Washington Heights

The FBI searched an apartment on the Upper West Side and in Upper Manhattan as the investigation into the Capitol Riots continues, as a man known for addressing his street’s quality of life issues, and was head of their block association, may be linked to the insurrection. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

FBI agents searched two New York City apartments connected to a man who allegedly took part in the U.S. Capitol siege early last month, News 4 New York learned Thursday. One of the apartments searched is located in an Upper West Side brownstone on West 76th Street, while the other is located located on Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights….

There’s a fight to preserve an a building with ties to the Underground Railroad. The house at 857 Riverside Drive is one of the last believed to be owned by an abolitionist. NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.

One of the suspects arrested traveled to D.C. from Rockland County with his brother, a retired NYPD cop, and a group of Proud Boys. The other suspect is a South Jersey man, who boasted online about reaching House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

The annual track meet at Washington Heights is back but looks a little different this year. Watch as reporter Pat Battle explores the changes made this meet.

Theaters have been hit maybe the hardest of any business during the pandemic. Rana Novini reports on one that has managed to stay open.

More than 75 firefighters responded to a fire reported shortly after midnight on the 24th floor of a 32-story building in Washington Heights.

For 66-year-old Bobby Viteri, the lack of contact with his wife who he hasn’t been in the same room with since March could be more than emotionally draining: It could be a death sentence

A New York City woman is suing a local nursing home so she can
get daily care for her sick husband.
NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Bad Bunny surprised New Yorkers who caught the artist performing a livestreamed concert from a flatbed truck driving throughout New York City. The spectacle marked the return of the Uforia Music Series, which plans additional virtual performances once a month for the rest of the year. In special honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the flatbed truck designed to look a…

Bad Bunny surprised New Yorkers who caught the artist performing a livestreamed concert from a flatbed truck driving throughout New York City.

Witnesses say that incredibly, the boy fell on top of an awning the floor below, which broke his fall a bit, and then onto a woman walking by

Miraculously, the child didn’t even break a bone in the scary ordeal after landing on an awning and then a woman on the sidewalk, and is expected to recover. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Police are looking for a man who ambushed a 28-year-old woman in a Manhattan park in the middle of an afternoon last week, dragging her into bushes and choking her unconscious before ripping off her jewelry, authorities say. The woman was walking near the Highbridge Park Playground around 3:15 p.m. June 4 when she was attacked from behind. Once she…

The woman does not believe she did anything wrong, denying that chalk can be graffiti, saying instead, “I think chalk is free speech”

Amid concerns of the NYPD’s policing during the COVID-19 pandemic, a woman says she was arrested after using chalk on a boarded-up building in Washington Heights. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Coogan’s, a neighborhood bar in Washington Heights, said that it will not survive the shutdown caused by COVID-19

Commuters who rely on the transfer from the A/C trains to the 1 train at 168th Street were pleasantly surprised when the station opened eight days earlier than expected, as well as under budget. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

An Upper Manhattan subway stop has reopened after nearly a year of work to replace elevators, improve lighting and make other repairs. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the No. 1 line stop at 168th Street reopened Friday night, ahead of schedule. Work began in January at the more than 100-year-old station near NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University hospital. Two other subway lines that…

A well-known dance teacher has been arrested for sexual abuse.