A veteran UPS worker was critically injured yesterday afternoon while working his route when a SUV jumped a curb and pinned him against a building. Mike Rogalle, who the Daily News says has been working for UPS for 39 years, was on the sidewalk near 15 Beekman Street "when the driver of a red GMC Envoy lost control and zoomed onto the sidewalk, police and coworkers said." more ›

Proper tipping etiquette (20%, 90% of the time) can be enforced by the angry stares of your tablemates and the shame that gnaws at your soul when you look a competent, friendly server in the eye and tip them 15%. But who's keeping you in line when you summon chimichangas to your apartment on a rainy night? Visual.ly takes 3.5 million Seamless orders and creates a nifty chart showing the most popular foods ordered on the service and the average percentage of tips left on them. What neighborhood is the stingiest? The Financial District, with an average tip of 12.31% Way to put those company credit cards to use! more ›

Over 5,000 artifacts dating back to the turn of the 19th century were recently found below 40 Fulton Street. DNAinfo reports that the items—which include bottles, gravy boats, dinner plates, and imported Chinese porcelain—were found when Con Ed was replacing a steam pipe from 1900. "We initially saw part of what appeared to be a wall," archeologist Alyssa Loorya said. "Then we realized the wall was continuing, and we started to see the artifacts." Archeologists are urged to visit a certain apartment in the Lower East Side, where they can examine a pathetic hot water heater that surely dates back to the 1700s. more ›

During the first weekend of Occupy Wall Street last month, we saw very few tents in Zuccotti Park, and in fact a spokesperson for Occupy Wall Street told us that the NYPD would direct them to remove any tents or tarps they put up. It seems that this is no longer the case. As the weather gets colder more protesters find the need to protect themselves from the elements, Zuccotti Park is now full of tents, and the NYPD, taking its cue from Brookfield Properties, is not forcing protesters to remove them. more ›

After aligning themselves with the Occupy Wall Street movement, the United Federation of Teaches believes the NYPD has put their offices under constant surveillance. "I'll put it this way," UFT President Michael Mulgrew tells NY1, "We are a very safe building at this point in time since we seem to have all our exits and entrances are all being watched." more ›

Photographs and especially videos of the NYPD's actions during the occupation of Wall Street have sparked outrage and media attention regarding the protests, which have now spanned ten days. Accordingly, witnesses, including our own photographer, tell us that the NYPD has been specifically targeting photographers and videographers for arrest. Two protestors who were maintaining the live video feed of the protests were arrested on Saturday, the first claiming that she was detained solely because she was holding a camera. "Those are the first people the police go after," protest organizer Patrick Bruner tells us. "They're always the first to get held up." more ›

At least five protesters have reportedly been arrested earlier today in Zuccotti Park after police forced demonstrators to remove tarp that was protecting electronic equipment from the rain. OccupyWallStreet, a group not affiliated with Adbusters or Anonymous, claims there were injuries as well, one of them "critical." Allan Eaton, who has camped in the park since Saturday, tells us that NYPD officers demanded the removal of the tarps at around 10:30 a.m. because they acted as "tents." When they weren't removed fast enough, "things got rough." Eaton saw one man "being dragged away in cuffs and he was bleeding out of the mouth." more ›

As the protests against corporate greed and the "occupation" of the Financial District continues for a third day, at least seven demonstrators have been arrested. According to Bloomberg News, two were arrested for trying to enter a Bank of America building, another for jumping a police barrier, and four more for "wearing masks in violation of a law that bars two or more participants from doing so." This law dates back to 1845 in the Anti-Rent era—a time when a wealthy few owned feudal-esque leases to maintain control of tenants. Absolutely nothing like today! more ›

Protesting the global hegemony of monied interests down in the Financial District is bound to make you hungry, and you can only scream "CAPITALIST WHORE" so many times before you need to wet your whistle. Thankfully, Luke's Lobster's on William Street downtown has you seafood-inclined dissident's covered. A newly-acquired liquor license has allowed them to start pouring suds for the first time today, just as Craft Beer Week arrives. Beers are just $4-5, nowhere near Cipriani prices. more ›

The New York Downtown Hospital near City Hall is in bad shape, according a new report that calls the place "overwhelmed" and "chaotic." more ›

In an effort to make people remember that New York is a coastal city and revitalize the lower lower east east side (i.e., LES, Chinatown, Financial District), the city has been pouring money into extending the East River Esplanade as part of the Vision 2020 project. In a reverse-High Line situation, Bloomberg's "newest jewel on New York City's magnificent harbor" utilizes the shade provided by the underside of the FDR as a platform to enjoy the East River. The newly opened parklike public space starts at Pier 11 between Wall Street and Maiden Street and marks the completion of Phase One of the $165 million project. Described as the "missing link in the City's greenway," the goal is to make the East River, like the Hudson, a destination spot and breathe life back into the area, also reminding New Yorkers that the city even has water in the first place. more ›

