Hundreds of people and well-dressed pooches flocked to the East Village on Saturday for the 22nd annual Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park. The event, which was hosted by drag queen Roxy Brooks and sponsored by pet-friendly businesses like Ruff Club, the soon-to-open dog daycare center on Avenue A, once again showed off the [...]

Rita Gigante, daughter of notorious mobster and Village resident Vincent “Chin” Gigante, recently published her memoir, “The Godfather’s Daughter: An Unlikely Story of Love, Healing and Redemption.” She held a book-signing at Sullivan Street Tea & Spice, at 208 Sullivan St., last month. However, when an employee was opening up on the morning of the [...]

The southern crosswalk at Bleecker St. and Seventh Ave. has been shortened by more than one lane thanks to a newly installed “neckdown.” One Village resident using a walker, asked what he thought of the crossing, replied, “My cat would like it.” It’s true, the pebbled, outcropping jutting from the corner does resemble kitty litter, [...]

Actor Mandy Pantinkin read lines from Shakespeare as Oscar Eustis, the Public Theater’s artistic director, cracked up, left, and playwright Richard Foreman listened during the rededication of the Public Theater following its four-year renovation. The $40 million project included a controversial sidewalk “bump-out” into one lane of Lafayette St. to accommodate a new grand staircase [...]

Richard Blodgett, longtime resident and unofficial historian of Charlton St., right, spoke with Philip Kassen, director of the Little Red School House, and crossing guard Esperanca Varela — who was on her break — last week while Blodgett circulated a petition for pedestrian safety at the intersection of Houston St. and Sixth Ave. Signatures are [...]

A flashy stilt walker captivated his audience with some fancy moves Friday evening at La Plaza Cultural community garden at Ninth St. and Avenue C, as the Harvest Arts Festival began. Meanwhile, at 6th and B Garden, Ace Ramsey, 6, from Little Italy, had her face painted by Effie Surlis, holding the mirror. Ramsey is [...]