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January 18, 2013
Homeless Man Gets Angry, Blowtorches His Wife And Boss
The New York Post reported today that Carlos Diaz, a 35-year-old homeless man, was held without bail yesterday after allegedly trying to set fire to his estranged wife and the boss who fired him from his job at an Inwood auto body shop. It started on Wednesday, when Diaz approached his wif ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2013
New York Post Helps NYPD Slander Occupy Wall Street (Again)
When police raided the West Village apartment of Morgan Gliedman and Aaron Greene on Saturday, the New York Post was first to the story. It was the sort of story that was right in the Post's wheelhouse. Gliedman, 27, nine months pregnant, the daughter of a prominent doctor and the product of a Park ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2012
Union Square Greenmarket Reopens Today at Madison Square, Other Locations Follow Suit
Same market, different location. Under brilliant sunny skies, but near-frigid temps, the Union Square Greenmarket reopened today for the first time since Hurricane Sandy. Not at its usual 14th Street location - which is being used as a Con Ed parking lot - but just off Madison Square at the inters ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2012
Nearly 25 Years After Infamous Cop Killing, NYPD Commissioner Kelly Asks Board to Deny Murderers Parole
Yesterday, the NYPD released letters,Police Commissioner Ray Kelly wrote to the New York State Parole Board, urging its members to deny parole for inmates Todd Scott, David McClary, Philip Copeland and Scott Cobb. All four criminals are eligible for parole in November. In his appeal, Kelly outlined ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2012
Meek Mill - 40/40 Club - 9/26/2012
Meek Mill 40/40 Club Wednesday, September 26 Better Than: Schlepping up to Inwood for a random Jay-Z sighting. Jay-Z is hip-hop's reigning master of synergy. Just days before he christens the Barclays Center in Brooklyn with a string of sold-out concerts, the rapper hosted the release of basketbal ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2012
Alleged Kid-Raping Religious Store Owner Daniel Miller's New Plot To Kill Victim Might Make Him The Worst Person Ever
The shitty-ness of alleged kid-raping religious store owner Daniel Miller apparently knows no bounds. -- aside from allegedly drugging and sexually abusing his 17-year-old victim, Miller is now accused of plotting to have the boy killed.Oh, and let's not forget the voodoo doll he had created of the ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2012
Occupy Wall Street Chained To 2004 Murder Of Sarah Fox
The Occupy Wall Street movement has been linked to the 2004 murder of a 21-year-old Julliard student -- and that link is in a chain occupiers used to wreak havoc at a Brooklyn subway station earlier this year.Police have linked DNA recovered from a chain occupiers used to hold open a gate at the Bev ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2012
Questions Raised About NYPD's Claims Linking Occupy Wall Street To Murder
The story was so peculiar that you knew there had to be at least one more shoe poised to drop. Last night, the local NBC affiliate ran a story based on an unnamed source leaking the following information: There had been a break in the eight-years-cold investigation of the murder of Sarah Fox in Inw ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2012
More iPhone-Related Crime: Arrests Tied to Chef's Murder and Early Morning Subway Stabbing
Two news stories are developing this weekend that involve iPhone-related violence. The New York Post is reporting that a teen is now fighting for his life after he was stabbed early this morning during a fight over an iPhone at a Fordham Heights subway station. Apparently, the 19-year-old saw th ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2012
Alleged Religious Shop Rapist Daniel Miller Has 10 Prior Convictions, Pentagon-Esque Home Surveillance System
Last week, we told you about Daniel Miller, the owner of a shop in Long Island that sells religious goods -- and how he's currently accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a teenage boy who worked in is shop. Turns out, this is far from the first time Miller's been in trouble -- and the surveill ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Religious Goods Store Owner Accused Of Drugging, Sexually Assaulting Teen Boy
The first day at a new job can be daunting for anyone -- especially if your boss feeds you muscle relaxers and then sexually assaults you, which is what authorities say the owner of a Long Island religious goods store did to a 17-year-old boy earlier this year.According to authorities, on January 3, ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Alleged Serial Groper Felt Up Four Teens In Two Hours; Told Victims "God Bless You"
