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woman injects herself with needle at Greenwich Village park

Greenwich Village

Pains of addiction: How this West Village plaza has become a hotbed of suffering for drug users and locals alike

Posted on September 16, 2025

the exterior of 570 Washington St., the site of affordable housing for seniors in the West Village

Affordable housing lottery opens for 176 senior housing units in the West Village

Posted on August 28, 2025

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Le Petit Village: A love letter to old-world France in the heart of the West Village

Posted on July 24, 2025

a public trash can that is overstuffed with garbage

Trash talk: What’s NYC doing about overflowing public litter baskets full of waste?

Posted on July 13, 2025

Jenn low (left) in front of Wanderlust + Co in New York City, on the right is the interior of the store

Online jewelry retailer Wanderlust + Co opens first-ever US brick-and-mortar store in the West Village

Posted on May 13, 2025

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 28.

Greenwich Village

Northwell Greenwich Village Hospital to bring in-patient facility, upgraded cardiac care to the West Village

Posted on April 29, 2025

Woman weeps in firefighter's arms after deadly West Village fire

Fire at West Village apartment building claims senior woman’s life

Posted on March 5, 2025

East Village artist Storm Ritter with her cat Velvet

East Village artist Storm Ritter’s home is literally a living canvas

Posted on February 12, 2025

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Op-Ed

Op-ed | Let’s give the West Side Casino rezoning plan a fair chance

Posted on January 9, 2025

Homeless man at announcement of lawsuit against city over encampment sweeps

Housing

Six West Village homeless individuals announce they are suing Adams administration over harmful encampment sweeps

Posted on October 30, 2024

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Salt & Straw brings sweet innovation to West Village

Posted on October 21, 2024

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Shopping

Etsy to host in-person holiday gift shopping pop-up in the West Village this month

Posted on October 11, 2024

Scene of West Village stabbing

West Village stabbing: Cops seek suspect who knifed woman in neck on street

Posted on September 11, 2024

Taylor Swift attends a premiere for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 11, 2023.

Greenwich Village

NYC sells off authentic Cornelia Street signs denoting Taylor Swift’s former block

Posted on August 13, 2024

Cops caught a sneaky serpent slithering across the street in the West Village on Sunday afternoon.

Cops catch snake jay-slithering across West Village street

Posted on August 4, 2024

West Village intersection where suspect in Jurassic Park outfit sucker-punched senior woman

Jurassic Park fan sucker-punched senior woman on West Village street: cops

Posted on July 20, 2024

Owner of Organic Grill in Village behind counter

Death of a restaurant: Why this iconic Village vegan eatery was forced to shut down after 25 years

Posted on July 15, 2024

West Village rowhouse and theater set for landmark status

This West Village theater with abolitionist history links moves steps closer to landmark status

Posted on June 19, 2024

photo of a suspect wearing a blue winter jacket in a West Village subway station, wanted for robbery and assault

2 perps beat up teen for skateboard at West Village subway station

Posted on April 10, 2024

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Three sought for smashing way into West Village store and stealing merchandise: NYPD

Posted on November 6, 2023

St. Veronica Church in West Village

Prayers unanswered: Supporters of West Village church accuse Archdiocese of ignoring Vatican orders to open

Posted on October 18, 2023

1 train leaves West Village subway station

West Village subway station slashing leaves man seriously wounded: cops

Posted on September 23, 2023

Marcia Resnick, West Village photographer, with camera in hand

‘Ahead of her time’: West Village’s Marcia Resnick tells her stories, and punk rock history, through photography

Posted on September 13, 2023

Suspect

Man thumps 67-year-old woman in the head with a rock in West Village: NYPD

Posted on July 11, 2023

A variety of cookies available at Crumbl Cookies

Crumbl Cookies opens new storefront in the West Village

Posted on July 7, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Westbeth appoints affordable housing expert, art enthusiast as new director

Posted on June 21, 2023

West Village’s Doughnut Project teams up with RUMOR Rosé for limited edition rosé doughnut

Posted on June 7, 2023

Still human: Homeless West Villager says she is being targeted by unjust encampment sweeps

Posted on May 30, 2023

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Creep sought for grabbing woman’s butt in West Village apartment building

Posted on March 21, 2023

Woman zaps Uber Driver in West Village

Woman zaps Uber driver with Taser in West Village and robs him after ride from East Harlem

Posted on December 11, 2022

New Yorkers mourn Queen Elizabeth II

Lower Manhattan

‘Devastated’ New Yorkers mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II in West Village’s ‘Little Britain’

Posted on September 8, 2022

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Greenwich Village

Daily News photographer suffers injury in West Village carjacking

Posted on August 11, 2022

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Cool off in the West Village and enjoy great avant-garde theatre at the ‘Ice Factory Festival’

Posted on July 27, 2022

Manhattan serial stabber

Midtown Manhattan

Serial stabber: West Village park killer sought for two non-fatal stabbings of sleeping men on Manhattan streets

Posted on July 12, 2022

East Village vegan eatery gets new life in West Village

Greenwich Village

Iconic East Village vegan eatery forced to relocate after 20 years – but gets new life in West Village

Posted on July 10, 2022

West Village stabber sought

Cold-blooded killer who stabbed sleeping man dead in West Village park still on the run

Posted on July 9, 2022

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Man sleeping in West Village park found stabbed to death: NYPD

Posted on July 5, 2022

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PoliticsNY

De Blasio reflects on City Hall record, as housing dominates first CD10 candidates’ forum

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PoliticsNY

Mayor signs off on new BIDs, amends pay transparency law

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News

West Village steam pipe burst releases plumes of white vapor

Posted on April 3, 2022

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Sketch shows West Village subway creep who tried to rape woman at station

Posted on February 5, 2022

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Man slashes victim during argument on the street at Chelsea/‌West Village border

Posted on January 21, 2022

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West Villagers showcase their own brand of tequila with a shot of fine art

Posted on January 19, 2022

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A church in the West Village celebrates 200 years as ‘safe space’ for the community

Posted on September 20, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Whose park is it anyway? Inside the Washington Square showdown pitting the young against the restless

Posted on June 17, 2021

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Street attacker in West Village scalds man with hot liquid: NYPD

Posted on February 9, 2021

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Creep on a CitiBike groped two women on West Village streets

Posted on December 12, 2020

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Creep still on the loose for sexually abusing young woman in West Village

Posted on October 13, 2020

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Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans.

Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library