Since beekeeping became legal in NYC in 2010, we've had an intense interest in rooftop and backyard hives by restaurants, hotels, companies and individual hobbyists. Our local farmers markets have a variety of local organic honey sold by the beekepers themselves. With National Honey Bee Day upon us, here are 10 Hives and Festivals you might enjoy.
Walt Whitman lived and worked part of his life in what was then the independent city of Brooklyn and the now borough permeates much of his work. Here's a guide.
NYC is abuzz with the news that nearly 100 proposed landmarks are to be "decalendered" by the Landmarks Commission. Here are some unique locations on the list
A mostly forgotten outcropping at Green-Wood Cemetery also holds some great Revolutionary War history: the beginning of the Battle of Brooklyn (Long Island)
On a visit to Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, you might notice this magnificent little abandoned greenhouse across the street from the entrance.
Green-wood Cemetery website has a large resolution map which allows you to zoom in and see the names of every path. Yes, each and every tiny path is named.
Cemeteries aren't something we think about every day, but it's definitely an urban planning issue because NYC is simply running out of space for the dead.
Civic Virtue, a controversial statue in NYC, has been moved around several times and denied conservation because politicians have found it sexist.
A look at the urban design of Battery Park City, timed with the release of Robin Lynn and Francis Morrone's A Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes
An inside look into some of the select tombs and catacombs featured on the OHNY Green-Wood tour.