Dozens of streets across the five boroughs will transform into public pedestrian plazas for Earth Day on the last Saturday of April. The annual Car-Free Earth Day, hosted by the city’s Department of ...

Despite the less-than-ideal weather, thousands of New Yorkers and visitors participated in the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival, donning elaborate headgear and costumes to stroll down between ...

The Bureau of General Services — Queer Division has spent more than a decade nestled in the LGBT Community Center in the West Village. It may be the only explicitly queer bookstore in Manhattan after ...

The Queens museum is commemorating the milestone with a full slate of programming and free admission for all visitors.

An adult piping plover is about 7 inches long with a nearly 15-inch wingspan. The bird’s bill turns from black to orange in the summertime. The chicks are so tiny they resemble cotton balls with legs.

The best place to view the blossoms is in Newark’s Branch Brook Park. The park, which is run by Essex County, boasts thousands more cherry trees than the nation’s capital and is the largest collection ...

Hill: International Transgender Day of Visibility is designated to raise awareness about the contributions of and discrimination against trans people. In your new job, you are the highest-ranking ...

Hoboken lawmakers say they want to regulate short-term rentals, while still letting owners profit from the World Cup tourism boom.

Kaori Patterson-Moore was in a stroller at the intersection of Humboldt and Moore streets in East Williamsburg when she was struck by the gunfire around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to the NYPD.

The sanitation department has spent nearly seven years working to implement reforms to rein in the city's notoriously dangerous private waste haulers.

It’s already a crime in New York to intimidate or block someone who seeks to enter a house of worship or an abortion clinic. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 struck down a Massachusetts law that created ...

Travelers who decided to skip the TSA mayhem and plan road trips for spring break should be prepared for traffic, even with the price of gas on the rise. Pump prices will take their toll on wallets, ...