Central Park

A woman was repeatedly punched in the face and thrown over a fence in Central Park by a man who police say was trying to rape her. Police said the 38-year-old woman was walking near the park Saturday around 5 a.m. when she was approached by the stranger. He came up to her along East Drive and pushed her over…

Looking forward to seeing the leaves change and capture that perfect photo of Central Park in fall? Don’t wait much longer, or else it could be gone — because peak foliage came early this year.

Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Saturday. Blackpink rapper Lisa is on the lineup for her first solo performance, as are Jelly Roll and Raouw Alejandro, adding to organizers’ plans to attract younger fans and a more international audience. Global Citizen has...

News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports. 

Chris Jose with an update for News 4 New York. 

As police begin increasing patrols in and around Central Park amid a 200% increase in robberies there, another robbery occurred Tuesday night. Two victims were approached by a two men who robbed them of a chain and vape pen on around 11 p.m. Tuesday, according to police. The NYPD said the robbery happened near West 62nd Street and West Drive,…

Amid an increase in patrols and surging robberies in Central Park, the NYPD said two more people were robbed Tuesday night by the park. News 4’s Tracie Strahan reports.

Police are looking for a suspect involved in a daring late night robbery in Central Park as the NYPD warns robberies in the beloved landmark locale are up 200%. Tracie Strahan reports.

Police are looking for a suspect involved in a daring late night robbery in Central Park as the NYPD warns robberies in the beloved landmark locale are up 200%. The latest robbery occurred at the plaza on the southeastern edge of the park at 59th Street and 5th Avenue around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the NYPD. Police said…

The NYPD said it is searching for a suspect in a robbery of three New Yorkers in Central Park as police said there has been a surge in robberies in the landmark park. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

Days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted to taking a bear carcass from the side of the road and placing it in Central Park as a prank a decade ago, he said that has been picking up roadkill his “whole life” and once had a “freezer full of it” at home.

Gus Rosendale reporting on RFK Jr. saying he put a dead bear in Central Park. 

News 4’s Andrew Siff reporting in 2014 on the mystery of a dead bear cub discovered one morning in Central Park. 

In a video on X with Roseanne Barr, the independent presidential candidate appears to solve the decade-old mystery of how a dead bear cub came to be in Central Park.

The suspect was also wanted in a series of similar groping incidents on women across the city, and had a total of eight prior arrests in NYC.

The man wanted in connection to an attack of a woman sunbathing at Central Park was arrested and faced multiple charges, according to police.

The NYPD has a person of interest in custody who investigators believe is connected to the attack of a Central Park sunbather, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York. Police have not said where they picked the person of interest up or if he is considered a suspect in the Central Park attack. According to police, a 21-year-old woman was…

As police continue their manhunt for a suspect wanted in connection to an attack on a woman sunbathing in Central Park, a sketch of the man has been obtained by NBC New York.

The search continues for the man who attacked a woman while she was sunbathing in Central Park yesterday. NBC New York’s Chris Jose reports. 

The search for a man who attacked a 21-year-old woman sunbathing alone in Central Park, tackling her to the ground in an attempted sexual assault, stretched into a second day Tuesday — as park-goers stayed wary. The attacker is described as being about 6 feet tall with a medium build and curly hair. He was last seen wearing a light-colored…