During my summer in the city, I spent hours sitting by the Washington Square Fountain, talking to those who came by: ...

It’s the ‘finest’ Washington Square Park has looked in a long time. The NYPD flooded the Greenwich Village landmark with 68 additional cops Friday — in a 24/7 crackdown aimed at vanquishing junkies ...

Where are our neighbors?” Chalk graffiti scattered across Washington Square posed this haunting question. Just days after a ...

New York City shouldn’t need the feds to help clear Washington Square Park of the pushers who’ve turned it into an open-air drug market — but it did. With the eager cooperation of the NYPD, federal ...

These dealers are finally getting benched. The feds cracked down on lawless Washington Square Park, busting up a round-the-clock, open-air drug market that operated for half a decade in the heart of ...

Six people were hurt Sunday when someone used bear spray inside Washington Square Park in Manhattan, authorities say. The FDNY said first responders were called around 7:50 p.m. to 53 Washington ...

Lorde debuted her forthcoming single “What Was That” at a pop-up event in New York’s Washington Square Park Tuesday night, about two hours after police had shut down the gathering due to overcrowding.

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Since its inception in 1842, Washington Square Park has seen its fair share of eras. As the oldest park in Chicago, it was the landing spot for many people who lost their homes after the Great Chicago ...

Neighbors on Friday cheered this week’s massive Washington Square Park drug bust — saying it has swept out shameless dealers and junkies who put them on edge for years. “It makes me feel safe,” said ...