If you open up a bar in Hell's Kitchen, should you expect the air to smell fresh as a daisy? Newly opened bar and restaurant the Beer Authority is now blaming street vendors on West 40th Street for the dropoff in their business. more ›

[Update Below] According to the FDNY a person killed themselves this morning at 8:28 a.m. by jumping from the 23rd floor of 555 Madison Avenue, located across the street from the Sony building (A.K.A. the Chippendale building). The jumper was declared dead on arrival by an EMS team soon after. more ›

Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arraigned on a hate crime in a Manhattan court room yesterday following his arrest for assault earlier Friday. Young has been accused of drunkenly making anti-semitic comments (shouting "F***ing Jews") during an exchange with four tourists, and then tackling one of them. Young apologized after his arraignment: “I sincerely regret what happened last night...I take this matter very seriously, and assure everyone that I will do everything I can to improve myself as a person and player.” more ›

Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young was arrested earlier this morning for allegedly striking a man outside a Midtown hotel. According to the Post, "Cops were called to the hotel around 2:40 a.m. after Young, whose ballclub is in town to play the Yankees tonight, pushed the man to the ground, sources said." more ›

A reader sent over this photo of what appears to be Diddy's sweet ride, complete with a red carpet so the diamonds on the sole's of his shoes don't touch the dirty concrete of New York City. The tipster tells us: more ›

A 27-year-old man died early Saturday after he was found bleeding from the mouth outside a Koreatown club in Manhattan. Police now believe that Michael Lin—who was missing several teeth when he was found by a waitress on the stairs near a second-floor entrance inside District 36 on West 36th Street near Fifth Avenue around 3 a.m.—may have fallen over a balcony. But cops are still looking into whether it was an accident or not. more ›

A 27-year-old man died last night after he was found bleeding from the mouth outside a Koreatown club in Manhattan. The victim, whose name hasn't been released yet, was found unconscious by a waitress on the stairs near a second-floor entrance inside District 36 on West 36th Street near Fifth Avenue around 3 a.m. Police confirmed that the victim's teeth had been knocked out, causing the bleeding. more ›

One moment, you're in the coffee shop at the Parker-Meridien. The next, the neighboring building's construction crew somehow breaks through the wall and sends a river of concrete onto the floor. Bernard Gershon told NBC New York that he was "there with a friend when they heard debris falling behind the wall, and a rustling noise. 'Then we heard a cracking sound, so we thought we should get up. Then we heard loud cracking, then we were running like mad out to 57th Street.'" more ›

Earlier today, around 9:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call at 300 West 55th Street, where they found a 63-year-old woman on the floor with severe head trauma. Karyn Kay, a LaGuardia High School English teacher and Pratt Institute visiting instructor, was taken to Cornell Hospital where she was pronounced dead. A neighbor said, "The doorman shared with me they had just taken the son out in handcuffs because he had beaten his mother up very, very badly." more ›

When will 2nd Amendment aficionados learn that piece of mind costs $2.25? more ›

The death of prominent French scholar Richard Descoings in the Michelangelo hotel Tuesday doesn't, on first blush, appear to be foul play, but that doesn't mean it hasn't gotten a bit of intrigue in the latest news cycle. The NYPD says the initial autopsy requires further study and is awaiting a toxicology report, so of course the Post today has gone and added a homosexual twist to the sad story. Oh la la! more ›

A 53-year-old French academic was discovered dead in a midtown hotel room yesterday, naked in bed, with his cellphone lying on a landing four floors beneath his seventh-floor room. Because of the phone, police are treating the death of Richard Descoings, the director of France’s Sciences-Po institute (a school attended by France's last three presidents), as suspicious. more ›

Pizza brinkmanship is nothing new. But the Times' latest update from the front lines shows just how nasty the battle has become between three pizza joints located around Sixth Avenue and 39th Street. In lowering their prices to $0.75 a slice—with promises to go lower—the pizza slingers prove that the war isn't about profit, but crushing the competition. The story is complicated, involves family dynasties and espionage—and it's time for David Simon to ditch The Big Easy and set up shop in Midtown. Marinara is thicker than water, and the cheese stands alone. more ›

Last night, an elevator mechanic performing maintenance on a lift at 1290 Avenue of the Americas was electrocuted in a ninth floor engine room. A source told the Daily News, "He was lying on live wires." more ›

Thanks to the Department of Transportation, Midtown Manhattan is about to get a new pedestrian thoroughfare. Well, an old one rebranded. So, before you get out your pitchforks and start burning effigies of Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn, take a deep breath. The path, which the Observer dubs "6 1/2 Avenue", has long been known to the district's denizens. All the DOT wants to do is make it easier to find and walk. more ›

It seems that climbing the NY Times building will never go out of style: a man attempted to scale the New York Times building in midtown this morning (not pictured above). "There's a guy who just climbed up a building and is doing pull ups climbing a building in times sq," tweeted one onlooker earlier. And according to the Post, the unidentified man said he climbed the building because he was looking for a copy of the newspaper. more ›

The police are looking for two suspects in connection with two robberies in Manhattan. Both incidents, which occurred on Tuesday, involved the suspects punching people in order to take their smartphones. more ›

The Kati Roll Company welcomed fans of their Calcutta-style street wraps to the opening of a new Midtown location last week. The menu has an array of choices with thirteen unique and simple takes on Indian specialities rolled in fresh, traditional hand-made flatbread. The unda chicken tikka wrapped in paratha satisfies cravings with traditional spices and a layer of beaten eggs. Roti filled with grilled tiger shrimp, marinated in coconut milk and spices is lighter fare without sacrificing flavor, as do a number familiar vegetarian options like the chana masala roll. more ›