Crazed man punches French tourist in the head outside Midtown NYC Burger King
A crazed Brooklyn resident randomly punched a French tourist in the head in Midtown on Saturday morning, sending the victim crashing headfirst into a flight of stone steps, according to police sources and a video of the incident, just days after he allegedly attacked an elderly man in the East Village. According to surveillance footage […]
Midtown tower with famed lineage sells for first time in eight decades
An office building once owned by John Jay Astor has sold for the first time in 82 years: Jay Properties purchased 8 West 38th Street from the Felder family for $35 million, or $250 per square foot. A Midtown office building formerly owned by John Jay Astor recently sold for $35 million. Handouts The buyer […]
Doctors react to Midtown shooting | FOX 5 News
Doctors and staff at the Northside Medical Building where the shooting took place say they were kept safe by police responding to … source
Last call for iconic Midtown NYC bar Neary’s
Neary’s, the great pub that Jimmy Neary opened in 1967 at 348 E. 57th St., closed its doors for the final time on Friday, and it’s no wonder people say it’s the end of an era — we’re sad to see Neary’s legendary Irish coffee and lamb chops go, but we’re not at all worried […]
Big deal to bring Ikea to empty Midtown lot raises bigger questions
The big news is that Sweden’s Ingka Investments, which owns most of the IKEA stores, has formed a “strategic partnership” with Extell on the 1 million-square-foot mixed-use tower it’s planning for 570 Fifth Avenue. Developer Gary Barnett has long been planning to build a new large skyscraper on the prized Midtown site. According to Bloomberg, […]
NYC’s Midtown coalition won’t make a dent in sleaze & menace
Memo to Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg: Cheers from the Bronx to the new “Midtown Community Improvement Coalition” because, yes, the Squeegee Men are back at the corner of 9th Avenue and West 40th Street. Mayor Eric Adams, along with New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg, announced plans for a […]
Midtown Manhattan’s shelter-lined ‘8th Ave. Corridor’ plagued by open drug use: ‘Strip of despair’
Locals say a section of Midtown Manhattan has become a “city of despair” where drug addicts inject drugs, smoke marijuana and sleep beneath the feet of commuters and tourists. “There’s a lot going on around here,” one store owner told The Post about the so-called 8th Avenue neighborhood near Penn Station, which is home to […]
Man shot with pellet gun during Midtown rush — one of three similar incidents in NYC within hours
A pedestrian was shot in the back with a gel blaster pellet gun during the Monday morning rush in the heart of Midtown. Police said this was one of three similar incidents in the city overnight. According to police, the 47-year-old victim told police he was walking south on Fifth Avenue near 35th Street in […]
Music Midtown, popular Atlanta music festival, canceled this year
The music festival that draws tens of thousands of people to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park will not be held this year. Atlanta’s Midtown Music Festival canceled due to Georgia gun ban, reports say A post Wednesday on Music Midtown’s Instagram page and website, a longtime staple for pop music lovers, said the festival is “on hiatus […]
Jalen Brunson gets Nike billboard treatment in Midtown
The city that never sleeps certainly won’t sleep with Jalen Brunson and the Knicks. On Monday night, as the second round of the NBA playoffs was about to kick off at the Garden, a new Nike sign featuring New York’s breakout hoops superstar appeared on the corner of 34th Street and 7th Avenue, with two […]