A 22-year-old actress suffered a broken wrist, torn ligament and bruising after she was sexually assaulted and pushed onto the 14th Street F train’s subway tracks Friday morning. She was rescued before a train arrived. [NY Daily News] On Saturday, the alleged attacker was arrested outside his East Village home in the Lillian Wald housing project. [NY Daily News]
On a Williamsburg L train, a 29-year-old woman was sexually assaulted late last week. [DNA Info] The next day, she saw her alleged attacker on a North Brooklyn subway platform. No arrest has currently been made. [Gothamist]
In the wake of last week’s death of the 31-year-old cyclist who was trapped under a truck in the East Village, local police officers seem to be ticketing an increasing number of bike riders for traffic violations. [Streetsblog]
Police released footage of the thief who allegedly stole a plumber’s snake from an open Alphabet City window on April 7. [Bowery Boogie]
Butcher Bar, which already boasts two Queens locations, will open on Orchard Street this week. [DNA Info]
Community Board 3 voted unanimously to give a liquor license to Lil’ Gem, a forthcoming Lebanese restaurant at 29 Clinton Street, where owner Melissa O’Donnell previously helmed Thelma on Clinton. [Bowery Boogie]
On St. Marks Place, Caffe Bene shuttered Saturday after less than two years in business. More than a dozen of the chain’s outposts remain in New York City. [DNA Info]
At a town hall Thursday, Manhattan Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney discussed the suspicious Russian emails she received during the 2016 election season. [Observer]