If you're a woman and are heading to exclusive Chrystie Street club The Box, be very careful! According to WNBC, the NYPD is saying there were two rape-and-kidnapping incidents that originated outside the venue. On September 30, a woman says she was "standing in front of the club when she was grabbed from behind, put in a white sport utility vehicle and forced to drink an unknown liquid." After the attack, she was left in......

Yesterday, the odd news about the NYPD's arrest of three men involved with an egg-shaped submarine near the Queen Mary 2, off the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, revealed that a Brooklyn artist was behind the whole benign operation. Police Commissioner called artist Duke Riley's stunt "marine mischief," adding that the "creative craft of three adventuresome individuals" did "not pose any terrorist threat." The NY Times describes Riley's intentions:Mr. Riley’s plan was also military, in a......

Last Friday, bicyclist Lawrence Yoo was hit by a bus at Ninth Avenue and 39th Street and suffered serious injuries. His family was contacted about the incident not by the police but by hospital staff. They also found the police's "incident report" - in Yoo's mangled medical bag. Yoo's family sent out a press release over the weekend complaining about the lack of police help (once Yoo's breathing tube was removed, he was able to......

On September 18, Williamsburg resident Joshua Crouch was killed while crossing the West Side Highway near West 12th Street. With few clues in the case - and the police seeming to chalk it up to being a hit-and-run, Crouch's friends and family have been asking people to come forward if they have information. The Villager reports that one Village resident may have a clue:Gary Friedman, whose apartment overlooks the intersection where Crouch was hit, said......

The first lawsuit related to the East Village crane mishap has surfaced: The men who owned and operated the yellow cab that was smashed by a crane two week ago are suing the construction company and crane contractor for unspecified damages. On September 29, Chrislorme Paul had been driving a passenger on Third Avenue when an 8,000 pound crane segment at a Toll Brothers construction site fell onto his cab; Paul and the passenger......

Curse you stationary front! Because of your unpredictable behavior, which makes your name a misnomer, Gothamist has had to revise our last two weather posts to catch up with changing conditions. You are a vacillating front not a stationary front! You moved south through town on Friday, took a weekend in Rehoboth Beach, headed north through the city last night before reversing direction late this morning. Staying to our south means the rainy weather will......

It was a brilliant idea (though first used in Baltimore) for Mayor Bloomberg to bring to the city: 311 would be a resource for NYC residents to learn more about government doings, that the noises outside were actually fireworks and perhaps wonder where to protest a ticket. However, State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling Cohan (who ruled that gay marriage should be constitutional) just ruled that a call to 311 can mean the a person......

The NYCLU is trying to stop the NYPD from videotaping political protests, saying that the surveillance would prevent people from demonstrating anonymously. On September 10, 2004, after the Republican National Convention, the police adopted Police Interim Order 47 which allowed them to tape political activity in order to fight terrorism; Handschu v. Special Services Division is the 1971 decision that established "consent decree" when the Black Panthers sued the police for surveiling their political activity.......

While it's a relief to have the four year old abandoned on a Queens street identified (her name is Valerie Lozado), the other news about where her mother was has met everyone's worst expectations: Monica Lozado-Rivaineira was killed by her boyfriend, Cesar Ascarrunz, who confessed the crime to the police. Ascarrunz says that he had "objected to her staying out all night and to the manner in which she was raising her daughter." On......

There is so much going on in the five boroughs of New York, so many people, so many buildings, that it can be easy to forget that, unless you are in the Bronx, you are living on an island. It's just that memory lapse that a new exhibit from the late Robert Smithson and the Whitney tries to counteract. On September 17 a 30-by-90-foot barge filled with soil, plants and trees native to the......

After the last presidential election, in which nearly every candidate seemed to throw one, Political house parties are old news. Except when the candidate in question shakes up the status quo by footing the bill. Which is exactly what Bloomberg's camp has announced he plans to do. On September 20 Bloomberg supporters are invited to attend one of the planned 1,000 house parties across the city in an effort to further solidify support for......

Hello, everybody. We've had a couple of exciting months, launching SFist and DCist as well as growing our staff, and have a busy fall/winter planned as well: - On September 30, there will be a second New York City Photobloggers event. Hosted by Rion and Jake, the evening's speakers include Eliot, David, Mike and many others. The action will begin at 6PM at the SoHo Apple Store. - On November 16, Gothamist will have its......

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