East Harlem

Inside Dough Loco, Corey Cova's Doughnut Shop (PHOTOS)

Zachary Feldman trekked up to East Harlem last week to check in Dough Loco, the brand new doughnut venture from Corey Cova and Michael Cesari, a neighborhood gastro-duo responsible for spots like ABV Wine Bar and Earl's Beer & Cheese. Expect innovation, writes Feldman: "The shop is launching with a ... More >>

Dough Loco Revamps the Neighborhood Doughnut Shop

Al Sharpton's Sleepover Gimmick Brings Mayoral Candidates' Public Housing Promises to Forefront

Have you heard? Five of our courageous and compassionate mayoral candidates ventured into heart of darkness over the weekend-- into a land of "moldy walls ... urine-soaked elevators ... darkened hallways," as the Daily News noted, where they "braved rooms without air-conditioning, and endured shower ... More >>

Do Big NYPD Drug Busts Just Target the Little Fish?

A troubling pattern is emerging around the NYPD's recent "big drug busts." Last month, after years of surveillance, the NYPD concluded that gangs on the Lower East Side had sold "$1.2 million worth of coke in two years." On April 12, the NYPD arrested 41 people from the neighborhood, mostly from Ba ... More >>

Has This Guy Punched You in the Head Recently? (Updated)

Updated 1:30 p.m.: NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly says the suspect was caught on a Texas-bound Greyhound bus and arrested. Police tracked his cell phone to a bus station, then stopped both buses that had departed the station overnight. Commisso was found on one of them, asleep. --- While Chris Brow ... More >>

Celebrate Food in East Harlem or the East Village

Two neighborhoods are celebrating the best cuisine they have to offer this weekend. Indulge uptown or downtown, with Moroccan or Mexican, but either way, East Harlem and the East Village will satisfy your appetite.

The Story of Pozole

This beautiful bowl of green pozole is Dish #2 in our countdown. We're nearly at the end of 100 Dishes to Eat Now, our tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue! Many of us are familiar with the pork-and-hominy stew called pozole that's available as a weekend special at taquerias in ... More >>

New York's Pizza Rival

The Calabresa pie at Pizza Krozz Stand on nearly any thoroughfare in Buenos Aires and you're never far from a pizzeria. Cross a street at random and find yourself dodging scooters delivering hot pies, while delivery boys on foot hoist flat boxes overhead to navigate crowds swarming the streets. On ... More >>

City Council To Consider Reining In NYPD Today

It's been a rough week for the NYPD's public image. Last Thursday, police capped off a string of fatal shootings by killing an unarmed National Guardsman in a traffic stop. Just yesterday, audio from a stop-and-frisk of a teen in East Harlem recorded officers calling the kid a "mutt" and threateni ... More >>

Cy Vance Goes Gangbusters In Harlem; "Flow Boyz" Crack-Slangin' Operation Takes Hit

If you've been buying your crack at East Harlem housing projects, you may need to find a new commodities distributor -- the crack distribution operations of two alleged gangs were shut down yesterday, and nearly 20 alleged gangsters are on the hook for multiple crack-related felonies.The two gangs - ... More >>

A Breakdown of the NYC Bike Share Map

The bicycles are comin'! The bicycles are comin'!Yesterday, the New York City Department of Transportation released the initial 420 bike share station locations for the program that will unleash (eventually) 10,000 bikes onto the already crammed streets of New York by 2013. Influenced by NYU's ... More >>

Puffy-Approved Rapper "G. Dep" Found Guilty Of 1993 Murder

Trevell Coleman, a rapper who uses the stage name "G. Dep" -- and who once was signed to Sean "Puffy" Combs' label, Bad Boy Records -- was found guilty this afternoon of second-degree murder for the 1993 slaying of a Queens man during a robbery-gone-wrong in East Harlem.The kicker: the case was cold ... More >>

Foutou & Peanut Stew at Brooklyn's Abidjan

Chicken in Peanut Stew (left) and Foutou (right) are Ivory Coast fare Food from the Ivory Coast is one of the city's rarer West African cuisines, with only one place in East Harlem and another in Bushwick (or maybe Bed-Stuy, depends on how you draw the border). Named after the country's capital, A ... More >>

Senator Schumer Ramps Up His Crusade Against Pill Thieves

Watch out, drug store cowboys.After a bloody shootout at an East Harlem pharmacy last week, Senator Charles Schumer is stepping up the rhetoric for his Safe Doses Act, a bill he wrote that is currently crawling through the Senate.The legislation would increase the penalties for drug store robberies ... More >>

Students Rally Against DOE's Proposal to Shut Down Legacy High School

Yesterday, four electeds who hope to be mayor in 2013 rallied on the steps of City Hall to criticize the current mayor for his policies of closing failing public schools. And last week, a group of electeds -- alongside angry parents and students -- rallied around a new report that says Mike Bloomber ... More >>

