Times Square

On July 2, 1971, moviegoers caught their first glimpse of John Shaft, the "black private dick thats a sex machine to all the chicks." Today, Shaft is considered one of the grandfathers of the blaxploitation genreand its got one of the most recognizable soundt…

(NEW YORK) — Cuba Gooding Jr. was arrested Thursday and charged with forcible touching after a woman accused him of groping her at a New York City night spot. Gooding, 51, was charged after turning himself in to investigators in the New York Police Departmen…

Cuba Gooding Jr.'s lawyer said Thursday security video will exonerate the actor from allegations he groped a woman at a New York City night spot. Video from Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge in Manhattan showed no criminality on Gooding's part, his lawyer M…

Authorities arrested Ashiqual Alam last week for planning a terrorist attack against Times Square in New York City. This is the 111th Islamist terror plot or attack against the U.S. homeland since 9/11, and the 98th to be a homegrown plot. Alam is a 22-y…

Lincoln Center’s Russell Granet has been named the new president and CEO of the New 42nd Street organization, the nonprofit announced today. The hire comes nearly a year after Cora Cahan, the founding president and CEO of the organization that spearheaded th…

The man at the controls of a helicopter that crashed onto the roof of a high-rise building in New York City on Monday afternoon died putting "other lives first," his family said. Interested in New York? Add New York as an interest to stay up to date on the …

NEW YORK CITY The helicopter pilot killed in Monday’s crash in New York City has been identified as a former volunteer fire chief and a "dedicated, highly professional and extremely well trained firefighter," as well as a skilled pilot. Tim McCormack died Mo…

Officials have identified the pilot killed in a helicopter crash in Manhattan Monday as Tim McCormack.  The crash happened around 2 p.m. local time on the roof of 787 7th Ave, near Times Square.  Officials said the helicopter took off from the 34th Street h…

New York City Police and Fire Department personnel secure the scene in front of a building in midtown Manhattan where a helicopter crash landed, June 10, 2019. More A tense crash in Manhattan, a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico and a growing crisis o…

Some of the few dozen people there bypassed the nutritional information to stuff free plastic fanny packs with free Kind Bars. The company hosted a pop-up in Times Square two years ago, but Jenna Keplesky, who works in Kinds communications department, lobbi…