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Upper East Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: Jun. 4-10
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (306+ words) Guggenheim Day Camp: If you're off from school for the holiday, you can join the Museum for camp. Campers ages 6 to 11 are encouraged to step out of their comfort zones to experience art in a new way. 9: 30 a. m. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth…...
SL Green Sells Midtown Office Building For $312 Million
17+ hour, 17+ min ago (539+ words) SL Green has sold a Midtown office building for $312 million as part of a strategy to reduce debt, the real estate investment trust announced on June 1. The 37-story building at 10 E. 53rd St. , which spans 390, 000 sq. ft. , will be sold to the…...
World Cup Matches to Cause NYC Street Closures
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (545+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced street closures that will change transit patterns during the upcoming World Cup, telling New Yorkers to plan to use public transit or expect traffic delays during eight local match days. These will occur on June…...
Crowds Gather in Murray Hill to Watch the Magnificent Manhattanhenge
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (250+ words) Cameras blasted up, everyone trying to get the perfect picture of the perfect Manhattan sunset: it is Manhattanhenge. People wait in anticipation, lining up hours before the 8 p. m. sunset in order to preserve a spot for the phenomenon. During this biannual…...
Who is Going to Pay for the $8 Billion Rebuild of Penn Station?
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (1419+ words) The Trump administration has revived Andrew Cuomo's plan to use payments from real estate development around Penn Station to help fund the rebuilding of the station itself. "PILOTS are on the table," reported the Manhattan Borough President, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, using…...
One Sunday, Two Parades: AAPI Takes Sixth Avenue, Nepal Day Madison
1+ week, 4+ day ago (504+ words) On the bright, just short of scorching Sunday of May 17, two different Asian parades took to the streets of Manhattan simultaneously. That the larger of the two events, the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Parade on Sixth Avenue, nominally includes…...
City Boosts Ferry Service Ahead of World Cup But No Harlem Connection
1+ week, 6+ day ago (646+ words) City Hall is expanding ferry service as the World Cup approaches, in order to capitalize on an influx of soccer-loving tourists looking to enjoy some quality time on the city's waterways. The service changes will last until September 13, and will…...
Woman Scalded to Death after Fatal Fall into Manhole: Med Examiner
1+ week, 6+ day ago (436+ words) The 56-year-old grandma who took a fatal fall after stepping from her SUV into an uncovered manhole the night of May 18 died from scald burns and inhalation of the scalding vapor, the chief medical examiner revealed. She had parked her…...
Halmar Tapped by Amtrak for $8 Billion Penn Station Redo; MSG Won't Have to Move
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1325+ words) The Trump administration announced that it will rebuild Penn Station with Madison Square Garden remaining on top, but reclad in a "classic look" and with a new train hall on Eighth Avenue where the Madison Square Garden theater is now....
Woman Dies After Falling Into an Uncovered Manhole In Midtown Manhattan
1+ week, 6+ day ago (428+ words) A 56-year-old woman died after falling about 10 feet into an uncovered manhole in Midtown Manhattan late May 18 night near the Cartier store on East 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue, according to the NYPD. The woman was identified as Donike Gocaj. Witnesses…...