The Fifth Avenue holiday Open Street initiative, which launched last year in a ribbon cutting ceremony on Dec. 4, will be back again for this holiday season. (Photo by Violet Mendelsund/Mayoral Photo Office) Stroll car-free down Fifth Avenue On three Sunday afternoons next month - Dec. 3, 10 and 17 - a 12-block stretch of Fifth Avenue leading up to Central Park... Home 25 Nov 2023 | 05:29
Advocates say that LinkNYC’s futuristic 32-foot tall 5G towers will disrupt the character of historic districts and buildings. ( Credit: NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications) 32-Foot LinkNYC 5G Towers Get Pushback from Historic Preservation Advocates New Yorkers may have seen a new fixture on their sidewalks as of late. At 32 feet tall, with metal columns and slightly translucent... News 24 Nov 2023 | 07:35
A Citi Bike with a broken tire laying on the side of the street in Hell’s Kitchen. ( Photo: Jim Henderson via Wikimedia Commons) Citi Bike ridership soars but inconsistent service ‘raises serious alarm bells’: Comptroller Earlier this month, the mayor’s office publicized plans to expand the Citi Bike program as 2023 ridership rates have reached... Home 17 Nov 2023 | 03:31
The former site of the St. Benedict the Moor Church, 338-342 W. 53rd St., has a 1965 rectory and an 1869 church. The rectory will be replaced by a seven-story apartment building, while the church will be renovated. ( Photo: Chia-Tien Nicole Chen) New Apts to Rise Next to Chelsea Site that was First Black Catholic Church in NYC The new owner of several adjacent lots on West 53rd Street has filed plans to build a residential building on the grounds... Home 10 Nov 2023 | 04:03
Council Member Gale Brewer speaks at a rally in support of Ukraine in 2022 at P.S. 145, The Bloomingdale School. ( Credit: Will Alatriste via NYC City Council Flickr) Gale Brewer Reelected to City Council with Over 81% of vote Gale Brewer will be serving another term as a member of the New York City Council, after winning Nov. 7’s general election... Home 09 Nov 2023 | 09:32
Rite Aid’s East Village location at 81 1st Ave. along with the four other locations in the borough will be spared from closure but 20 other stores across NYS, including three outer borough stores, will close as part of the drug store chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ( Photo: Google Street View) Manhattan Spared As Rite Aid Files For Bankruptcy, But 20 Stores Close across NYS Rite Aid Corp., at one time one of the biggest drug store chains in the city, sought Chapter 11 protection and said it is... News 19 Oct 2023 | 10:23
White helmets surrounded by white bikes, with the names of cyclists who died in traffic incidents this year, on the ground in front of City Hall as part of an Oct. 11 rally. There have been 26 cyclist fatalities so far in 2023 — the highest cyclist death toll since 1999. ( Photo: Transportation Alternatives) After the 26th Cyclist Death in ‘23, Hundreds of Bikers Rally for Safer Streets On the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 11, hundreds of cyclists rode down Broadway Avenue, chanting, “Eric Adams, no more deaths!”... News 18 Oct 2023 | 11:36
An architectural rendering of the upcoming development at 335 Eighth Ave. ( Image courtesy of MAG Partners.) Construction Begins on a New Mixed-Use Building at 335 Eighth Ave. On Tuesday, Oct. 3, developers broke ground on a new mixed-used building at 335 Eighth Ave., which is slated to bring to... News 06 Oct 2023 | 05:07
The exterior of 550 W. 20th Street in 2020. The building, constructed in 1931, was originally the Seamen’s House YMCA. It was later converted into the Bayview Correctional Facility, a medium-security women’s prison, which shut down in 2013. Now, it will be redeveloped into affordable and supportive housing. ( Photo by Jim Naureckas, used under CC by 2.0/ Flickr) Former Prison in West Chelsea to Become Affordable Housing, Says Gov. Hochul At eight stories tall and with a lot size of 15,800 square feet, the 1931 Art Deco building at 550 W. 20th Street in West... Home 04 Oct 2023 | 01:48
A healthcare provider places a bandage over a patient’s flu vaccine injection site. ( CDC / Brandon Clifton) You Can Now Get the Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Everyone who is six months and older should receive the newest version of the COVID vaccine, recommends the Center for Disease... News 27 Sep 2023 | 05:20
