Abandoned NYC this week posted a fascinating set of haunting and beautiful pictures of the abandoned Seaview Hospital in Staten Island's Greenbelt. Upon its 1913 completion, the hospital was…
The New York Wheel is a massive 630-foot tall ferris wheel currently being built in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. The attraction is not slated to open until early 2017, but…
A recently crowdfunded research project on Experiment.com seeks to use new methods of environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling to gain a comprehensive understanding of all organisms living in the…
Inspired by this week's post showing the ghost ship graveyard on Staten Island, the theme for this week's find is all about Boats. Every Friday, Viewing NYC finds five great photos snapped…
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…
When 2 hurricanes slammed the east shore of Staten Island 50 years back, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers came up with a plan to build a massive seawall and levee system that stretched four…
New York City has some amazing architectural wonders that are open to the public every day of the year, but the City has many, many more that are not. The Open House New York Weekend, now in…
In case you have been focused solely on the Mets in the World Series this week, the TCS NYC Marathon is tomorrow, November 1st, and much of the City will be tuning in to watch and/or support…
Ticket agency Vivid Seats recently crunched the number in their ticket-sale data and produced this cool map showing where the most tickets have been purchased for the Mets and Yankees across…
The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…
