How Washington Square Park’s drug scene went from small-time weed dealers to a gang turf war with two celebs’ kids dead

Drug pushing has long been a stain on Washington Square Park, sullying its iconic arch and proximity to NYU. Parents from ...

NYPD floods Washington Square Park with dozens of cops 24/7 to wipe out junkies, dealers — for good

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 ...
New York Daily News

Nearly 20 fentanyl and crack dealers busted in Washington Square Park ring

Federal authorities dismantled an open-air drug market that operated day and night for years in and around Manhattan’s Washington Square Park, arresting a network of dogged narcotics dealers at the ...
Washington Square NewsOpinion

Opinion: Overpolicing won’t fix Washington Square Park

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

Teen victim tied to Washington Square Park drug bust ID’d as recent grad who moved to NYC to start new life, internship

One of the people who fatally overdosed on drugs sold by a crew of Washington Square Park dealers busted Thursday was a Colorado teenager who had come to the Big Apple last year to start an internship ...
Yahoo

Olivia Rodrigo Rocks Out to Lorde’s ‘What Was That’ in Washington Square Park

Olivia Rodrigo is ready for Lorde summer. Less than 24 hours after the New Zealand pop star dropped her comeback single “What Was That,” the “Vampire” singer shared her review of the track while ...