The Villager Newspaper

The Villager Newspaper Since 1933. In print and online.

The Villager is a weekly community newspaper serving New York City's West and East Villages, Soho, Noho, Little Italy, Chinatown, Lower East Side, Union Square, Chelsea and Downtown Manhattan generally. The Villager, founded in 1933, is an award winning weekly newspaper serving residents of New York City's famous Greenwich Village neighborhood.

Earthquake! NYC experiences a Saturday night shakeup from New Jersey tremor | amNewYork
08/03/2025

Earthquake! NYC experiences a Saturday night shakeup from New Jersey tremor | amNewYork

New York City felt all shook up from the ripple effects of a northern New Jersey earthquake that struck on Saturday night.

West 4th Street subway station loses power again, resulting in rush-hour service disruption
07/31/2025

West 4th Street subway station loses power again, resulting in rush-hour service disruption

Subways at the West 4th Street station were suspended or delayed during the rush hour commute on Thursday.

If singer/songwriter Rollo White falls into a readymade category, it would be Americana - but he likes to describe his m...
07/30/2025

If singer/songwriter Rollo White falls into a readymade category, it would be Americana - but he likes to describe his music as "kickass cry-in-your-beer hardcore honky-tonk."

If singer/songwriter Rollo White falls into a readymade category, it would be Americana - but he likes to describe his music as “kickass cry-in-your-beer

New Yorkers gathered for a multi-faith prayer vigil at Bryant Park on Tuesday night to honor the four people killed in M...
07/30/2025

New Yorkers gathered for a multi-faith prayer vigil at Bryant Park on Tuesday night to honor the four people killed in Monday's mass shooting at a Midtown office building. The event drew attendees from across the city, including state and city officials, faith leaders, and community representatives.

New Yorkers gathered for a multi-faith prayer vigil at Bryant Park on Tuesday night to honor the four people killed in Monday’s mass shooting at a Midtown

The body of the Bronx cop who was ambushed and killed by an unhinged Las Vegas security guard during the Midtown mass sh...
07/29/2025

The body of the Bronx cop who was ambushed and killed by an unhinged Las Vegas security guard during the Midtown mass shooting on Monday evening was released to his family on Tuesday afternoon.

The body of the Bronx cop who was ambushed and killed by an unhinged Las Vegas security guard during the Midtown mass shooting on Monday evening was released

UPDATE: Police say that five people, including an officer and the shooter, have died in a mass shooting rampage at a Mid...
07/29/2025

UPDATE: Police say that five people, including an officer and the shooter, have died in a mass shooting rampage at a Midtown office building on Monday evening. Evidence indicates that the suspect drove across the United States for several days before arriving in New York and unleashing death.

Police are responding to an active shooter situation in Midtown on Monday evening.

In a city that never stops moving, "Viola's Room" suddenly glide forward in darkness, immersed in whispers and shadows. ...
07/27/2025

In a city that never stops moving, "Viola's Room" suddenly glide forward in darkness, immersed in whispers and shadows. It feels like being led through someone else's dream.

Before entering “Viola’s Room,” you remove your shoes, hand over your phone, and slip on headphones. A woody, slightly sweet fragrance lingers in the air.

Op-ed | It’s time for Mayor Adams to pay EMS workers what they deserve | amNewYork
07/27/2025

Op-ed | It’s time for Mayor Adams to pay EMS workers what they deserve | amNewYork

In 2021, then Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams penned a joint op-ed with one of us calling on the city to secure pay parity for Emergency Medical

Grocery delivery service app Instacart is leading a campaign to derail a City Council bill that would expand minimum pay...
07/25/2025

Grocery delivery service app Instacart is leading a campaign to derail a City Council bill that would expand minimum pay protections to grocery delivery workers, threatening it may sue if Mayor Eric Adams does not veto the measure.

Grocery delivery service app Instacart is leading a campaign to derail a City Council bill that would expand minimum pay protections to grocery delivery

President Trump's administration is taking New York City to court over its sanctuary laws in the wake of a U.S. Customs ...
07/24/2025

President Trump's administration is taking New York City to court over its sanctuary laws in the wake of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent getting shot, allegedly by undocumented migrants with long rap sheets, earlier this week.

President Trump's administration is taking New York City to court over its sanctuary laws in the wake of a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent getting shot,

Brought to life by Mino Habib and Mathias Van Leyden—the same duo behind the beloved Loulou Petit Bistro—Le Petit Villag...
07/24/2025

Brought to life by Mino Habib and Mathias Van Leyden—the same duo behind the beloved Loulou Petit Bistro—Le Petit Village was less a restaurant and more a memory made edible.

Brought to life by Mino Habib and Mathias Van Leyden, Le Petit Village was less a restaurant and more a memory made edible.

Diamonds are not born—they are formed under pressure. Gertrude, heir to the Gilded Age's most gilded name, transformed t...
07/24/2025

Diamonds are not born—they are formed under pressure. Gertrude, heir to the Gilded Age's most gilded name, transformed that pressure into legacy.

The 1916 portrait of Whitney by Robert Henri, hanging now in the very museum she founded, does not merely depict this transformation. It documents it. This is

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The Villager, founded in 1933, is an award-winning weekly newspaper serving residents of New York City's famous Greenwich Village neighborhood, as well as the East Village and Lower East Side, Soho and Noho, Hudson Square, Union Square, Little Italy and Chinatown. As of 2019, The Villager’s Web site also incorporates the content of its award-winning sister Manhattan community newspapers, Chelsea Now, Downtown Express, Manhattan Express and Villager Express.