Original Art-Deco accents • Floorboard molding • Inlaid contrast wooden floorboard strips (framing every room) • Fluted glass ...

Preparations are underway for everyone’s favorite feast in the streets of Little Italy. The 99th Annual Feast of San Gennaro ...

The East River Park running track will close for reconstruction, as well as the entire northern section of the park above ...

As we reported this past Friday, Dong Wang and Helen Chen of Shan Fu Grocery (A&N Fruit Store) were preparing to shut down ...

Here's some news just about everyone in the Lower East Side/Chinatown community will be happy to hear. As we reported this past Friday, Dong Wang and Helen Chen of Shan Fu Grocery (A&N Fruit Store) ...

Photo: Mavis-Jay Sanders, Culinary Director of Community Kitchen with founder Mark Bittman [Photo credit: Community Kitchen] ...

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Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the April 2013 edition of The Lo-Down’s print Magazine. One of the things that makes New York City great is its classic neighborhood diners. On the Lower ...

Good morning. Thanks to Ben Meyers for this shot of the sizzlin’ Seward Park ping pong table, from the rooftop across the street. It’s a cooler August day today, with a high of 76 degrees, cloudy ...

Roger Bultot sent along this photo of the Brooklyn Bridge floating above the East River in the mist. Send your neighborhood photos to: tips@thelodownny.com or tag us on Instagram here.

Cheeky Sandwiches can track Din's progress on a map hanging on the wall of the restaurant. Din Yates, owner of Cheeky Sandwiches. Photo by thelodownny.com. Anyone who hangs out at Cheeky Sandwiches, ...

The new 22-story Joie de Vivre Hotel taking shape at 50 Bowery is hard to miss. According to developers, it’s the biggest building to rise in the historic heart of Chinatown since Confucius Plaza was ...