42 Terrorizes Times Square, Repeat Arrests Mean Little The devil is in the details. Though this phrase can apply to many aspects of New York City’s response to the ongoing migrant... News 21 Oct 2024 | 10:12
Eric Goldstein (at podium) of the United Jewish Federation with then-NYPD Commissioner Kechant Sewell (center) and Mayor Eric Adams at a press conference announcing the arrest of two individuals in Penn Station. One defendant pleaded guilty for plotting an anti-Semitic terror plot this week and could face ten years in state prison. DA Alvin Bragg (far left) looks on. Charges against a second man are still pending. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Guilty Plea for Man Accused in 2022 Anti-Semitic Terrorist Plot A man who was arrested in Penn Station nearly two years ago and charged in a connection with a terror plot to attack Jewish... News 22 Sep 2024 | 05:15
The Times Square subway mezzanine. A stabbing occurred on the southbound Q train at 42nd St, and 7th Ave. ( Credit: Bonnachoven via Wikimedia Commons) Two Teens Stabbed Aboard Train in Times Square Two teenagers were aboard the southbound Q train at 42nd Street, when a verbal dispute with an unknown individual led to... News 15 Aug 2024 | 02:57
Tent City South, Manhattan Bridge Plaza, July 31, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Manhattan Bridge Plaza Homeless Do as They Please — Despite Repeated Efforts to Remove Them This is a tale of two tent cities—one on either side of the Manhattan Bridge Plaza. Or you might call it a shantytown—this... Home 12 Aug 2024 | 03:55
The Mayoral phalanx, with First Deputy NYPD Commissioner Tania Kinsela to Hizzoner’s left. ( X @NYCMayor) Dominican Day Parade Delights Many Before Route Crashing Rowdies Ruin It for All Hundreds of thousands of red, white and blue adorned spectators and participant crowded 6th Avenue from the 30s to Central... Home 12 Aug 2024 | 01:57
Attempted Rapist Strikes Near Gracie Mansion A sexual attacker reamins on the loose following an attack on a 19 year old woman a short distance from Gracie Mansion in... News 12 Aug 2024 | 11:09
Migrant Violence: 2 Arrested, 1 on Lam for Kicking Cop Outside 8th Ave Hotel; 2 Others in Guilty Pleas for Times Sq Brawl The Strip of Despair—that long, often lawless swath of 8th Avenue from the upper 20s just below Madison Square Garden to... News 01 Aug 2024 | 06:16
Shi Yahan, in blue dress, moments before she was brutally beaten by two masked thugs outside 37 Monroe Street, Tuesday June 25, at approximately 2:08 p.m. ( NYPD) Teen Busted for Baseball Bat Beating of Chinatown Woman; Partner in Attack Still on Lam One of the two thugs sought for the brutal June 15 attack on 58-year-old Shi Yanan on Monroe Street, on the edge of Chinatown,... News 29 Jul 2024 | 03:45
The two suspects believed to be responsible for a flurry of new robberies involving mopeds. ( Photo: NYPD) String of Moped-Related Crimes Strike Upper Manhattan The NYPD believes a number of recent burglaries in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx are related, the common denominator being... News 26 Jul 2024 | 05:38
Sam Mensah caught on a surveillance camera September 2023. ( NYPD) Stroller Pushing Madman Pleads Guilty to UES Assaults, Faces Five Years in the Can Violent Sam Mensah, the stroller-pushing papa behind a series of surprise attacks against Upper East Side pedestrians last... News 20 Jul 2024 | 08:21
Growing memorial to Yazmeen Williams outside 207 E. 27th St. on July 12 where her remains were discovered on July 5. A wheel chair bound suspect has been arrested and charged with her murder. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Alleged Kips Bay Killer Arrested & Held Without Bail in Murder of 31-Year-Old Woman Nothing ever good happens under scaffolding. This always irksome fact of Manhattan life turned horribly tragic on Friday July... News 15 Jul 2024 | 12:37