One Year Later, Miguel Padilla Sentenced for East Harlem Shooting of 13-Year-Old

On New Year's Day in 2011, Miguel Padilla shot a semiautomatic pistol several times at a Chevy Impala following a dispute over a parking space. The shots did not strike the victim, but instead hit a 13-year-old boy who was a passenger in a nearby minivan. The gunshots shattered the rear window of th ... More >>

Vehicle Crashes Disproportionately Hit Children in Low-Income Areas: Report

Last week, a 12-year-old girl was struck and killed as she crossed Delancey Street on the Lower East Side, in an area that has a reputation for being dangerous for pedestrians. Now, an advocacy group has said that this tragedy is part of an alarming trend -- that young children in low-income neighb ... More >>

Breaking: Deaf-Mute Teen Reported Missing

​A deaf-mute 18-year-old woman left her East Harlem residence Friday morning and never returned home, and cops want your help finding her. Police say that Keyla Contreras was last seen at 2390 Second Avenue at 7 a.m.

Long Running Lesbian Bar Rubyfruit Swaps Identities, Now Budhu Lounge

​The current identity of the space at 531 Hudson is Budhu Lounge, and the slogan is "Eat-Drink-Love." Landmark West Village lesbian bar Rubyfruit is no more. Well, actually, it hasn't been since 2008, when the name was changed following financial and legal problems reported in the New York ... More >>

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Equan Southall Arrested in the Murder of Camila Guzman

​DNA Info is reporting that Equan Southall, reportedly the boyfriend of Camila Guzman, has been arrested and charged with her murder. Guzman, a transgender woman from Chile, was stabbed to death on August 1st. She was memorialized by friends and LGBT activists outside of her home in East Har ... More >>

Milk Burger Owner Is But an Innocent Babe in the Woods

​Following yesterday's discovery that Milk Burger, a new eatery in East Harlem, had apparently ripped off Shake Shack's entire menu, and even appropriated a Shack Burger photo for good measure, its owner is just shocked - shocked! - to hear about the similarities.

Here's Another Way to Make Money off the Shake Shack

Hmmm​Turns out that line-jumping isn't the only way to make money off Shake Shack: You can also rip off its entire menu, line by line, and right on down to the logo.

Ceferino Perez, Cocaine Kingpin, Did Excellent Photoshop Work

​Ceferino "Papo" Perez, an East Harlem cocaine kingpin, was apparently so fond of Al Pacino's role in Scarface that he did some pretty amazing Photoshopping and put his face right on top of Pacino's in the movie poster (check it out, at right). The results, which he displayed on his nightstand ... More >>

Five Dishes Worth Traveling From Anywhere To Get

​The steamed fish head with pickled chili sauce is a Hunanese miracle. Reviewing restaurants requires a long lag time, and two or three months often separate the first time I visit a place and when the critique appears in print. But sometimes, dishes are so exciting, that I can't wait to tel ... More >>

What the USDA's New Food Desert Locator Means to NYC

No food deserts here.​In an effort to acknowledge struggling communities around the country, the USDA has launched its new food desert locator. For the purposes of this interactive map, food deserts have been defined as "low-income census tracts where a substantial number or share of residents ... More >>

Posts of the Week

Friday afternoon is sliding into Friday early evening, so without further ado, a look back at the week that was ... Our 10 Best West African Restaurants. Why getting into the Hester Street Fair is a little like getting into college. Lure/Burger & Barrel's Josh Capon talks burgers, not barrels.

All This Week: Fork in the Road Cinco de Mayo Coverage

​An Aztec deity visits the Cinco de Mayo festivities in East Harlem on Sunday (click on picture to enlarge). This week, Fork in the Road will be running extra stories in honor of Cinco de Mayo ("Fifth of May"), a principally Mexican-American holiday celebrating the immigrant group's Mexican ... More >>

Culinary Report From Cinco de Mayo Street Festival in East Harlem

​Go ahead, take a bite of this delicious chile-soaked pambazo. Cecomex, the community organization that figured largely in this week's Voice cover story, sponsored this year's East Harlem Cinco de Mayo festivities. The street fair filled two city blocks, from Lexington Avenue to Second Aven ... More >>

The Cinco de Mayo Charade

Its organizer sits in jail for raping his daughter. And the parade of his sympathizers marches on.

Open and Closed: Say Hello to Brushstroke, Goodbye to Wai? Café

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The East Village's Wai? Café has closed and will be replaced by Sa Aming Nayon, serving "authentic Filipino cuisine." [EV Grieve] Havana Central is closing its Union Square location as part o ... More >>

Cora Davis Dead in Closet While Grandson Larry Davis Gets His Freak On in Her Bed; He's Busted for Murder

​Larry Davis, 22, killed his grandmother in her East 124th Street home in East Harlem, stuffed her in a closet, and then fucked a prostitute on granny's bed in a two-day sex romp, cops say. What can you say after that? The cops have the last word: He was charged Thursday with murder.

