Drivers flocked to the offices of the ride-hail apps to register before the city’s freeze on new for-hire vehicles goes into effect.
An African-American burial ground recently unearthed in Texas reveals details about an ugly chapter in the history of the American South.
Now that the city has capped ride-hailing services, it needs a real solution for commuters outside Manhattan.
A woman in a pale yellow sundress has a question.
She won the New York Marathon last year at 36. Now, after taking a good long while to consider retirement, she will try to do it again.
Monday: Taking extra precaution on public networks, and a new city landmark.
Specialized high schools will fill 20 percent of seats through the Discovery program, with offers going only to students from low-income middle schools.
Andy Ricker, the chef and restaurateur, cited rising rent and a squeeze on his profits among the reasons for his decision.
A proposed rule would make it difficult for immigrants and their family members who use government services to obtain permanent residency, city officials said.
Cash Only BBQ, in the former Bistro Petit space, gives Williamsburg, Brooklyn, another barbecue option.
The Shake & Bake theater company brings “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to the meatpacking district, and dinner is included with the ticket.
As playful as he is provocative, Darren Bader interrogates the meaning of art itself. Plus, four works he created exclusively for T.
Madison Jane Lyden, 23, was killed while bicycling in New York during “the trip of a lifetime.” A garbage truck driver has been charged in her death.
The annual Dominican Day Parade in New York City was filled with bright music and bold colors.
New York City said the doghouses on sidewalks outside stores were illegal but they are welcome at rest stops along the New York State Thruway.
Changing his mind changed his life.
There was talk of money and power in messages between the mayor’s office and the would-be schools chancellor, but no indication that Alberto M. Carvalho would change his mind.
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
Parts of New York City, New Jersey and Long Island will remain under a flash flood warning through Sunday morning.
Many of the sites are gone or have been transformed, but one woman offers tours to help preserve a legacy at risk of being forgotten.
James Currie took a bus and a train with his son in a backpack — probably already dead — before throwing him into the East River, prosecutors said.
When sloppily cherry-picking isolated numbers, they disrespect our intelligence and our democracy.
Technology has made it easier to identify and manage the optimal supply, but it also depends on which problem you’re trying to solve.
A lost photo shoot illuminates the roots of Lynn Davis, who is, along with Peter Hujar and Robert Mapplethorpe, one of the masters of black-and-white portraiture.
The co-owner of Estela and Flora Bar is said to have created toxic workplaces.
A roundup of things T editors — and a few contributors — are excited about in a given week.
Friday: Urban foraging and your favorite neighborhood mom-and-pop shop.
The architects behind New York’s High Line have created a new urban space that reflects the diversity of Russia’s regional landscapes.
A 30-story rental tower arrives on Brooklyn’s waterfront.
Bohemia Realty caters to (and draws talent from) New York City’s theater community.
Their love of the ocean, in cold weather or warm, brings a couple together at an unexpected time in their lives.
She chants; listens to cassette tapes; plays flute for a yoga class; eats expensive burgers; shops vintage; plays gigs; and sometimes goes dancing.
A popular hollow tree at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden got the ax. So did the arborist who campaigned to save it.
Customers mull a world with fewer Ubers, a day after New York became the first major American city to cap the growth of for-hire vehicles.
Political and market forces have changed since Mayor Bill de Blasio lost in his bid to institute a cap on for-hire vehicles three years ago.
The dog days of 1966 were filled with riots, protests and a nation on edge. Not to mention a brutal heat wave. But in Greenwich Village, something new was happening.
Though ride share companies fought hard against City Council regulations, the laws are unlikely to quell the miseries of professional drivers.
A class-action lawsuit ended with a settlement that promises defendants charged with misdemeanors in the Bronx the right to seek a quick trial.
A former chief procurement officer for the M.T.A. ordered the unauthorized purchase of $58,000 worth of phones that no employees used, prosecutors said.
She thought the storm was over when she headed off through Central Park.
A child’s visits to 501 Canal Street in the 1970s meant no heat, creaky stairs, dusty air and watching his uncle, a saxophonist, make unforgettable music.
Our guide to film series and special screenings.
Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to dance performances happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to pop and rock shows and the best of live jazz happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.
Our guide to cultural events in New York City for children and teenagers happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to new art shows and some that will be closing soon.
On Wednesdays at Botanica, Matt Weingarden, a.k.a. D.J. Mr. Fine Wine, spins 45s from his collection of 20,000 rarely heard Motown-era singles.
New books featuring prominent sites, proposed walks and maps cover subjects like rock ‘n’ roll, architecture, the history of Harlem and pop culture.
New York Times photographers have long captured the outdoor sounds of summer in the city.
For years, men have made up the vast majority of public monuments in this country. A series of campaigns are now pressing for women to get their (monumental) due.
