East Harlem

A driver responsible for the death of a pedestrian in East Harlem is in the wind after hitting the man, then losing control and flipping the car early Saturday morning, police said. The fatal hit-and-run occurred near the corner of 110th Street and Third Avenue around 12:30 a.m., police said Saturday. Police say the driver continued driving and between 110th…

Located on East 108th Street and First Avenue, the Barrio Fridge is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and undergoes cleaning twice a day. Campbell says there are about ten volunteers who help with maintenance, like keeping the fridge stocked and food pick-up, and while different companies and restaurants in the area have also helped out, the...

A community fridge in East Harlem is not just fighting insecurity — it’s bringing the neighborhood together. Three chefs who live in the community launched the Barrio Fridge in June after they saw how the coronavirus pandemic was making fresh and healthy food even scarcer in their dense neighborhood. They have since seen how the simple initiative has brought people...

New York City police say they have the suspects in custody responsible for two separate shootings that occurred hours apart in Manhattan last week. In the shootings, a 19-year-old woman was killed and a 7-year-old girl, as well as a 19-year-old man, were wounded. Three other people were also shot overnight in the Bronx, part of total victims in a…

In two separate shootings that happened hours apart in Manhattan, a 19-year-old woman was killed and a 7-year-old girl, as well as a 19-year-old man, were wounded. Three other people were also shot overnight in the Bronx, part of total victims in a 24-hour span. Police say the deadly shooting of 19-year-old Erica Lopez occurred along Fifth Avenue near 27th…

The homicide count this year compared to last has spiked greatly and is a big concern for authorities across the boroughs, Marc Santia reports.

In two separate shootings that happened hours apart in Manhattan, a 19-year-old woman was killed and a 7-year-old girl, as well as a 19-year-old man, were wounded. Katherine Creag reports.

In two separate shootings that happened hours apart in Manhattan, a 19-year-old was killed and a 7-year-old girl, as well as a 19-year-old man, were injured. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

Shots were fired after a group of teens started fighting on the corner of East 102nd Street in East Harlem on Thursday, police say. A 7-year-old girl was hit in the thigh and a 19-year-old was hit in his leg.

A 64-year-old woman who was ambushed by a man in a blue surgical mask, put in a chokehold and raped on the ground in East Harlem last month, has died from her injuries, police said Friday. The woman was attacked as she walked along 111th Street shortly before midnight on May 18. Jarring surveillance footage released by police shows a…

A 64-year-old woman who was ambushed by a man in a blue surgical mask, put in a chokehold and raped on the ground in East Harlem last month has died from her injuries, police said Friday.

The 64-year-old woman brutally attacked in East Harlem was placed in a medically-induced coma.

A 23-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man of Asian descent in New York City were attacked this week in what authorities are investigating as possible hate crimes. The first incident occurred Tuesday when a student at the Zoni Language School in Midtown Manhattan was punched by another woman who said, “Where’s your corona mask, you Asian —–.” Police say the…

A woman punched an Asian woman at a building on West 34th Street while saying anti-Asian slurs, according to police. Authorities say the women go to the same school and the New York state police’s hate crime task force is investigating.

Due to a water main break over the weekend, thousands of residents in East Harlem have not had water in their apartments for going on three days. Some residents have been able to go fill up a bucket or gallon of water, but older tenants have had to ask for help. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Nearly 1,000 residents of New York City Housing Authority buildings were without water Monday morning.

Two people were hurt in the violent crash, from which the suspect fled on foot following the incident with the livery cab. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A 62-year-old woman was critically hurt when a hit-and-run driver crashed into the livery cab she was riding in, police said.  The driver was traveling west in an Acura on East 129th Street in East Harlem around 1 a.m. on Monday when he hit the livery cab, which was headed north on Park Avenue, the NYPD said. The Acura driver,…

A woman is in critical condition after the livery cab she was riding in was hit by a driver who fled the scene. Katherine Creag reports.

A 3-year-old boy whose mother was strolling him through a Manhattan crosswalk was struck and killed by a truck, shortly after the two had finished up breakfast at a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts Monday, authorities say. Surveillance video shows the 25-year-old mom pushing her toddler in the crosswalk on 116th Street in East Harlem. The Ford pickup truck makes a left…