As a walking tour guide and historian, I’ve discovered that an often-overlooked source for understanding New York City is old guidebooks. Whether it’s something as mundane as addresses of ...

Consider this list a starting point for anyone who wants to understand how New York became, well, New York.

New York’s subway system is full of wonderful art, but this is all about the intricate pieces that make those murals sing.

Shirley Chisholm State Park is now open in Brooklyn on a site that was once occupied by two toxic landfills.

New York City’s museums aren’t the only places to find beautiful or thought-provoking art. Since 1967, when the first public art program was established in the city, a diverse array of ...

The Church of the Holy Communion on the corner of 20th Street and Sixth Avenue is one of the most peculiar structures in New York City. The soaring Gothic Revival building, originally used as an ...

How all of this looks and feels—whether it’s clever or profane—depends on how you feel about the deindustrialization of the waterfront ...

The interior of the Yale Club. Photo by the Wurts Brothers, courtesy of the New York Public Library. Modern private social clubs (which are usually seen as distinct from fraternal organizations ...

In his newly released book, author Joseph Alexiou explores the colorful and polluted history of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. All photos by Nathan Kensinger.

See the 19 new projects in various stages of development in the neighborhood right now.

The Hess Triangle, a plot of land measuring just two square feet, was created out of spite and remains a West Village landmark to this day.

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Squibb Bridge has been plagued with problems since it opened in 2013, including one lawsuit, multiple structural snafus, and years of closures to address those issues ...