Manhattan's Trinity Church was once the tallest building in the city. While dwarfed by skyscrapers today, it still holds an important place in New York history.
2 World Trade Center. Rendering by Bjarke Ingels. Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is most notable to New Yorkers these days
It will be decades before the MTA installs its new communications-based train control onto the city's trains, but it will revolutionize transit when it does
Manhattan's Market Diner on 572 11th Avenue, one of the last vintage diners in the city, is set to be demolished to make way for a 13-story residential tower.
The Battle of Fort Washington, 1776, was a military defeat for the Patriots. But the battlefield site named after the last English Civil Governor of New York?
This new interactive map from WNYC visualizes exactly how long it takes for anyone to get anywhere in New York, but we like the pretty colors most of all
The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 was a battle fought on the streets and in buildings, many of which remain today more than 150 years after the first attack
Most write it off today as a commuter's nuisance, but like all old things in New York, The Lincoln Tunnel has a number of surprising secrets to its name.
Bowling Green, the oldest public park in New York City, also contains the city's oldest fence, dating back to pre-revolutionary days in the 1730s.
NeighborhoodX takes a look at the changing names of New York's neighborhoods, often a reflection of the city's changing history and culture over the years