Brush fire breaks out at Alley Pond Park in Queens
A brush fire broke out at Alley Pond Park in Queens Wednesday evening. The fire was first reported around 6:45 p.m., ...
Forget LA and BK: The rural places where young Americans are moving
Younger Americans are moving to rural areas, with large increases in Colorado, Texas, Montana, and the Southeast.
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Long-contested development near Brooklyn Botanic Garden set for Council approval
The New York City Council is expected to greenlight the rezoning required for the project in Crown Heights after a deal ...
Brooklyn Safe Streets marks a year without homicides amid transparency questions
While Safe Streets Brooklyn celebrated more than 365 days without a homicide in the zone, there are lingering questions about ...
How one Brooklyn neighborhood became instrumental in the rise of the New York mafia: ‘Everyone paid. Those who didn’t were offed’
Red Hook is best known to today’s New Yorkers for the blue and yellow glow of its IKEA store, pulling in urban furniture ...
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Continuum Downsizes Housing Project Next to Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Ian Bruce Eichner's Continuum Company has reached a deal with the New York City Council to downsize his housing project in ...
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Mapping The Sustainability of Long Island’s Groundwater
A recent federal report highlighting the saltwater intrusion into groundwater affecting coastal areas of Nassau County is ...
Maps of Things Past
Loren Munk is unmissable. Dressed in white bespeckled painter’s pants, this 73-year-old artist shambles into New York’s galleries with a slightly crazed look. He walks around with his little camera, ...
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Landmarks panel calls for slimmer design on historic Hancock Street
A design for new infill on an architecturally distinguished and landmarked block of Hancock Street needs refinement, the city ...