Draft:List of homicides in New York City

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This is a list of homicides in New York City. This list includes notable homicides committed in New York City that have a Wikipedia article on the killing, the killer, or the victim. It is divided into three subject areas as follows:

  1. Multiple homicides – homicides having multiple victims, including the September 11 attacks, the Puerto Rican Social Club fire, and the Wall Street bombing of 1920
  2. Serial killers – persons who murder three or more persons with the incidents taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them
  3. Single homicides – notable homicides involving a single fatality, including the Assassination of Malcolm X and the Murder of John Lennon

Multiple homicides[edit]

Listed in chronological order

Incident Location Date Deaths Description Sources
Dead Rabbits riot Bowery 1857-07-04/05 8 Riot began with gang fight between Dead Rabbits and Bowery Boys
Rosenthal murder case
Lexington Avenue explosion Manhattan 1914-07-04 Dynamite bombing by Anarchist Black Cross at apartment building
Wall Street bombing Wall Street 1920-09-16 40 Horse-drawn wagon loaded with dynamite and cast-iron weights blown up in front of J.P. Morgan headquarters on Wall Street
Fraunces Tavern bombing Lower Manhattan 1975-01-24 4 Bombing by Puerto Rican FALN
1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing LaGuardia Airport 1975-12-29 11 Bomb detonated near TWA baggage claim
Puerto Rican Social Club fire The Bronx 1976-10-24 25 Arson fire at crowded social club
Happy Land fire The Bronx 1990-03-25 87 Arson fire at social club
1993 World Trade Center bombing 1993-02-26 6 Van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center
Freddy's Fashion Mart attack Harlem 1995-12-08 8 Gunman seized hostages and set building on fire
1997 Empire State Building shooting Manhattan 1997-02-23 2
Wendy's massacre Flushing, Queens 2000-05-24 5 Seven restaurant employees shot in head during robbery
September 11 attacks Manhattan 2001-09-11 2,996 Hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center
Maksim Gelman stabbing spree Brooklyn, Manhattan 2011-01-11/12 4
2012 Empire State Building shooting Manhattan 2012-08-24 2
Murder of the Krim siblings 2012-10-25
Murder of the Zhuo family Brooklyn 2013-10-26 5 Murder of woman and four children by a cousin
The Yellow Dogs
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital attack 2017-06-30 2
2017 New York City truck attack Lower Manhattan 2017-10-31 8 Uzbek terrorist drove a rented pickup truck into cyclists and runners along the Hudson River Park's bike path

Serial killers[edit]

Listed in chronological order by date of earliest homicide

Incident Location Date Deaths Description Sources
Lizzie Halliday
Albert Fish
Frederick Mors 1914-1915
Charlie Chop-off 1972-1973
Waldo Grant 1973-1976
David Berkowitz
Richard Cottingham
Paul Bateson
Long Island serial killer
Joel Rifkin
Richard Angelo
Robert Shulman

Single homicides[edit]

Incident Location Date Description Sources
Sanford White 1906-06-25
Serge Rubenstein 1955-01-27
Assassination of Malcolm X 1965-02-19
Murder of Arthur Collins 1965-10-09
Murder of John Lennon Manhattan 1980-12-08 Fatal shooting of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman at The Dakota
Assassination of Meir Kahane Manhattan 1990-11-05 Israeli American rabbi shot after speech a Manhattan hotel
Murder of Imette St. Guillen 2006-02-25
Murder of Sylvie Cachay Manhattan 2010-12-09
Murder of Zymere Perkins 2016-09-29
Murder of Tessa Majors 2019-12-11

References[edit]


Category:Death-related lists Category:Killings in the United States Category:New York-related lists Category:Murder in New York (state) Category:History of New York (state)