City Scraps Shelter Evictions | Manhattan Week In Review

NEW YORK — Miss any headlines in Manhattan this week? Patch’s week in review has you covered for the borough’s top news.

Man Awarded Year Of Unlimited Train Rides For Heroic Actions

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A man was honored Wednesday for his “heroic” actions over the weekend to help stop and apprehend a saboteur trying to derail a train an A train. Metropolitan Transportation… Read more

Storied Upper East Side Culinary Bookstore Fights To Stay Alive

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A storied Carnegie Hill culinary bookstore that has helped educate and entertain generations of chefs, from home cooks to Julia Child, has struggled to keep its doors open… Read more

‘Birds Aren’t Real’ Poster Appears On UWS: The Bizarre Backstory

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Have we all gotten duped? A new sign appeared on the Upper West Side last week, and its message puzzled many. The sign stuck to a pole on West 73rd Street between… Read more

New Documentary Follows Rise Of Harlem’s Black Lives Matter Mural

HARLEM, NY — As a Black Lives Matter mural took shape on a Harlem boulevard this summer while protests for racial justice raged across the country, the mural’s organizers knew they were contributing… Read more

Local Favorite Spot Vicky’s Diner Is Closing In Wash Heights

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Vicky’s Diner is closing in Washington Heights after a long run in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood. An employee at the restaurant confirmed the closing to Patch, but… Read more

City Abandons Plan To Evict Residents From Midtown Shelter

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — After weeks of indecision, the city reversed course Friday on its plans to transfer dozens of homeless families from the Harmonia shelter in Midtown to make way for men being evicted from the Lucerne Hotel… Read more