TreeKeeper is a new interactive website from the Prospect Park Alliance that details and maps over 12,000 of the park's 30,000+ trees. Made possible with an Urban Forestry Grant from the New…
First spotted by our friends at Street Art News, this massive new mural is a work-in-progress in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, at 188 Eagle Street. Covering the entire side of a 4-story building,…
New York City is a city rich with immigrant population, and it has been this way for a very long time. In these vintage maps from 1894 recently relocated by Slate , you can see just how…
The Central Park Five is a 2012 award-winning documentary from filmmaker Ken Burns that tells the story of the events surrounding the famous New York City case where five young black males…
Department of Sanitation worker Nelson Molina has found some amazing items in the New York City trash. Due to department regulations however, any items that are thrown away are not allowed…
After standing abandoned in the Financial District for decades, 5 Beekman has re-opened as The Beekman, a luxury hotel with a Victorian flare. The highly anticipated interior of the landmark…
Beloved Lower East Sider Adam Purple passed away last year, leaving behind the memory of his incredible Garden of Eden community garden project on the LES in the 1970s and early 1980s. In…
There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately. Brooklyn Street Art ⇒ Icy & Sot:…
Le Boudoir is a speakeasy cocktail bar tucked away in the back of Cobble Hill restaurant Chez Moi, but there is something about this speakeasy that makes it pretty unique. The lower level…
Ever since the Empire State Building upgraded its light system a few years back, there have been a plethora of lighted nights commemorating hundreds of events, people, places, and holidays…
