The Staten Island Ferry transports 22 million people per year with an average of 70,000 passengers per day on weekdays. Ferry service of some sort has existed between St. George on Staten…
Way before the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connected the two boroughs, New Yorkers dreamed up ways on how to get from Brooklyn to Staten Island without taking a ferry. This 1910 proposal…
As 2016 comes to its end (finally!), we thought we would review the 10 Viewing NYC articles our readers loved most this year. #10November 11, 2016 Naked Man Moons Protesters and Flips the…
In a new video released by the MTA, bridge workers are seen inspecting and tagging a dozen Peregrine Falcon chicks that recently hatched atop the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Falcons and other…
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge when it first opened in 1964. The massive 693 foot towers are actually farther apart at the top by 1 and 5/8 inches due…
Recently shared by Instagramer @ironworkerlife, this great vintage photograph from the winter of 1962 shows the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge under construction, as seen from the Bay Ridge Side…
In a detailed study titled Here Grows New York, Columbia University student Myles Zhang used publicly-accessible data from the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress to create…
Captured by National Geographic over New York City in 1933, this incredible vintage aerial photograph shows New York City, New York Harbor, New Jersey, and even more from a bird's-eye view.…
Staten Island resident and artist Sarah Yuster is known for her urban landscape and portrait paintings. In this short profile video from the Staten Island Advance, learn the story behind how…
Kids growing up on Staten Island are often warned of the dangers of Cropsey in order to keep them well behaved. Cropsey was the escaped mental patient who lived in the old abandoned…
