Because nearly 30,000 of yucky water accidentally poured out, here are your early links: Alison Roman's shoppy shop, vintage Roosevelt Island tram cars, idling fines for delivery trucks and more. [ more › ]
by Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn Paper A kinetic burst of color now spins in place on the median of 4th Avenue and 2nd Street, where a new public art installation is reshaping a familiar stretch of road bordering Park Slope and Gowanus. The massive, 11-foot-by-8-foot colorful kinetic sculpture title
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Randi Song (left) and MacKenzie Chambers formed a tenant association at their upscale Downtown Brooklyn apartment building. Renters paying premium prices for New York City rentals are organizing with neighbors to get their money’s worth. [ more › ]
City health officials are advising residents of an East Village apartment complex to take precautions after two residents contracted Legionnaires’ disease there within the last 11 months. The advisory went out Tuesday in a Zoom call arranged by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) in
“Public housing residents deserve art that honors their history and tells the stories of their communities, and the tools to make that happen already exist.” An art installation at NYCHA’s Kingsborough Houses.(Photo by Tameek Williams) Beginning in the latter half of the 20th centu
The fire in Inwood killed three people and injured 14 others, including a firefighter. Smoker who lived at the building faces homicide charge, but prosecutors say corporate liability is also under review. [ more › ]
This story is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here.Jessica Bonamusa’s mind is in the water, and where the gutter meets the shore. Bonamusa, a research scientist at New York City’s Department of
An affordable housing project that would have taken seven months of review before being approved got the green light from the New York City Council this week after just 90 days. Thanks to the new Expedited Land Use Review Procedure (ELURP), a ballot measure approved by voters last November, 351 Powe
Spectators watch the Staten Island Memorial Day Parade on May 27, 2024. Summer is nearly upon us, as are a variety of outdoor events around the city. [ more › ]
Los estafadores se están aprovechando del caos a nivel federal, sacando partido de las personas que buscan ayuda desesperadamente para sus casos de inmigración, y estas infracciones son más habituales en barrios latinos como Sunset Park y Jackson Heights. “Estos proveedores de servicios para inmigra
TAKI 183 used to write his tag more than 50 times a day around New York City. [ more › ]
Listed as the “largest two-bed in Manhattan,” this 7,000-square-foot loft condo at 345 West 13th Street in the historic Astor House is big enough to get lost in. Asking $25,750,000, the home offers the strictly 21st-century perk of a dedicated wellness wing with a private spa suite fitte
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday announced that his administration had secured 1,000 World Cup tickets, which will be made available to New Yorkers for $50 through a lottery system. As first reported by The Athletic, 150 tickets will be distributed for each of the five group stage matches and two kn
About two decades ago, Scott Sicari was approached to design a reunion set for a show called “Manhattan Moms.” “We set up in the Russian Tea Room with some guy that nobody knew named Andy Cohen,” he said. The show, rebranded as “The Real Housewives of New York City,” would become a
On the third floor of an 1890s tenement building, this Greenpoint apartment for rent has a mantel, a built-in, and picture rails. The railroad layout, without a hallway and with each room providing access to the next, will require a creative configuration, but the unit does have a large eat-in&helli
Key takeaways: Nearly 1 in 2 homes listed for sale in New York City in 2025 remain unsold, highlighting the challenge of selling. As their listings languish on the market, many sellers may eventually give up, but this is nothing new: nearly 2 in 5 homes that entered the market between 2022 and 2024
Now for something a bit different: the adventurous redesign of a three-story limestone row house with custom furniture, unique decorative details, and color-saturated bathrooms, for a couple with a fondness for Bauhaus design and abstract art. Except for bathrooms in dire need of updating, the early
by Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price, Brooklyn Paper Summer weather has arrived in New York City ahead of schedule, and the cool relief of a swim in the Atlantic Ocean is just a few days away. Brooklyn’s beaches will officially reopen for the season on Saturday, May 23 at 10 a.m., just… Read
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