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June 18, 2015 Liam Mathews

It’s been a few weeks since we heard about a McDonald’s brawl, but there was another one in the early morning of June 14 in front of the McDonald’s at 208 Varick Street in the West Village, and it involved a detail we’ve never heard of happening before: One of the assailants used a mason […]

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October 14, 2014 Rhett Jones

New video of the infamous so-called “Ninja Turtle” who smoke-bombed a swanky Italian restaurant in the West Village has popped up on YouTube. This time, it’s much easier to see his entrance and exit from the sidewalk grate. It’s clear that the guy is in and out in moments. Click to view the video above. Seriously, what the hell is up […]

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October 13, 2014 Rhett Jones

Early Friday evening, a man emerged from a sidewalk grate, threw two road flares into an upscale Italian restaurant in the West Village and disappeared back underground. No arrests have been made. “I saw him come out — it was like Ninja Turtles,” said one witness about the mysterious young man who was reportedly “wearing […]

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May 16, 2014 Andy Cush

You are not living life as hard as Marwan Elbordiny, who stole an idling stretch limo with five passengers inside and crashed it after driving only a few blocks in Liberty City the West Village last week. When police apprehended Elbordiny, he blew a .181 BAC — over twice the legal limit. Elbordiny’s passengers, fortunately, were unhurt. […]

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February 11, 2014 Andy Cush

If the Greenwich Village Society of Historic Preservation gets its way, the Stonewall Inn and Julius’, two longstanding icons of gay culture in New York City, will become official NYC landmarks. As DNAinfo points out, it’s already unlikely that the buildings would ever be torn down, as they’re part of a historic district, but the group would like […]

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August 21, 2013 Andy Cush

This week’s best crime blotter celebrities are Kareen Walcott, Amanda Roman and Tais Bomani, three women who went on a porn shopping spree after stealing a debit card over the weekend. Before they were apprehended in the West 3rd Street McDonald’s, the three women, ages 35, 19, and 22, respectively, purchased $360 worth of goods at […]

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May 22, 2013 Andy Cush

In the first major victory for the whiners in their ongoing, inexplicable battle against bike share, a group of West Village residents have convinced the Department of Transportation to move a docking station that was originally positioned in front of their co-op building. DOT workers moved the station from the southeast corner of Barrow and […]

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