Not much happening with the weather right now. High pressure is slowly moving offshore today so we'll see a mix of sun and clouds with a high in the upper 40s. What excitement exists, and it's not much, is a Midwestern storm that will push first a warm front and then a cold front through the city tomorrow. There's a good chance we'll see some drizzle or light rain tomorrow, especially in the afternoon. Thursday's high will be in the lower to mid 50s. more ›

A 14-year-old Bronx boy slipped while hanging curtains in his 5th floor apartment and fell out the window to his death yesterday. Yohan Hernandez was standing on a chair installing curtains when the tragic accident occurred on Townsend Avenue near East 172nd Street in Morris Heights around 4:30 p.m. Witness Orlando Ventura described the distressing scene after the fall: “His stomach was swollen. He was pale. They were pumping him, pumping him, pumping him." more ›

Did you miss the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival at the Bell House again? Yeah, we're still bummed about it too. What is that you say? There things to be excited about other than WTF with Marc Maron? Here's a few that we're pumped about. more ›

A man who fell off the roof of his luxury Williamsburg rental building is now suing the property. But not because he forgot his keys, attempted to climb into his window ("after a few drinks") and was injured when he fell onto a terrace. It's because the building doesn't have a handicap-accessible elevator. more ›

[Big Update Below] Sometimes a romantic gesture can land you in the hospital. No, not that kind of gesture. The Daily News today has a story about the kind of incident we're talking about. Last night a 30-year-old Romeo tried to visit his girlfriend in Morningside Heights. But when he got to her building around midnight nobody answered the door. But he was there, and it being Valentine's and all, he went for the romantic gesture and climbed up her fire escape. All was well until he got to the third floor, at which point he slipped and fell back to the ground. more ›

Recently Joe Torres of Eyewitness News was in the Bronx reporting on Catholic church/school robberies in Bedford Park... but luckily a woman lightened things up when she fell on camera! Always, always amusing. We've all been there lady, it was just your time. more ›

Remember how a 22-year-old man somehow survived a 39-story fall from a West Side building—after falling into a Dodge Charger parked on the street— in August? Well, he's up and walking around—the Daily News spotted him at his parents' Staten Island home, and Thomas Magill said, "I'm doing good." more ›

Mayor Bloomberg reports his daughter is doing fine after her fall during the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament on Friday night. He said at a press conference, “A number of people have expressed their prayers for my daughter. She is, I think, fine,” and that her injuries are “certainly not life-threatening.” “I talked to her yesterday — a little bit of pain but was still walking around,” Bloomberg said. “And we’ll see what happens today.” more ›

Georgina Bloomberg, the horse-riding daughter of Mayor Bloomberg, was seriously hurt this weekend after falling during an equestrian jumping event in Syracuse. The 27-year-old suffered a concussion and fractured her spine when her saddle slipped and she fell off the horse she was riding, Radio City, on Friday night. "Despite the injury, she is resting comfortably. She's going to have a full medical evaluation (Monday.) We'll know more then," her equestrian spokesman Kenneth Kraus told reporters. more ›

A transit worker took a terrifying tumble from the elevated 7 train tracks in Queens while doing repair work this morning. Transit supervisor Kent Morgan was overseeing a switch replacement when he fell through a path next to the tracks, more than 20 feet up. He landed on 114th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Corona. Eyewitnesses said he landed flat on his back in his street with his head pounding against the sidewalk. "He couldn’t talk. He was able to move his right hand a little bit, but it was shaky," Luis Lopez told the Post. He was rushed to New York Hospital Queens afterwards, but remarkably, was said to be alert and conscious when he was put in the ambulance. more ›

Maria McCormack lent her red Dodge Charger to her husband on Tuesday—only for the car to be totaled after cushioning the 39-story fall of an apparently suicidal man. She moaned to the Post, "I miss it. It's my baby... I want to meet [jumper Tom Magill] and say, 'Why? Why my car out of all the cars in the city?'" more ›

