Muggings

West Village bars are taking extra precautions after five muggings in the area in the past month.

A band of robbers have struck five times this month on Christopher Street, attacking bar goers.

Police made three mugging arrests in Hudson Heights as parents began planning a neighborhood watch.

Elected officials and city agencies promised new lighting for dark areas of Hudson Heights that are prone to crime.

Although muggings have declined since an uptick late last year, several Hudson Heights streets are still plagued by robberies.

A surveillance camera shows the alleged thief trailing a Columbia University student on West 113th Street.

The Council recommended the NYPD maintain extra cops assigned to the 34th Precinct and expand patrols to Inwood.

Security has stepped up patrols in Stuyvesant Town since a mugger held up two women in elevators on Thursday.

Captain Jose Navarro of the 34th Precinct said crime was dropping due to a temporary surge of cops in the area.

A man fought off muggers who attempted to steal his iPad as he tried to enter his apartment building on Bennett Avenue.

A man wearing a UPS delivery uniform attempted to rob two people in Hamilton Heights, police said.

The all-volunteer Inwood Safety Patrol plans to pick up where it left off this spring with neighborhood patrols.

Police are looking for five suspects in a series of Morningside Heights muggings, some of which occurred in broad daylight.

Police are looking for a man who attacked three people in the bathroom of an Upper East Side Shell gas station.

The NYPD released a photo of the man suspected of robbing women at two Manhattan ATMs in recent weeks.