Canal Street

Police Hunt For Robbers Who Robbed Man On Subway J Train

Police Wednesday were asking the public to help find two men who robbed another man of his iPhone at gunpoint on the J Train in Lower Manhattan.

2013/04/10

A subway train at 42nd Street - Times Square - Jan. 28, 2013 (credit: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880)

Family: Woman Who Died On Subway Tracks Was Theatre Student Living Her Dream

The woman who fell onto the No. 1 subway tracks and died this past weekend was a theatre student who had been living her dream, family members said.

2013/04/09

Sources: Woman Found Dead Had Been Drinking When She Fell Onto Subway Tracks

Sources said Monday that a woman who was found dead on the No. 1 subway tracks over the weekend was drinking before she fell onto the tracks.

2013/04/08

FILE - Passengers wait on a subway platform in NYC. (credit: CBS 2)

Woman Found Dead On No. 1 Subway Tracks At Canal Street

A woman was found dead Sunday on No. 1 line subway tracks in Lower Manhattan.

2013/04/07

City Councilwoman Seeks Crackdown On Counterfeit Handbag Buyers

Knockoff purse peddlers are a common sight on Canal Street in Lower Manhattan, but a City Councilwoman would like to see that change.

2013/04/07

Police say a meat cleaver attack in Chinatown was caught on surveillance video on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2013. (credit: CBS 2)

Suspect Charged In Chinatown Meat Cleaver Attack On Wife

Ming Guang Huang, 28, has been hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation after being charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

2013/02/25

Police: Man Attacked, Critically Injured Wife With Meat Cleaver

A man allegedly attacked his wife with a meat cleaver in Manhattan’s Chinatown Sunday, leaving the woman in critical condition.

2013/02/24

Report: Wall Collapses At Nearly 200-Year-Old Building In TriBeCa

A wall collapsed Wednesday afternoon at a nearly 200-year-old building on Canal Street in TriBeCa, according to a published report.

2013/01/16

A Good Samaritan tussles with an iPhone thief in a turnstile. (Credit: NYPD)

Must Watch: Straphangers Nearly Nab iPhone Thief In Subway-Station Turnstile

They almost got him. NYPD surveillance video shows that straphangers got extremely close to nabbing an iPhone thief last month.

2012/08/04

Discovering The Historic Hudson Square Neighborhood

WCBS 880 listeners are no doubt familiar with the phrase “Live from the CBS Hudson Square broadcast center,” but many people don’t even know where Hudson Square is.

2012/07/08

Irish Arts Center Giving Away Free Books In Five Boroughs

In the early and mid-1800s, the Irish and Chinese lived side-by-side in the rough and tumble Five Points. Today, there is a coming together for two cultures that might still seem foreign to one another.

2012/03/16