No mere river crossing, this span is an elegant reminder of New York’s history of architectural innovation. When it opened in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was a feat of engineering: It was the first structure to cross the East River and, at the time, the longest suspension bridge in the ...
Some New Yorkers Who Receive Food Stamps Can Use Benefits at Restaurants Some people who receive SNAP benefits in New York can use them to buy food from restaurants. Governor Kathy Hochulsigned legislationin October of 2021, approving the use of food stamp benefits by the homeless, elderly, and...
though, are great moviesaboutNew York. A great New York movie doesn’t just take place there. It has to say something about it, about its people, about the experience of being in it. It has to illustrate, in some way, why it continues to draw so many into its cradle...
Located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,Lilliais one of the toughest reservations (rightfully so) in the city. You can’t go wrong with anything you order here, but some of our favourites include their Focaccia, Mafaldini, and Italian Job dessert. ...
, on Long Island, E of Manhattan across the East River; Brooklyn (Kings co.), also on Long Island, on the East River adjoining Queens and on New York Bay; and Staten Island (Richmond co.), on Staten Island, SW of Manhattan and separated from it by the Upper Bay. The metropolitan ...
(New York Parks Archive) The Central Park Zoo was not part of the original Olmstead-Vaux plan for the park, but beginning in 1859 it evolved spontaneously as a menagerie located near the Arsenal; its odd collection of animals included exotic pets donated as gifts, and other random creatures ...
Myya Daigle had a busy Monday. The bundled-up Hoboken resident who works at Warner Bros. Records was reaching out to residents about SNAP - the government food stamp program - at the C-Town store in Brooklyn. Podcast "I'm very fortunate in what I have and I just want other people to...
The Brooklyn, New York–based firm Post Company orchestrated the unabashedly maximalist design: sofas and chairs with leopard print, zebra stripes, and bold florals; multicolored Mexican Talavera toilets; hand-painted murals; one custom wallpaper featuring kimono-clad women, another with jungle-...
What if Weeksville, the historic free Black community in Brooklyn, were as well-known as Williamsburg? From immigrant sanctuaries to the Survivor Tree, here are sites where New York has shown its resilience. View Itinerary Explore Manhattan, New York ...
(it is estimated she infected up to 122 people, resulting in as many as four-dozen deaths). When she was finally arrested in 1915, she was returned to North Brother Island, where she would live out her days.Stanley Walker(1898–1962), a native Texan, longtime editor of theNew York ...