Thursday: Running a dockless bike program and an Italian festival in Harlem.
The TV home of “The Brady Bunch,” on the market for the first time in decades, was the most viewed property of the month.
Acres of green space, new or expanded, along the Brooklyn and Queens shorelines offer quiet places to pause, look and stroll. What are you waiting for?
What are your favorite tunes about summer in the city? The host of “New Sounds,” on WNYC, shares his own list.
This week’s properties are in the Flatiron District, Park Slope South, Brooklyn, and Jackson Heights, Queens.
This week’s properties are in the Flatiron District, Park Slope South, Brooklyn, and Jackson Heights, Queens.
He thought he could navigate the city’s real estate market on his own — until the smell of formaldehyde convinced him he needed an agent.
The City Council voted on Wednesday to cap Uber vehicles and other ride-hail services.
A deal between the city and the property’s owner, Richard Ravitch, the former lieutenant governor, would allow longtime residents of the Manhattan complex to age in place.
The spirit of the 2000s is alive and well at Rowing Blazers in SoHo.
The New Art Dealers Alliance announced that it would cancel its annual fair, one of many in a crowded scene, and open a new gallery for its members.
New York authorities are seeking the extradition of James Ronnie Currie, 37, to face charges in connection with the death of his son, Mason.
Inwood will be the fifth neighborhood to be rezoned under Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has pledged to use zoning laws to increase affordable housing.
Since 1970, when he established a major treatment program in New York, Dr. Newman emerged as a global expert on opioid addiction.
Rescuing an abandoned artist’s desk bound for the trash
The bluegill can be found in fresh waters across the city. Although it is an attentive creature that responds to prey, it is also popular prey itself.
Dr. Linda Dahl, a throat doctor to many Broadway actors, is known for her emergency visits to dressing rooms of panicking performers.
The New York City Council is expected to vote on Wednesday on a cap for Uber vehicles and other ride-hail services.
Wednesday: Appetites during the heat wave, and the city gets a new park.
Popmaster Fabel improvised this solo for us: “I’m basically freestyle popping — Electric Boogaloo style, and some other techniques that I’ve learned along the way.”
The space, which occupies the basement of the Radio Wave Building in Manhattan, was designed to honor the inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla.
You don’t have to escape to Montana to take part in the sport. You can do it right in Central Park.
More Republicans are needed, Mr. Giuliani says, but simple explanations are rarely the right ones.
A viral video of Asian nail workers fighting black customers led to protests. But most people in the neighborhood don’t recognize that picture of ethnic conflict.
Flynn McGarry, who has been charging money for meals since he was 13, gets his first real restaurant at age 19.
The City Council will vote on a plan Wednesday to rezone 59 blocks of Inwood, at the northern tip of Manhattan. Residents worry about displacement.
A criminal complaint says Jacques Edwards, a counselor with a violent criminal past, shoved a 6-year-old boy into a door and a filing cabinet.
The mother of the 8-month-old filed a police report after the child’s father failed to return him to his home in the Bronx, a police official said.
It was so hot they took a cab to the synagogue. That turned out to be a mistake.
With a three-person cooking crew (the size of the team at your corner slice joint), Flynn McGarry turns out elaborate tasting menus on the Lower East Side.
Tuesday: A ride-hail question for our readers and women in craft beer.
Enjoy the cuisines of Albania, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Mexico and West Africa.
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
For vanity, culture and other reasons, many major leaguers so swear by their barbers that they fly them in, from as far as South Korea, for a cut.
Carlton Henderson told investigators he arranged the killings of two men in 1988, but a judge ruled last week that the statements could not be used and released him.
A jury convicted Councilman Jumaane Williams of blocking an ambulance during an immigrants’ rights protest, but acquitted him of two other charges.
A customer and an employee were arrested at the salon on Friday. On Monday, dozens of people protested outside.
A new law will eliminate the charge to make a call, which was 50 cents for the first minute and 5 cents for each additional minute — for local calls.
Detectives have scant clues or leads at a crime scene like the one at the East River on Sunday, where the body of an infant boy was found dead.
Taking in the latest revival of “My Fair Lady.”
Just three blocks from the original, the new Four Seasons nods to the past while forging its own identity.
Lump-in-the-throat, intimate stories that allowed fans to temporarily forget the tragedy have emerged at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.
Monday: “Shaping” surfboards in the city and Andy Warhol’s birthday.
As New York City moves to limit for-hire vehicles, yellow-cab and Uber drivers are both hopeful that the proposal could ease their financial plight.
A Brooklyn couple forgo nicer apartments to get outdoor space for their ailing Beagle mix, Bonnie.
It’s not as far-fetched as you think.