There's good news: an alleged serial groper who felt up four teenage girls in about two hours last week in Inwood has been arrested. Believe it or not, the suspect's a convicted sex offender who's currently wanted in Rhode Island.Danis Pelaez, 35, was arrested last week after the alleged March 22 ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
Family of John Collado, Inwood Father Killed by NYPD Officer, Calls for Federal Investigation
A day after thousands marched in Union Square for Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old who was shot in Florida, the family members of the late John Collado gathered in a small law office yesterday afternoon to call for a federal investigation into the Inwood father of five's shooting death at the ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
More Mamajuana for Manhattan
Smell that? It's the scent of Mamajuana wafting through Manhattan's streets. No, not that herbal aroma, that's something else entirely. Chef Ricardo Cardona (Sofrito) is taking his Dominican-Spanish cuisine and branching out from his original Inwood location. His second spot, on Amsterdam at 88t ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2011
De Blasio Report: Uptown Has the Worst Landlords
According to NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio's Worst Landlords Watch List, Manhattan's worst-run buildings are mostly in Harlem, Washington Heights, and Inwood. Forty five of the 56 Manhattan buildings on the list are in those areas. Four of the lowest performing five are in Harlem and one is in ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2011
Ingrid Burrington, Researcher of Missed Connections: 'The Loneliest Place in NYC is Union Square'
Under the semi-serious auspices of the Center for Missed Connections, 24-year-old Ingrid Burrington, who grew up in California, has been studying Craigslist's outlet for the lonely, the hopeful, the romantic, the horny, and the insane for more than two years now. It all started with what she ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2011
Floating Art Project Accidentally Shipwrecks at Rikers
NYC.govA floating dome made of umbrella spokes and empty soda bottles, bound on canoes from the South Bronx to Inwood, where it would have stayed in a monthlong exhibit, was shipwrecked on Rikers Island this week, causing a commotion among corrections officers, who immediately confirmed that ... More >>
Columns
October 5, 2011
Spinning Out of Control
Paul Browne's mouth finally starts getting him into trouble
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Worst Criminal Ever Leaves $667,000 Worth Of Cocaine In Full View Of Cops
The spin on this story at Hero Cop-loid the Daily News is all about the "quick-witted" and "eagle-eyed" rookie cops involved in this weekend's surprise bust of 29 kilos of cocaine on a street corner in Inwood. Kudos to them; that's a huge coup for 4 p.m. on an otherwise-uneventful Saturday pa ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2011
Michael Pena, NYPD Cop Accused of Rape, Says He Was 'Cheating' on His Girlfriend
Michael Pena, the off-duty NYPD officer accused of raping a teacher in Inwood, was indicted and arraigned today on five counts of predatory sexual assault, two counts of first-degree rape, and three counts of a criminal sexual act in the first degree, reports DNA Info. He pleaded not guilty, ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
NYC's Most Obscure Restaurants: Schnitzel Bar in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Way down below the Gowanus lurks Schnitzel Bar. We really only ever hear about a handful of restaurants out of the 50,000 that I estimate exist in the city. Even in Manhattan itself, there are vast swatches in Inwood, Washington Heights, Harlem, the Upper East Side, and around the fringes o ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2011
Michael Pena, Off-Duty NYPD Cop, Arrested for Allegedly Raping a Woman in Inwood Today
An off-duty cop has been arrested and charged with the alleged rape of a woman in Inwood earlier this morning. The New York Post gives his name as Michael Pena, 25, from the 33rd Precinct, a member of the force for three years. The incident occurred in the back courtyard of a building on Park ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Men Wanted In Inwood Robbery
One of the suspectsThe NYPD is looking for a group of men wanted in connection to a robbery that took place in Inwood on August 7. At about 10:20 p.m., five young men got into 55 Cooper Street by one of them posing as a food delivery guy; once they were inside, suspect #3 forced a victim into ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
