Chelsea

The baby found abandoned on the sidewalk in Chelsea is so new to the world, its umbilical cord was still attached when he was found without a blanket or even a diaper by a homeless man and doorman in a shocking discovery in the middle of the night. The newborn’s mother was later charged. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield...

Erica Byfield reports.

A newborn baby was found abandoned in front of a Chelsea building early Thursday morning, FDNY sources tell NBC New York. A team of paramedics was finishing their shift around 3:15 a.m. when a building doorman knocked on their vehicle’s window to alert them to a newborn child in front of 515 West 23rd Street, across from an Emergency Medical…

The Chelsea Music Festival is kicked off its 15th season Friday — making it the longest-running festival celebrating music, art, and food in New York City. Its co-founders and co-artistic directors Ken-David Masur and Melinda Lee Masur, both professional musicians, spoke with NBC New York about the milestone. “It’s been neat for us to explore venues south of the Lincoln…

In the latest incident on a downtown No. 1 train in Manhattan, the suspect allegedly threw a flaming liquid at a man, leaving him with burns covering his upper body. The same man was wanted in connection to another fire-throwing incident at a SoHo subway station in February. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

A man who allegedly set a fellow New York City subway rider on fire using a flaming liquid was arrested, and police believe he is also behind an arson at a different Manhattan station earlier in the year.

In Manhattan, a subway rider was set on fire after a suspect hurled some type of flammable substance at him. 

A suspect is in the hospital following a shootout with police at an optical store in Chelsea where he was shot by an officer, police sources tell NBC New York. This is a breaking story and we are awaiting additional information from police.

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Cops are looking for a man who allegedly threw a can of fire at a group of people on a subway platform in Manhattan last month, authorities said Wednesday. Checkey Beckford reports.

Cops are looking for a man who allegedly threw a can of fire at a group of people on a subway platform in Manhattan last month, authorities said Wednesday. No injuries were reported in the 7:40 p.m. attack at West 28th Street in Chelsea on Feb. 5. The NYPD released dramatic footage showing the man with two cans aflame appearing…

Cops are looking for a man they say threw flammable liquid at a group of people in subway.

A typical afternoon at a New York City pet shop took an unexpected twist when a woman allegedly started kicking at a number of kennels inside. But the outburst didn’t stop there. The whole ordeal only lasted a few moments — mostly caught on camera — and ended with a brutal assault against another person perusing the store. First, cops…

Shocking video shows the moment a woman slapped a tourist, for no apparent reason. News 4’s Erica Byfield reports. 

The 24-year-old Brooklyn woman was last seen getting into a cab leaving a holiday party before she turned up in a Chelsea condo building. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.

A young woman found dead at the bottom of the compactor chute at a condo building in Manhattan may have gone missing a day before her gruesome discovery, law enforcement sources say. Police said a building employee came across the 24-year-old woman Friday afternoon in the basement of the building. Officers and EMS arrived at the luxury residential complex on…

Investigators were working to determine how the woman ended up inside the building. News 4’s Myles Miller reports.

The Long Island woman accused of killing an 87-year-old voice coach when she callously shoved her to the ground in an alleged unprovoked attack on a Manhattan street pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nearly a decade in prison.

The Long Island woman accused of killing an 87-year-old voice coach when she callously shoved her to the ground in an alleged unprovoked attack on a Manhattan street pleaded guilty and will be sentenced to nearly a decade in prison, NBC New York has learned.

Police say a 12-year-old girl and two adult women were injured when the man drove onto the sidewalk and crashed his Ford Fusion into a building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood just after 6 p.m. Tuesday.