Celebrate the release of Colson Whitehead's new NYC-set novel, "Cool Machine," on a walking tour of Manhattan!

In the 1990s, Staten Island no longer wanted to be part of New York City. It was physically detached from the rest of the ...

This 21st-century building was designed to compliment the its historic neighbors on Manhattan's Upper East Side!

For the nation's 250th anniversary, a handful of museums and libraries in New York City are digging into their archives and pulling out some of the most rare and important documents related to the ...

The clean energy revolution is coming to New York slower than expected. As New York City’s demands for energy grow, the state’s investments in cleaner energy aren't keeping up. Filling the gap are ...

In the latest Untapped New York Podcast episode, our founder Michelle Young, who also has a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and ...

The murky waters of Hell Gate, between Queens and Manhattan, hide a mystery that has puzzled historians and treasure hunters for hundreds of years. A British ship, the HMS Hussar, went down in Hell ...

On January 10, 1999, the cable-watchers were invited into the home of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and the mob-run world in which he lived. HBO’s hit series The Sopranos ran for six successful ...

The Bowery, New York City’s oldest thoroughfare, was the epicenter of working-class entertainment in the mid-19th century. After long hard days of work, men and women would flock to theaters and ...

NYC tap water has been called “the champagne of drinking water.” It’s won multiple taste test awards and is credited as the reason NYC bagels and pizza are so delicious. In addition to being famously ...

Compartmentalization, convenience, and congestion: the not-so-romantic three C’s that were addressed by the kissing gallery of Grand Central Terminal. When the terminal opened in February 1913, there ...