The well-known bookshop in midtown was planning to close its doors due to increasing rent prices—as have so many other iconic places in NYC—but has now been rescued by Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda and three frie...
New York City’s subway system is notorious for delays and random closures, and that’s especially true of the L train. However, now there’s a website that is dedicated solely to one thing: letting everyone know the stat...
Everyone knows about the Met and the MOMA but what about some of New York’s lesser known museums? Check out this list of 14 of the best places to visit for a bit of elevated culture. Performance art? Got it. Japan...
Step aside pizza rat, there’s a new rodent in town…and not to be rude, but it’s much cuter. Only in New York will you find so many animals eating human food. Earlier this week, a squirrel was spotted in the city casuall...
Over the course of six years, the Endangered Language Alliance (ELA) put together a map that “shows NYC’s linguistic diversity in more detail than ever before.” Featured in the “Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas...
There’s nowhere quite as magical as New York City at Christmas time, that is as true today as it was 100 years ago. Check out how people through history celebrated the holidays in NYC. Take a look through 22 pictu...
For the past 41 years, Cornelia Street Cafe has lived in the Greenwich Village as a gathering place for so many artists. Now increasing rent prices are driving them out as it has so many small businesses across the city...
The world’s most famous mouse is about to have his 90th birthday, and there’s an art exhibition that’s opening in NYC to celebrate. During the summer, Disney announced that an art exhibit was coming to Chelsea tha...
The popular Filipino fast food chain Jollibee is about to open their first Manhattan location. The chain has one other NYC location in Woodside, Queens, but announced on Monday that the other NYC space will open near Po...
The iconic Brazilian-American restaurant, the Coffee Shop, will close at the end of this week. Located at 29 Union Square West, the popular late-night diner has been an NYC staple for nearly 30 years, and even appeared...