The transit-rich neighborhood is in the middle of a building boom—here, find all the buildings in development and under construction.

These are the places, moments, and experiences that cement New York City’s reputation as the greatest city in the world.

As a walking tour guide and historian, I’ve discovered that an often-overlooked source for understanding New York City is old guidebooks. Whether it’s something as mundane as addresses of ...

A comprehensive guide to the New York City subway’s history, unspoken rules of conduct, and more insider intel ...

The arrival of the High Line and a coinciding neighborhood rezoning has spurred a high-end real estate boom that’s still playing out across West Chelsea. Some of the city’s most prolific ...

The interior of the Yale Club. Photo by the Wurts Brothers, courtesy of the New York Public Library. Modern private social clubs (which are usually seen as distinct from fraternal organizations ...

These NYC sites, including the Stonewall Inn and the LGBT Center, have played major roles in the history of the LGBTQ rights movement.

New York City is no stranger to creepy abandoned buildings, but the spookiest among them might be the hospitals, asylums, and other medical centers that have long since been left in the shadows ...

Every time it rains in New York, millions of gallons of sewage-laced stormwater flows into the city’s waterways. Instead of being diverted to a wastewater treatment plant, what goes down your ...

The city's oldest building, a Brooklyn farmhouse, dates to 1652.

See 10 of the historic New York City buildings and cultural institutions lost to demolition in the past decade.

New York City’s museums aren’t the only places to find beautiful or thought-provoking art. Since 1967, when the first public art program was established in the city, a diverse array of ...