With concerns about a pervert who followed then fondled a woman walking on south Park Slope street, the police have released two additional videos of the man suspect in the May 23 attack. more ›

Yup, they're getting a bigger boat. After being surprisingly popular from the get-go, the still-in-a-pilot-phase East River Ferry program is expanding weekend service, starting tomorrow, by bringing in 399-seat boats (as opposed to the 149-seaters they run during the week). more ›

On the eve of the 33rd anniversary of Etan Patz's disappearance, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly announced that 51-year-old NJ resident Pedro Hernandez was arrested in the murder of the six-year-old boy. Kelly said that Hernandez told relatives, "I did a bad thing. I killed a kid in New York." more ›

Remember when NJ Governor Chris Christie complained about the NYPD's spying on Muslims in the Garden State, "This is the New York Police Department. I know they think their jurisdiction is the world. Their jurisdiction is New York City. My concern is this kind of obsession that the NYPD seems to have that they’re the masters of the universe." Well, now the NJ Attorney General says that the NYPD didn't do anything wrong! more ›

Back when we were in middle school in the city all of the students at our public school were required to take latin as our foreign language—which in retrospect was a clever way to both make sure nobody in the very multicultural school had a leg up and to teach some history not necessarily in the NYC curriculum. But now we're totally jealous of the kids at P.S. 368 in Hamilton Heights! Starting next year all of the 200 second- through fifth-graders at the school are going to be required to take Arabic twice a week for 45 minutes. It is the first school to require the study of Arabic, according to officials. more ›

Despite a court-ordered 2010 report that showed that there was "actionable balance sheet manipulation" at Lehman Brothers, the emails to prove that company brass knew about it, and a Lehman employee who was willing to help expose wrongdoing at the company, the SEC will do nothing. Bloomberg News obtained a memo prepared by SEC investigators that states that the agency likely will not recommend any enforcement action against the firm or its executives. Screw up a food festival in Brooklyn, and you'll taste justice in 48 hours. Help cause the implosion of the global economy? Nothing to see here, folks! more ›

Last night, Katy Perry performed in a special concert for U.S. service members. The concert, sponsored by Pepsi and held at Pier 9 in Brooklyn, meant that Perry could wear an American flag dress and demand that a marine kiss her in the style of the famous V-J Day kiss in Times Square—"On the lips!" more ›

Daft Punk is playing at T.G.I. Friday's every day it seems: Pitchfork pointed us to a recent commercial from the fast food chain, which contains a background song that sounds suspiciously similar to LCD Soundsystem's classic "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House." Does that mean Sarah's girlfriend is working the door there too? Watch the commercial, then listen to the original song below. more ›

It seems that somebody in Chelsea is not loving the insane popularity of the High Line. So much so, in fact, that they've gone and put up signs reminding "High Line Tourists" that "West Chelsea is not Times Square. It is not a tourist attraction." Really? Because it IS attracting tourists! more ›

Call us old fashioned or uncouth, but coffee isn't nearly enough to take the edge off in this humidity: we demand margaritas. Or, canned malt beverages that are designed to taste like spirits but are actually 8% ABV Frankendrinks. After reading HuffPo's raving "fairly palatable" review, we've been prowling bodegas and Duane Reades in Manhattan and Brooklyn for Bud Light's new youth marketing Trojan horse concoction, Bud Light Lime-A-Rita, but have come up short. We even asked one large beer distributor in New Jersey if they stocked it. "We tasted it and decided not to keep it in stock," a clerk told us. Your loss: you have to put Hennessy in it to unlock the magic. more ›