Joshua Nelson Shot to Death in East Harlem

​It was a bang-bang murder and arrest during yesterday afternoon's rush hour. A 27-year-old East Harlem man was quickly chased down yesterday afternoon for allegedly shooting another man to death under the Metro North tracks at 128th and Park Avenue as commuter trains rumbled overhead. Dead is Jos ... More >>

Maria Caraballo, 20, Missing in East Harlem

Where is Maria Caraballo?​A 20-year-old East Harlem woman, Maria Caraballo, hasn't been seen by friends or family since late Tuesday night, and cops are asking for the public's help. Caraballo was last seen leaving her home at 1250 Fifth Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. Cops say she is 5-7 and was last ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Colonie, Goodbye to Niko's

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Satsko on the Lower East Side has been shuttered recently and plastered with bright orange "seizure" stickers, apparently due to state taxes owed. [Bowery Boogie] Salt & Pepper in Midtown West ... More >>

No. 11: Black Olive and Sausage Pie at John's Pizzeria

​John's pizza glistens with sunny goodness. John Sasso was one of the three original bakers at Lombardi's, the pizzeria on Spring Street where pizza as we know it was invented around 1900, or maybe earlier. This pizza has traveled around the world, even having a profound impact on how pizzas ... More >>

Brooklyn Man Caught After Stabbing Spree; Egyptians Celebrate Mubarak's Resignation (Weekend Links)

NYPD via NYDN​Morning! Good news: It will be a positively balmy high of 39 today. The Brooklyn man who stabbed his father to death yesterday has been caught this morning after killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother and stabbing two others. As the Post puts it, 23-year-old Maksim Gelman "resurfa ... More >>

Murderer Rosario DiGirolamo's Google Search for 'Lethal Karate Blows' Uncovered, Forces Him to Plead Guilty

​Rosario DiGirolamo was sentenced yesterday in New Jersey to 25 years in prison for killing his mistress, Amy Giordano, in 2007, cutting up her corpse, and dumping the pieces in the water at Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve in Charleston, Staten Island. A Google search for murder methods led the ... More >>

Joy Burger Bar Opening Tomorrow on Sixth Avenue

Lauren ShockeyThe joy of burger.​ After hiding behind plywood for months, Joy Burger Bar's new branch at 361 Sixth Avenue will finally open to the public tomorrow, according to both a sign posted in its window last night and its Twitter feed.

Murder, Murder, Murder, Drunk Driving

Assorted tragedies and screw-ups: • An 18-year-old black man was found dead in the wee hours Sunday at West 136th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Cops found him at 3:10 a.m., shot "in his torso," as they put it. He was DOA at Harlem Hospital. Cops haven't released his name, and no one's be ... More >>

Three Kings Day Means Three Excuses to Eat Cake

brooklynpaper.comBeats birthday cake, doesn't it, Jesus?​Today, January 6th, is Three Kings Day, which commemorates when the three kings bestowed their gifts upon baby Jesus. It's a day of eating, with pasteles, tamales, tembleque and rice and beans all being popular treats. But more importa ... More >>

Open & Closed: Say Hello to Fedora; Goodbye to Victory Café

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. Gonzalez y Gonzalez, a lively Mexican joint near Broadway and Houston, is shuttering after 22 years in business. [Paper] The West Village beer and burger spot Stoned Crow has also closed, due ... More >>

Maurice Gibson Murdered Just Before Christmas in East Harlem; Cops Still Hunt Suspect

​Two weeks after Maurice Gibson, 36, was shot to death in East Harlem, the NYPD is asking for public help in tracking down the prime suspect. Unfortunately, the description is hazy: a black man wearing a dark-colored jacket and black ski mask.Gibson, who lived nearby on East 99th Street, was found ... More >>

"Suitcase Murder" Suspect Arrested: Stuffed Woman's Body in Luggage After Strangling Her

CNN​Police say they arrested and charged a 55-year-old Brooklyn man last night, whom they suspect strangled a Bronx woman and stuffed her body into a suitcase.CNN says 55-year-old Hassan Malik was charged with murder in the second degree late last night. The NYPD had previously released ... More >>

New York City Has a New Subway Hero, Sort of

​Just in time for the holiday season, here's a courageous tale to warm you to your fleece-lined boots, via the New York Daily News. Carlos Flores of East Harlem was waiting for the downtown 6 train at East 103rd this Sunday when he saw that a man had fallen onto the tracks. He quickly checked ... More >>

New York's Finest Police Cover-Up

Ten cops beat up cabbie, then cuff one of their own for trying to stop them.

Racist Chinese Restaurants; An English Breakfast That's Hardly So

​The recession may seem to be ending, but a new study reveals that restaurant customers still plan to spend less on eating out in 2010 that they did this year, about 20 percent less per meal, they say. Weekly restaurant visits, however, are up. [Nation's Restaurant News] Two Chinese restauran ... More >>

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