A surprise March inspection at the beloved Prospect Heights donut shop turned up mice, contaminated food, and eight violations in all. For a shop that had sailed through its last three inspections without a single infraction, the findings are hard to glaze over.

A basement blaze in Midtown filled the neighborhood with thick smoke Tuesday afternoon and drew a major FDNY response.

L.A. roastery Canyon Coffee opened a Prospect Heights café at 601 Vanderbilt Ave., bringing its Echo Park menu, pastries and a new mural to Brooklyn.

NYC data show more than 700 older adults died of opioid‑involved overdoses in 2024. Experts and patients say shorter prescriptions and nonopioid pain care are needed.

A new Crown Heights tamalería is serving stone-ground masa tamales from family recipes more than 100 years old, sold daily in limited batches.

DOJ documents and reporting say Jeffrey Epstein helped broker introductions that touched Peter Attia’s practice. The revelations prompted an apology and professional departures.

About 40 Transit Museum employees filed an NLRB petition to join AFSCME DC 37, adding to a wave of museum union drives in New York City.

A handful of jumbo leases in early March reversed a February lull, led by fintech and AI expansions that tightened availability in Manhattan’s top buildings.

A 59-year-old Millbrook man died after his three-wheeled motorcycle crossed the center line and struck a car in Pleasant Valley. State troopers are investigating.

NYPD Crime Stoppers seeks tips after a 19-year-old rider says a man exposed himself on a southbound M3 bus near Fifth Avenue and W. 29th St.

A 55-year-old man was found unconscious on a Penn Station platform and later pronounced dead at Lenox Hill. Police are investigating and say an assault may have occurred.

Officers in Midtown say they stopped an unplated moped near a school corridor; two people were arrested and a loaded firearm was recovered during a canvass.

The SEC says it has made substantial progress toward settling civil claims against Bill Hwang. The parties asked the court for a mid‑May update.