Two July 5th early morning attacks in Riverside Park left two women injured, and despite the release of a video of the man police say is the attacker, he is still at large. While police continue to search for the suspect, security is upped at the park. Above and after the jump, the upper part [...]
A Barnard College student was attacked in Riverside Park while jogging early Monday morning in an apparent iPod theft. The Daily News reports that Marisa Cortright, a 19-year-old Oregon native, was awake and talking yesterday after the Monday attack had caused her to incur a head injury and lose consciousness. Cortright was jogging in the [...]
Careful out there… muggings have been reported recently in the neighborhood, reminding us all to stay aware of our surroundings. My Upper West tipster Karen S. reports that her roommate was mugged on 89th and Columbus on Friday night. Her roommate was reportedly walking from the B/C subway station when two young men hit her [...]
An Upper West Side woman who bought a significant amount of items from the Tavern on the Green auction has had thousands of dollars’ worth of the items stolen, according to West Side Spirit. The woman noticed that items totaling $45,885 that she bought from Tavern on the Green and The Plaza auctions were placed [...]
About 1,400 Columbia University students, alumni, and employees were given notice that their personal data was no longer secure after three laptops were stolen from the campus last Monday, according to the New York Post. Authorities and school officials disclosed that burglars smashed a locked office door at Columbia College and stole the the three [...]
After Richard Grausman, a notable chef, culinary educator, and Upper West Sider, left the keys to his Lexus in the ignition on West 81st Street on December 3rd, two men walked by and took advantage of the opportunity, stealing the car, according to Gothamist. Three days later, Grausman got a call from a man claiming [...]
West Side Spirit reports that a thief has committed a series of robberies across the Upper West Side. The burglar has attempted to remove the lock cylinder to the door of several local businesses over the last couple of weeks. City Brows (Broadway at 82nd) reported the lock cylinder removal and $200 cash stolen on [...]
Remember the surprising story that two valuable pieces of art in the Nicholas Roerich museum (107th and Riverside Drive) were stolen in broad daylight while the museum was open? Well, the story is becoming even stranger. The NY Post reports today that one of the two stolen paintings, Roerich’s “Talung Monastery” (valued at $70,000), [...]
According to a report from the New York Post, two valuable paintings have been stolen from the Nicholas Roerich Museum at 107th and Riverside Drive within the last couple of weeks. Strangely, these paintings seem to have been stolen during open hours at the museum. The first went missing on June 24th, when a visitor [...]