The Bronx store where Trinitarios gang members fatally stabbed Lesandro Guzman-Feliz will reopen under new owners, but neighbors want a youth center.
Investigators are searching for the parents of the infant, who was seen floating in the water by tourists from Oklahoma. Police failed to revive him.
A former New York City fireboat has been repainted with a nod to dazzle painting, a technique developed during World War I to help allied ships fool German U-boats.
A ticket collector doesn’t pull any punches.
The police said the man, from Arizona, attacked an employee with a kitchen knife. Other workers helped wrestle the man to the floor.
A reader suggests learning from the subways in London and Paris.
New York City is considering bills to reduce traffic congestion, including a cap on the number of Uber-type cars.
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
When a board member broke a rule, a meeting was clandestinely arranged to discuss it. Must every meeting include every member?
For the commercial air-conditioning business, this is the busy season: “It’s a good feeling when you restore a system.”
Brookfield Asset Management will take a 99-year lease on the troubled building, in a deal that eases the financial pressure on the Kushner family.
One Irish woman’s unscientific investigation.
Eight children in New York will soon return to Guatemala, thanks to pressure from nonprofits and activists. But a judge says reunifications are the government’s responsibility.
The producer said in court papers a grand jury never saw emails showing a consensual relationship with one accuser, lasting years after an alleged attack.
Investigators are scrutinizing Sgt. Ritchard Blake’s actions after he shot a man who confronted him Thursday near the home of a woman they both knew.
Kristin Davis is a longtime friend of Roger J. Stone Jr., the Trump adviser who has become a focal point of Mueller’s investigation.
The law professor and activist challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary in 2014, and is a godmother to the current moment of upstart women candidates.
Friday: Essentials for city picnics, and a fund for women in film, TV and theater.
A tornado touched down in Queens on Thursday, tearing down trees. There were no reported injuries. The warning, however, inspired jokes on social media.
A fully renovated Greenwich Village house closed last month at $37.2 million, a new high for downtown, while the producer Bob Weinstein sold his duplex.
The founder of Lavender Blues, which offers music classes for babies and toddlers in Brooklyn, likes to spend her day in the borough with her family.
The retrial of Norman Seabrook, the ex-president of the New York City correction officers’ union, began Thursday. His last trial ended in a mistrial.
Dr. Mary Bassett, New York’s health commissioner, is leaving to take a position at Harvard University.
A wooden building in Eastchester, which was torn down in 1960, had a long history — possibly dating to the 17th century — as a watering hole.
In 1977, New York State made carrying small amounts of marijuana in someone’s pocket a ticket-worthy violation, not a crime. But arrests soon skyrocketed.
Family films, box-office hits, art-house fare: here are our recommendations for open-air screenings for every taste.
A poem about how the time of year affects one’s feeling about a 70-degree day.
The latest in a series initiated in 1998 by two Chelsea art dealers, “Painting: Now and Forever, Part III” examines the medium’s turn toward figuration.
His photographs of mid-20th-century New Yorkers capture a moment in the city, but more than that, they preserve the people who lived those moments.
Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.
Our guide to new art shows and some that will be closing soon.
Our guide to pop and rock shows and the best of live jazz happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to dance performances happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to stand-up, improv and variety shows happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
Our guide to film series and special screenings.
Our guide to cultural events in New York City for children and teenagers happening this weekend and in the week ahead.
The city might not be a major hub for video game development, but it’s no ghost town, either. Here is a list of notable projects being created by New Yorkers.
Can a city known as a media, film and television capital also become a hub for creating video games? Tax subsidies would help.
The city might not be a major hub for video game development, but it’s no ghost town, either. Here is a list of some notable projects being created by New Yorkers.
The real factors for congestion are increased freight movement, construction activity and tourism, population and job growth.
Thursday: Soup-to-nuts on underground advertisements, and results from the New York State Craft Beer Competition.
At Lagman House, the chef and his wife, descendants of Chinese Muslims who fled China, specialize in hand-stretched noodles presented in bracing dishes.
All neighborhoods are not equal when it comes to noise. These are the loudest.
This week’s listings are in Murray Hill, Midtown East, and Park Slope, Brooklyn.
This week’s listings are in Murray Hill, Midtown East, and Park Slope, Brooklyn.
When James and Rachael Patalano couldn’t find the home they wanted in their price range, they took a chance on a partnership with a longtime friend.
A jury heard evidence that Councilman Jumaane Williams blocked an ambulance at a protest. Upstairs, Mayor Bill de Blasio chatted with fellow jurors.
A City Council bill to temporarily cap the number of for-hire vehicles is a good first step.
Doing their parts to retrieve a delivery man’s lost keys.
Joseph J. Lhota, the M.T.A. chairman, said the decline was caused by poor service, the rise of Uber and other ride-hailing services, and fare evasion.