The Dissent

A new Urban Institute study puts a number — nearly 16,000 renters — on the displacement risk from Metropolitan Park, and...

July 24, 2026

Queens Borough President Plans Street Renaming in Ozone Park for Sgt. Angel Rampersad

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced plans to co-name a street in Ozone Park for Sgt.

July 23, 2026

Larry O'Brien Trophy Lands at AMNH Starting Monday, Running Through January

The American Museum of Natural History opens its "For the Win" exhibit to the Knicks' championship trophy on July 28, ru...

July 23, 2026

REI Closes Its SoHo Flagship at the Puck Building, Laying Off 72 Union Workers

The cooperative outdoor-gear chain's only NYC location shuttered July 23 after 15 years at 295 Lafayette Street, ending...

July 23, 2026

At 440 W. 21st St., Vanderbilt's Renovation of the Former GTS Campus Enters Full Swing

West 21st Street between 9th and 10th Avenues closed briefly July 13 for crane work as Vanderbilt University renovates t...

Great Lawn Opens to 50,000 Today on a $9.5 Million State-City Tab

The Great Lawn is hosting a ticketed, 50,000-person FIFA World Cup final watch party today, backed by $6 million from Al...

1940s.nyc Maps Every NYC Block as It Looked in 1939 — and the Free Tool Is Making the Rounds Again

NYC developer Julian Boilen's 2020 interactive map puts the NYC Municipal Archives' 1939-1940 tax-assessment building ph...

Landlord's $50,000 Threat Forces Bushwick Community Darkroom Off Himrod Street After 15 Years

A letter from a landlord's attorney gave Lucia Rollow one day to vacate the Bushwick Community Darkroom's home at 334 Hi...

Gray Jeep Driver Fled After Hitting 4-Year-Old Outside Longfellow Playground in Longwood

Aicha Camara, 4, was struck July 16 on Longfellow Avenue between E.

Red Hook Pool Opened Saturday; $122M Renovation to Begin in 2028

The Sol Goldman Recreation Center pool at Bay Street and Clinton Street opened July 18 at 11 a.m.

Fossil 'Gus' Sells for $50.1M at Sotheby's Breuer, Setting Auction Record — and a Scientific Objection

A T-rex skeleton excavated on a South Dakota ranch sold Tuesday at Sotheby's Breuer building on Madison Avenue for $50.1...

Fresh Dining Concepts Signs Nothing Bundt Cakes and PopUp Bagels at Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside for Late Fall 2026

The same franchisee, Fresh Dining Concepts, is bringing both brands to Bay Terrace Shopping Center — each landing betwee...

FDNY Investigating June 19 Fire at Landmarked Bushwick Church as Possible Arson

Twenty-five days after a three-alarm fire gutted South Bushwick Reformed Church on Bushwick Avenue — a city landmark sin...

No Permit Filed: NYC Sculptor Plans to Drop a Charlie Kirk Statue in Times Square on September 10

Sicilian-born NYC sculptor Sergio Furnari plans an unpermitted cast-steel Charlie Kirk memorial in Times Square on Septe...

Scream Scene Marks One Year With Free Child's Play 2 Screening Tonight at Pine Box Rock Shop

The Bushwick horror film series that launched with Child's Play in July 2025 celebrates its first anniversary tonight wi...

2029 First Ave., East Harlem: A New Storefront on a Two-Story Stub That Once Stood Six

A July 13 Ephemeral New York blog post spotlighted the unexplained two-story state of a once six-story tenement at 2029...

Over Half of NYC's Free-Roaming Cats Carry Human-Transmissible Parasites, Study Finds

A peer-reviewed study of 87 cats trapped through New York City's TNR program found 57.5% infected with zoonotic parasite...

Governors Island's Only Overnight Beds Changed Ownership and Operator This Season. The Collective Retreats Brand Stayed.

The 29-key glamping operation on the Trust for Governors Island's public land — the only place to spend the night on the...

New York Botanical Garden Lands the Only NYC Slot in State's $750K Farmers' Market Grant Round

The New York Botanical Garden in Fordham is the sole NYC recipient in New York State's fourth round of the Farmers' Mark...

Every Coney Island Beach Section Failed Its Water Quality Test on July 6. Holiday Swimmers Had No Warning.

City health data shows all six Coney Island beach sections exceeded the federal enterococci closure limit on July 6 — th...

Coast Guard Pulled Sloop Clearwater from July 4 Tall Ships Parade Over Environmental Banners

More than an hour into the Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail, U.S.

At 149th and the Grand Concourse, a $123M Overhaul Is Nearly Done — After 32 Months of Contractor Delays

The MTA has finished restoring the 120-year-old headhouse at 149th Street–Grand Concourse, one of the Bronx's busiest an...

Public Art Fund Plants Six Sculptural Ping-Pong Tables at Beach 67, Rockaway

The Public Art Fund's "Between Tides" installation opened June 27 at Beach 67 in Rockaway Beach, Queens — six sculptor-d...

Grand Concourse, East Tremont to Mosholu, Gets Its First Summer Streets on August 22

NYC DOT will close the Grand Concourse between East Tremont Avenue and Mosholu Parkway on August 22 for the first Summer...

After Happy's Death, Bronx Zoo Is Weighing Whether to Send Its Last Elephant to Tennessee

The Wildlife Conservation Society confirmed a June site visit to The Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, to eval...

July 15, 2026

Ontario Wildfire Smoke Drops NYC Air Quality to "Unhealthy" — Libraries Are Now Mask Sites and Cooling Centers at Once

As smoke from Ontario wildfires pushed parts of the five boroughs to "unhealthy" air quality on July 15, the city deploy...

July 15, 2026

Drāvida Opens at 211 First Ave With a South Asian Diaspora Menu Investors Wouldn't Back

Chef Aarthi Sampath opened Drāvida at 211 First Ave in the East Village on May 21, self-funding a pan-diaspora South Asi...

July 14, 2026

Guggenheim's Cooling Tower Tested Positive for Legionella; Museum Completed Remediation Before City List Dropped

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum appeared on the Health Department's 31-building UES Legionella remediation list publish...

July 13, 2026

A 1975 Bombing Killed 11 at LaGuardia. The Rebuilt Terminal Has No Marker.