By New York Post | Desheania Andrews, Steve Janoski | 11/18/2024 6:14 PM

“It’s huge for the community," one local said about the new park. ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Craig McCarthy, Haley Brown | 11/18/2024 5:37 PM

Mayor Eric Adams declared a drought warning Monday — and halted a major aqueduct repair project to preserve the city’s waters supply — as New York City faces the threat of severe water shortages. Adams also directed city agencies to roll back water usage and urged New Yorkers to voluntarily do the same amid the... ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Carl Campanile, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon | 11/18/2024 5:27 PM

The Brooklyn archdiocese on Monday relived the pastor at a Williamsburg parish of his duties, as the scandal at the historic church grows to include a racist recording. ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Reuven Fenton, Steve Janoski | 11/18/2024 5:19 PM

“The time is now to turn the tide on the price of rent,” Dan Garodnick, the city’s planning department chair, told the crowd at the rally. ... Read full Story

By Eater NY | Robert Sietsema | 11/18/2024 4:42 PM

By Timeout.com | Primary Author: Rossilynne Skena Culgan | 11/18/2024 4:26 PM

Now, she's compiled her photos in a gorgeous new book. ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Nicole Rosenthal, Valentina Jaramillo | 11/18/2024 4:23 PM

Read all about it! Newspaper boxes, often broken, littered and sprawling with graffiti along sidewalks across the Big Apple, will soon be yesterday’s news — thanks to a new City Council bill approved Wednesday that aims to cleanup the “public nuisance.” Sidewalk newsracks that are often broken, littered and defaced in graffiti will be yesterday’s... ... Read full Story

By Timeout.com | Primary Author: Morgan Carter | 11/18/2024 3:49 PM

The motto is simple: Don’t be a stranger. ... Read full Story

By Timeout.com | Primary Author: Anna Rahmanan | 11/18/2024 3:45 PM

The ban is in effect until, at least, November 30. ... Read full Story

By News NY1 | Estefania Hernandez | 11/18/2024 3:00 PM

A 51-year-old suspect was taken into custody in Midtown East after the third attack, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Craig McCarthy, Emily Crane | 11/18/2024 2:54 PM

The staggering number of asylum seeker arrivals now equates to about half the number of people who live on Staten Island (490,687) and roughly 15% of Manhattan's residential population (1.6 million), according to the latest US Census data. ... Read full Story

By Timeout.com | Primary Author: Ian Kumamoto | 11/18/2024 2:49 PM

The latest development in a head-numbing saga. ... Read full Story

By Timeout.com | Primary Author: Ian Kumamoto | 11/18/2024 2:39 PM

The holiday season is also gridlock season. ... Read full Story

By 6sqft.com | Aaron Ginsburg | 11/18/2024 2:00 PM

The American Museum of Natural History’s beloved Origami Holiday Tree returns this year, featuring over 1,000 hand-folded paper models inspired by the world’s leaping critters. In honor of the leap year’s end, this year’s theme is “Jumping for Joy,” celebrating animals that hop, from rabbits, grasshoppers, and kangaroos to frogs, squirrels, and the newly-discovered leaping [...] The post American Museum of Natural History’s origami holiday tree features 1,000 pouncing paper animals first appeared on 6sqft. ... Read full Story

By News NY1 | Patrick Adcroft | 11/18/2024 1:52 PM

The city has slowly been making the large swath of land more accessible to the public in phases. ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Steven Vago, Priscilla DeGregory, Chris Nesi | 11/18/2024 1:39 PM

An ex-roommate of Jose Ibarra, the Tren de Aragua-linked migrant accused of murdering University of Georgia student Laken Riley, implied in court Monday that the pair wound up in Athens, Ga., thanks to a “humanitarian flight” out of New York City. ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Haley Brown, Matt Troutman | 11/18/2024 1:39 PM

Congestion pricing is back! The MTA on Monday approved a new plan to charge drivers $9 to enter Manhattan starting Jan. 5. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s congestion pricing revival got the transit agency’s green light Monday — clearing the way for motorists entering Manhattan below 60th Street to be hit with $15 tolls by 2031. The Metropolitan Transportation... ... Read full Story

By 6sqft.com | Michelle Cohen | 11/18/2024 1:30 PM

Sometimes a listing has so much going for it, we wonder how anyone could leave it behind. This four-story Brooklyn townhouse at 49 Rutland Road embodies that “has it all” status. Asking $3,750,000, the neo-Renaissance townhouse–one in a row of five built in 1897 in the Lefferts Manor Historic District section of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens–offers turn-key [...] The post This $3.75M Lefferts Manor townhouse has well-preserved historic details and every modern luxury first appeared on 6sqft. ... Read full Story

By 6sqft.com | Aaron Ginsburg | 11/18/2024 12:16 PM

New Yorkers can now enjoy more public space under the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan. The latest phase of “The Arches” opened on Monday, adding 15,000 square feet of park space to an area closed to the public for more than a decade, the city’s Department of Transportation announced. The space, now with lush greenery and [...] The post More public space opens under the Brooklyn Bridge in Manhattan first appeared on 6sqft. ... Read full Story

By New York Post | Joe Marino, Larry Celona, Amanda Woods, Jack Morphet, Matt Troutman | 11/18/2024 12:13 PM

The sick suspected stabber – a mentally ill homeless man with eight past arrests in New York City alone – was stopped by a hero cop thanks to the help of good Samaritans, including a cab driver and a British tourist, said NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny and police sources. ... Read full Story