In New York, Even the Owls Have Herpes
SvadilfariHerpes. O Rly?When an enormous great horned owl was found dead on the ground in Inwood Hill Park last month, the Department of Environmental Conservation promised to find out what laid the noble beast low. Today, the results of the autopsy were announced and -- there's really no way ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Is John's Fried Chicken the Best in the City? The Daily News Says Yes
Does this place deep in Inwood and a stone's throw from the Harlem River make the best FC in Gotham? When Sunday at the ungodly hour of 4am the Daily News put up their estimation of the best fried chicken in town, I jumped on the list right away. Or at least when I read about it in Eater. Fo ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
Motorcycle Crackdown in Northern Manhattan
Watch your bikes. Cops are cracking down on illegal, "dangerous" motorcycles "common in Northern Manhattan," says the NYPD. Twelve such motorcycles were seized over the weekend for being unregistered, uninsured, altered illegally, or part of the problem of noise pollution and generally hazard ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
NYPD Crime Stats: Half The Year Over, Neighborhoods Seeing Spikes in Burglaries and Larcenies
Well, the year is nearly half over, and it's time to do a bit of handicapping of the city's crime statistics. In general, some sections of the city are experiencing a spike in assaults, and a rash of economic crimes--burglaries and grand larcenies, mainly. Overall, citywide crime, according ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Jack Newfield: Why I'm Not for Bella
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 28, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 39 Why I'm Not for Bella by Jack Newfield We have all gone through some pain with the death of Bill Ryan, and the bitter succession fight over his seat. I was called at home by a supporter of Bella Ab ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 2, 2011
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW
Bring your binoculars to Riverdale
Blogs
February 17, 2011
10 Crazy Facts Learned From New York City's Complaint Records
New Yorkers love to complain. When we walk down the street we get sidewalk rage, and when we're at home, we can't stop complaining about everything around our homes. 311 just released an interactive map that lets you track complaints over the past year in categories from noise to traffic and ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2011
Lara Logan: The Rape Question, and a Scandalous NYPD Connection
Lara LoganAfter news of the vicious attack last Friday in Cairo on CBS reporter Lara Logan, the worms started crawling out of the woodwork. So far, the foremost twit on Twitter has been NYU fellow Nir Rosen, whose crassness cost him his job, as my colleague, Joe Coscarelli, notes. But all this s ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2011
Man Shoveling Snow Plummets 12 Feet Through Sidewalk Grate
The offending grate, via the Daily News/CostanzaContinuing in our "biggest fears of NYC" chronology, a man has fallen 12 feet through a sidewalk grate in Inwood. There's more to it than that, though. The man, 23-year-old Eric Pagan, was a part-time Sanitation worker who'd been called in as "a ... More >>
News
November 3, 2010
Let's Play, "Who's My Landlord?"
The new game that's sweeping New York's crumbling rental rat-traps
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Researchers Say Noisy New York Is Really Noisy
via stephencjensen.comIn news that makes you say "WHAT?!": Columbia researchers now say that 98% of noise in Manhattan is at unhealthy levels. You can say that again, but no one can hear you because it's way too noisy in this damn city. Although we all have drunk screaming hooligans outside o ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2010
November's Community Board 3 Agenda: Mamajuana Café Trying Again for Tonic; Counter Getting a New Name
globalgraphica.comTonic, still late and lamented. In September, we noticed that the Mamajuana Café, an upscale Latin restaurant in Inwood, had put in a liquor-license application for the old Tonic space on Norfolk. The space was previously slated to become the home of Dans Le Noir, a Fr ... More >>
Music
October 22, 2008
The N-Word Is Flourishing Among Generation Hip-Hop Latinos
Why should we care now?
Dining
December 19, 2006
A Restaurant With Balls
Mofongo comes of age in Inwood and Washington Heights
NYC Life
May 16, 2006
Fresh Direct
Seasonal fare abounds at farmers' markets around the city

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