Yesterday morning, a man jumped from the roof of a 40-floor building on West End Avenue—and survived because a red Dodge Charger parked on a dead end apparently cushioned his fall. The Daily News reports that 22-year-old Thomas Magill was screaming, "My leg! My leg!" A witness told the paper, "He came down feetfirst at like 100 mph. That's a miracle if I've ever seen one. He should be a goner. It was like that movie 'Unbreakable.' That was this guy: unbreakable." And the car's owner, construction worker Guy McCormack, pulled out a set of rosary beads from his car, "Here's what saved him!" more ›

A woman who fell onto the tracks at the 5th Avenue and 59th Street N station yesterday morning is extremely lucky to be alive, after an oncoming train came to a halt just 70 feet before hitting her body. According to the Daily News, Motorman Francis Lusk spotted the woman about 300 feet before his train, and saw folks on the platform waving their hands frantically, so he slammed on the brakes not a moment too soon. He said, "She walked right off the platform. I was shocked. I didn't know what was wrong." more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] First of all, they never should have stacked that 4,257-seat monstrosity on top of Jones Beach amphitheater back in 1998. Sure, the view of the sea is impressive, but if there's any wind that's where the sound is headed, too. On the night the mezzanine opened, one concertgoer told the Times, ''I think it's a little rude when you ask where your seats are and the usher laughs when he sees the ticket." ("Another couldn't decide whether the stage or the moon seemed closer. 'It's a tie,' the insurance broker said, shaking his head as he pulled from his pocket a set of tickets. He hadn't realized what mezzanine meant. 'The secretary in my office got these tickets. She's in trouble.' ") Anyway, last night we saw a guy fall about 50 feet to the seats below. more ›

An MTA architect on his way to work on Friday found himself deeply indebted to four unidentified good Samaritans after they rescued him from the subway tracks. Michael Lodespoto was waiting for the subway after transferring from Atlantic Terminal when he began to feel dizzy. He told Newsday he remembers leaning on a column, and then looking up at at least four people (he thinks they were construction workers) lifting him from the tracks. He said, "I just want to thank them for their courage...and maybe give them a hug." more ›

Firefighters were called to help a Hamilton Heights man who fell inside the entryway to his apartment yesterday. The victim, who weighs over 600 pounds, couldn't get up on his own. The FDNY required two stretchers, a ladder and ropes to get him out and down to the sidewalk. He's currently at St. Luke's Hospital, though it's unclear what he's being treated for. According to the Department of Health, 22% of adult New Yorkers are obese—is it time for a New York edition of the Biggest Loser? more ›

Harlem's Steven Wright and Lanecca Austin had gotten into a lover's quarrel late Wednesday night. It's unclear what they were fighting about, but around 5:30 Thursday morning, Wright tried to return to her 13th-floor apartment at West 112th Street, but the door was locked and she wouldn't answer. So he headed up to the roof. more ›

After falling three stories onto a terrace on Saturday, 2-year-old Ebrahim Aburawi is doing fine at Bellevue Hospital. The child, son of Libyan diplomat Mohamed Aburawi, tumbled out of the 18th floor window after escaping his stroller while his mother was reportedly in the bathroom. However, the Buildings Department has issued a violation to the building's owner for not installing window guards in the apartment, which are required in any apartment where a child under the age of 11 lives. more ›

A 2-year-old boy is in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital after falling three stories from an 18th floor window onto a terrace below yesterday. There are conflicting reports as to how Ebrahim Aburawi, the son of a Libyan diplomat, managed to fall from the window. The Daily News says he broke free of his mother's grasp as she attempted to strap him into a stroller, and "dove out an open window into a free fall." According to the Post, his mother was in the bathroom at the time, and emerged to find her son had fallen. more ›

A 3-year-old autistic boy has survived after falling either three or four stories from his family's apartment at 1062 Huntington Avenue in Schuylerville last night. His fall was cushioned by surrounding trees, and State corrections Officer Jay Mandel, who lives in the same building, heard the crash and found the child. He was taken to Jacobi Hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. more ›