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A new map lets New Yorkers see restaurants open for outdoor dining in their neighborhood. The dining program will expand this week.
A new map lets New Yorkers see restaurants open for outdoor dining in their neighborhood. The dining program will expand this week.
A new map lets New Yorkers see restaurants open for outdoor dining in their neighborhood. The dining program will expand this week.
The curtain has fallen on Broadway for the year 2020.
Partygoers threw glass bottles at police cars responding to a shots fired report in Harlem. Police unions blamed the mayor for the unrest.
Apartments in Harlem's new Victory Plaza senior housing development will be rented at 30 percent of a tenant's income.
Median rents dipped near 159 New York City subway stops this year, a 10 percent gain compared to 2019.
More than 300 apartments in a Roosevelt Island development are being offered at various income levels. Applications must be sent by July 6.
The supermarket on the west side of Harlem was supposed to be included in a bankruptcy selloff, but the deal fell through.
The child was grazed by a bullet intended for a teenager who was also shot. A 16-year-old has been arrested in connection to the shooting.
New laws allow e-bikes and e-scooters to be used on city streets. The council also backed a plan for a shared e-scooter pilot program.
President Donald Trump is not happy with Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to paint "Black Lives Matter" on Fifth Avenue.
A man was punched on West 135th Street, causing him to fall and hit his head on the pavement.
The bike lanes on East 61st and 62nd Streets will create safe passage for cyclists heading to and from the park and Queens.
The City Parks Department debuted new entrances, paths and stairways at the Harlem park.
New bike lanes will cover about two miles on Midtown's Sixth and Seventh avenues.
The four-story fast food spot that emulated the look of a Broadway theater closed Tuesday.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art plans to reopen Aug. 29, a spokesperson for the museum confirmed.
Mayor BIll de Blasio pushed for a Black Lives Matter mural on the street of the president's Fifth Avenue skyscraper.
Home prices dropped in Manhattan by as much as 15 percent in a post-COVID market, but trends are tough to study due to market volatility.
