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YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- It might just be one of the greatest real estate deals in New York. For $125,000, a roughly 8,000-square-foot Tudor home overlooking lakes and forests in a [...]

Police activity in New York City remained at a lower level last week than during the same period in past years, but continued its rise since enforcement came to a [...]

Looking as tough as gangsters, which some of their bosses were, the fishmongers are lined up against a wall at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan, menacing any stranger who [...]

On a ceaselessly rainy day this month, the residents of the Whitby gathered inside the lobby of the grand old building in Manhattan for its annual Christmas party. Children crawled [...]

With its gilded beamed ceilings, white stucco walls and Moorish tiled floors, the lobby of 975 Walton Avenue would fit right in on the streets of Andalusia or the Upper [...]

When Lorraine Danischewski bought her house on Staten Island's North Shore in the spring of 2000, it was, she admits, a bargain. Though the house is quite large, with three [...]

AMAGANSETT, N.Y. -- It is not just the owls and crickets at night and the waves crashing off in the distance that make Alexander Peters so fond of his longtime [...]

The stars Mary-Kate Olsen and Lauren Hutton are laughing on a beat-up couch in their Harper's Bazaar shoot, dressed for a bohemian ball, the plaster walls behind them cracked and [...]

Among the beloved prints in John James Audubon's ''The Birds of North America'' is plate No. 411, a Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus. The regal white bird paddles along on its [...]

GARDINER, N.Y. -- Even after he bought his 78-acre property here, expanded it and turned it into a veritable Bobbywood, Robert De Niro never made much of an impression on [...]

'Hey there!' shouts the 50-year-old man, wearing an oversize beanie and a tank top, trying to look cool for the camera. 'Welcome to AVA, a new kind of living space […]

The masterpieces of Central Park South are myriad: The Plaza, the St. Moritz, the Gainsborough Studios and the Essex House all come to mind. One property that barely registers is [...]

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- In February, when Hoboken, Jersey City and Weehawken announced that they planned to introduce New Jersey's first bike-share network, Dawn Zimmer, the mayor of this mile-square city, [...]

On ''Slow and Low,'' the penultimate song of their debut album, Michael Diamond and his fellow Beastie Boys rap: ''We don't only rock the house, but we house the rock. [...]

JERSEY CITY -- Class had just let out on a recent Monday evening at JC Taekwondo and Kickboxing Academy on Newark Avenue. Children wearing bright white keikogi practiced their moves [...]

When Thomas Paino, an architect, decided to remodel a rowhouse he had bought in Long Island City, Queens, his ambitions were nothing short of trying to save the world -- [...]

Tutankhamen, Richard III, Louis XVI -- throughout history, the deaths of monarchs have set off wars, revolutions and writing careers. Now, the passing of the last of the imperial Ottoman [...]

An Atlantic City homeowner who became known for fending off eminent domain, Donald J. Trump and his multimillion-dollar offers finally sold the property at auction on Thursday. The price was [...]

Strolling the bluffs of Brooklyn Heights in the 1850s, Walt Whitman would gaze out at the metropolis growing across the river. ''The beautiful city, the city of hurried and sparkling [...]

The Municipal Art Society is well known for campaigns to save Grand Central Terminal and Lever House and to stop towers that would have cast long shadows over Central Park. [...]

They might look more abandoned than historic, but two tenements on the Upper East Side will remain standing: New York City's landmarks board on Tuesday denied the owner permission to [...]

Sitting in the plush velvet and mahogany pews inside the Fort Tryon Jewish Center in Washington Heights, ethereal light streaming in through 80-foot stained glass windows, it is possible to [...]

The article focuses on the continuing evolution of a building near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York called the Batcave, a former Brooklyn Rapid power station that became a squat and a graffiti canvas and will eventually become an art factory. It discusses the Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation's plan of launching a project that will create a haven for the canal's artists and manufacturers.

The article reports that nearly four in 10 buildings in Manhattan, New York City, do not conform to the city's zoning code. According to data, the buildings are taller, bulkier, bigger or more crowded than zoning allows. The city's zoning reforms have raised some debate. Some provisions of the New York State Tenement Housing Act of 1901 are also mentioned.

The article reports on the move of the residents of Staten Island in New York as the storm Sandy approaches in 2012. It mentions the plan of the local government to restore the communities of Graham Beach, Ocean Beach and Oakwood Beach where people can be safe. It discusses the hesitation of the families that multifamily properties would replace the old houses.

The article reports that Clarence Hardy, resident of New York, was arrested who claimed that the Slave Theater in the Fulton Street, New York which he trespassed was his property which is the sixth time he had been going to jail for entering a property he claimed was his.

An obituary is presented for basketball player Meadowlark Lemon, of the Harlem Globetrotters team.