J&R Music and Computer World, the Financial District electronics behemoth that caters to shopper seeking both a washing machine and an iPod, wants the city to co-name the street it sits on on "J & R Way" in an effort to boost the store's flailing sales. more ›

Brace yourselves for even more Vineyard Vines polos and icy stares from behind tinted glass: banking giant UBS wants to move back to the city. According to the Times, UBS just "can't hire the bankers and traders they need" from their Stamford, Connecticut location, which includes a massive trading floor "the size of two football fields." But what could be better than the Land of Lieberman? The still-nonexistent 3 World Trade Center. UBS has reportedly begun negotiating a lease there but its executives have so far refused to comment. more ›

Century 21 may be taking over 60,000 square feet near Lincoln Center, but the discount retailer is also expanding its 22 Cortlandt Street location. DNAinfo reports that Century 21 will, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, "add about 76,000 square feet of new retail space... including a cafe and additional dressing rooms and bathrooms." more ›

Yesterday, the police arrested two men in connection with the shooting of Pace University student Max Moreno, who was killed in his apartment at 2 Gold Street last month. Brooklyn resident Raymond Rizzo, 30, was charged with murder, while East Village resident Randy Colon, 30, was arrested in Pennsylvania and is being extradited to NYC. more ›

Surveillance video of two men believed to be involved in the killing of a Pace University student was released last night. Max Moreno was shot in his Financial District apartment building last month, during what police believe may have been a drug deal gone wrong or a set-up robbery. A witness said that Moreno, described as a "small-time pot dealer," allegedly refused to give any money to two armed men, one of whom pulled a trigger. more ›

Yesterday morning,a 21-year-old Pace student was fatally shot in the head in his 37th floor apartment at a luxury rental in the Financial District. The investigation is continuing but police say that Max Moreno was a "small-time pot-dealer" who was smoking pot with a couple when two men suddenly burst into the apartment and shot him after demanding money. more ›

Just past midnight, police were called to a luxury apartment building in the Financial District. When they arrived, they found a man shot in the head inside 2 Gold Street. Max Moreno, a 21-year-old NJ resident, was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital. more ›

Don't be startled if you spot some human bodies in the nooks and crannies of Wall Street this Sunday and Monday. Bodies in Urban Spaces, a free “performance” created by Vienna-based Dorner, will transform the city’s financial district with human architecture. We're told that Dorner will be "shepherding a group of brightly-clad performers through the concrete terrain surrounding Wall Street—its narrow cobblestone streets, historic monuments, park benches, global financial institutions, and mom-and-pop stores." Here's a look at what you might see this Sunday (at sunrise) and Monday (at sunset). If you spot these human sculptures around town send us your photos or tag them with "Gothamist" on Flickr! more ›

"Some restaurants are time machines," writes Times critic Sam Sifton in his perceptive two star review of the elegant "modern French, Asian-accented" restaurant SHO Shaun Hergatt, which opened in 2009 down the block from the New York Stock Exchange. "SHO Shaun Hergatt, the strange and occasionally terrific restaurant on the second floor of a condominium building in the financial district, even looks like one, down to the elevator that whisks you up from the lobby. Diners enter this simple metal box in 2010, talking about the beating Goldman Sachs took in the markets on Friday. They emerge in the late 1990s, Goldman still privately held, the economy booming in a city where restaurants reflected the excess. This calls for Champagne!" more ›

After a 250-foot crane partially collapsed and ended up leaning against a Financial Street building on Saturday night, the Department of Buildings has suspended the license of the crane operator. A DOB spokesman said that Christopher Cosban "failed to leave the equipment in the safest position possible" when he left the work site. Um, can all other crane operators PLEASE leave equipment in the safest position possible before you head home? more ›

The 250-foot tall crane that partially collapsed and ended up leaning on 80 Maiden Lane last night was righted and then taken apart this morning. No one was injured (even though some of the building's bricks fell when the crane hit it) but concerns over the crane's stability prompted the evacuation some neighboring Financial District buildings. This morning, residents and workers in 80, 83, 90 and 100 Maiden Lane as well as 2 Gold Street were allowed back (there are still some street closures) as the authorities continue to investigate. more ›

While filming the "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," Shia LaBeouf spent a lot of time studying the Financial District scene, and came out of it with some stock knowledge. He says in his GQ interview that stock trading is his newest hobby, and his Schwab Active Trading account is close to $450,000. And according to the Post, he texted GQ's Adam Sachs with the tip, "IOC's momentum is major, and it will surprise to the upside." IOC is InterOil Corporation, who's stock is currently at $71.28 and has been rising all day, obviously because of the famous "LaBeouf Bump." more ›

Early this morning, a three alarm fire broke out in the basement of a building on Cliff Street in Manhattan's Financial District. According to WABC 7, a bartender at Ryan Maguire's Ale House "smelled smoke just after 2:30 a.m." The fire, which reportedly started in an outlet in a closet, spread to the first floor, seriously damaging the restaurant and bar, while smoke reached the apartments above it (residents were treated for smoke inhalation). The FDNY is investigating the cause. more ›