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 […]
‘Midtown Jane Doe’ finally ID’d 20 years after remains found cemented in former NYC hot spot
NYPD detectives have finally identified the body of a woman found mysteriously buried in cement in what was once a famous Hell’s Kitchen hotspot 20 years ago. And they were eerily helped by the victims of 9/11. Police say the woman known only as “Midtown Jane Doe” was found in Sunset Park after her skeleton […]
Famed NYC office tower lures Michelin-starred chef amid Midtown food boom
The menus of three new restaurants slated to open in Manhattan’s former Sony Building will feature high-end sushi, Korean steaks and American cuisine, the Post reported. The distinctive restaurant at 550 Madison Avenue, home to Hermès, Chubb and Corsair Capital, was unveiled to the public for the first time Monday by Simon Kim’s Gracious Hospitality […]
Partial crane collapse in Midtown Atlanta | FOX 5 News
Breaking news out of Midtown Atlanta: Emergency crews are at the scene of a crane collapse at a construction site. Multiple … source