The article looks at the large number of skyscrapers being built or planned in New York City and their effect on the city's skyline, noting that many of them are luxury residential buildings. Topics include the marketing of such buildings, innovations in construction technologies and materials that facilitate the building of skyscrapers, and the city's zoning policies.

The article discusses the decision made by children of Christine Kaasmann, who died at the Swiss-chalet-style home on Staten Island, New York, to preserve the landscape as it holds value in shaping America's urban parks, and mentions views of Christine's daughter Tina Kaasmann-Dunn, on the same.

The article focuses on Catholic social activist and author Dorothy Day and preservation of historic resources in Staten Island, New York City. It states that Day's cottages in the South Shore of Staten Island were demolished in 2001 by a developer. It mentions that many preservationists pleaded for the continued protection of the Day site.

The article focuses on the prices of apartments in Manhattan, New York. Topics discussed include the $999,000 worth of a two-bedroom with a two-bath railroad apartment in Manhattan, the insights of broker Gil Neary on the apartment pricing management, and the comments of Matteo Rignanese, founder of brokerage firm 2NYC, on the price of apartments.

The article discusses the alleged ghosts at Montero Bar and Grill located on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, which used to serve dock workers getting off their midnight shifts for several years. The bar was inherited by its owner Pepe Montero from his parents Joseph and Pilar Montero. It notes that Pepe has agreed with his six neighbors to sell the buildings for a specified amount.

The article offers information on the Community Bookstore in Cobble Hill in Brooklyn, New York which is closing after owner John Scioli decided to sell the building of the store. It mentions that Scioli has one year to clear the shop and two years to move out his apartment at the building. Moreover, it says that Scioli set out to be his own landlord where he search for another place which is at 212 Court Street in Brooklyn.

The article offers information regarding the St. Valentine's Day Land Sale in Newark, New Jersey. It notes that many people had lined up to be the first to purchase a vacant lot in the city for just $1,000 as Newark is offering only 100 available lots to interested individuals. Mayor Ras Baraka is featured.

The article discusses Dumbo Heights, a section of New York City's Brooklyn borough that has become one of the most expensive residential neighborhoods and popular among the area's technology professionals. It notes that many of the area's buildings were previously owned by the religious organization Jehovah's Witnesses before being purchased by developers such as Asher Abehsera, Jared Kushner, and Aby Rosen.

The article discusses a shortage of white fish used to make gefilte fish in the United States during Passover as of April 15, 2014. Topics addressed include gefilte fish's role in traditional Jewish cooking for passover, Jewish people's attitudes towards the taste of gefilte fish, and fish shortages at Jewish delis in New York City.

The article focuses on the efforts of landmarking of buildings in the New York city, New York by the organization New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and talks of designated building which includes Bergdorf Goodman department store, preservation of the building designed by Ely Jacques, and Indo-Persian architectural style of United Palace.

The article focuses on artist Michael Zaragoza, his creations of opera stages designing and luxury condoms and his association with real estate developer DDG including views of DDG Joseph A. McMillan regarding relevance of corporations contributions to art.

The article focuses on the architectural designs of several buildings located in the New York City, including the 432 Park Avenue designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, the Times Square Plazas designed by Snohetta, and the 1 World Trade Center designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

The article offers information on construction of Eos, a 47-story mixed-use building in Midtown, New York City, being developed by architect Helena Durst, and Durst Organization.

The article reports on the planned construction of an office tower next to Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

The article reports that the investigations to the crash of the New Jersey Transit on September 29, 2016 reveals that the railroad is under investigation for safety violations by the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration that started in June 2016.

The article reports that federal investigators have not yet inspected the train that crashed into Hoboken Terminal on September 29, 2016 due to extensive damage at the scene of the crash, saying that the accident killed one woman and injured more than 100 others.

The article reports that the New York City Planning Commission has declined the imposition of the affordable housing plan proposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio at a boutique condominium in Manhattan but adopted a housing program for the La Central building development in Bronx.

The article reports on the first major challenge faced by the housing program of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in Manhattan, New York which is the new mandatory inclusionary housing rules in the city.

The article reports that the disputed metal benches installed at the Trump Tower on the Fifth Avenue in new York have been returned during his time when presidential candidate Donald Trump accepted his party's presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention podium.

The article reports on the retirement of Tucker Reed as the president of nonprofit organization Downtown Brooklyn Partnership.

The article reports on the selling of a Stuyvesant Square home located in New York by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary including Sister Rosemary Cicchitt, Sister Rita Cavaretta, and Sister Kathryn Vercelline and mentions that the proceeds will be given to missions around the world.

The article reports on the plan of the New York City Council to rewrite the rules for governing the historic properties in the city such as the expansion of the landmark process.