It's Monday in New York City, where officials are planning yet another makeover for 14th Street — Manhattan’s only “busway,” where most car traffic has been banned since 2019.
This time, the city said it wants to install bike lanes, improved bus stops and more pedestrian space along the corridor, while also improving neighboring blocks. The work is likely to incorporate proposals outlined by the Union Square Partnership, which envisioned a 33% increase in public space around Union Square.
The Mamdani administration is desperately seeking volunteers to help with tomorrow night's annual census of unsheltered homeless people, which was was scheduled for January but postponed due to the extreme cold.
The city's Department of Transportation said a recent spike in faulty traffic signals is mainly tied to February's blizzard, when melting snow seeped down to the underground wiring.
Police said a device thrown during an anti-Muslim protest near Gracie Mansion on Saturday was an improvised explosive device, one of two recovered at the protest.
A 160-bed men’s shelter planned forStaten Island’s South Shore is sparking pushback from local officials and residents, who have expressed concerns about its location and have urged more input from the local community.
Police said they are looking for a man who allegedly shoved two people, including an 83-year-old man, onto the subway tracks at an Upper East Side station on Sunday.
Maj. Sorffly Davius, a New York City police officer deployed with the Army National Guard in Kuwait, died last Friday during a medical episode, according to the NYPD.
The people behind Brooklyn SeltzerFest are bringing it back for a second annual run on Sunday, March 15 — this time in a larger location at Industry City.
Taína Cruz was raised in Harlem and the Bronx and is the youngest artist in the show. Samia Halaby, the oldest artist in the show, is a Palestinian born in Jerusalem and raised in Lebanon. They spoke with Gothamist in Halaby’s studio late last month.