An anonymous email threatening to kill pop star Pink was sent to a Manhattan hotel on Monday, with the sender specifically asking staff to relay the message directly to the singer. The email referenced her recently purchased $21.5 million townhouse in Greenwich Village, according to law enforcement sources. No arrests have been made, and no injuries were reported in connection with the threat.
The threat was reported to police on Tuesday, according to the New York Post, which cited law enforcement sources in its report. Pink was not at the hotel when the threatening email was received, and her representative did not respond to the Post's request for comment. The NYPD said it had no additional information on the threat when reached by the outlet.
The email landed at the Walker Hotel Greenwich Village at 52 West 13th Street, a location that sits roughly two blocks from the six-story Greek Revival townhouse Pink purchased in April, according to 6sqft. The 46-year-old singer, known for hits like “So What,” bought the 7,900-square-foot property at 125 West 11th Street after relocating her family from California so her teenage daughter could pursue theater opportunities in New York, per the same account.
A Historic Home Now Tied to a Threat
Built in 1849, the yellow townhouse features a 54-foot-deep artist studio designed in the late 1880s by Lincoln Memorial sculptor Daniel Chester French, and it was owned by the Fonseca artist family for 70 years. Hoodline reported on the property's $21.5 million sale in April, noting the home's 7,876 square feet of interior space and its multi-year renovation history.
Pink's move to New York has coincided with a higher public profile in the city. She attended the 79th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, an appearance that placed her in the Manhattan spotlight months before the threatening email surfaced.
What Charges Could Apply
Under New York Penal Law § 240.30, sending an email or electronic communication that threatens physical harm with intent to harass or alarm another person constitutes Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison, according to FindLaw. If investigators determine the message crossed state lines, federal law under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) makes transmitting a threat to injure another person in interstate commerce a federal offense carrying up to five years in prison, per FindLaw's separate review of the statute.
The identity and location of the sender remain unknown, a detail that will determine whether state or federal charges eventually apply. Digital threat investigations of this kind typically involve electronic forensics, including IP tracking and email header analysis, handled by units such as the NYPD's Counterterrorism Division and its Joint Terrorism Task Force partnership with federal authorities, according to CBS New York.
A Neighborhood Used to Big Money and, Occasionally, Big Trouble
Greenwich Village has become one of the city's priciest pockets of real estate, with a double-wide townhouse selling for a record $73 million in 2024 and single-family homes routinely trading between $18 million and $46 million, Hoodline has previously reported. That kind of price tag tends to draw scrutiny, and not always the benign kind.
The neighborhood's high-value properties have occasionally intersected with law enforcement before. In November 2025, a federal indictment detailed a multi-year illegal gambling ring operated by crime families out of an 1839 townhouse on Washington Place, according to 6sqft. Whether the threat against Pink is connected to any broader pattern remains unknown, and investigators have not indicated a motive.
