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A new study shows that the average American home contains 100 arthropod species (aka insects and spiders). [The Guardian] Get a look at the abandoned 1937 Staten Island Ferry, MV Mary Murray. [Urban Ghosts] Here are the best and worst supermarkets in the nation. [Rare] Thirty years ago you had about 17 minutes to escape a […]

The city strikes a deal to keep horse carriages, but they must stay in Central Park. [NYDN] The number-one Wikipedia search in 2015 for English speakers was “list of deaths by year.” See the stats for all ten versions of the site. [Pew Research Center] A new app lets you snap a photo of a […]

Visiting the underground community of NYC republicans. [NYT] This Valentine’s Day, the Bronx Zoo is selling naming rights to its cockroaches for just $10. [BK Mag] Restaurateurs in Williamsburg and Bushwick are already mobilizing against the possible three-year L train shutdown. [Eater] Trump may be ahead in the polls, but new research shows his campaign is […]

With less than a week’s notice, nine Brooklyn N train stops will close for more than a year. [DNAinfo] L train service between Brooklyn and Manhattan may face a similar fate. Better get going on that gondola plan. [Gothamist] Donald Trump sold a Trump Park Avenue penthouse for $21 million over the summer, and now […]

Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena wins the 2016 Pritzker Prize. [ArchDaily] The Bronx’s iconic History Channel sign is coming down. [Welcome2theBronx] A Neuroscientist patiently explains the allure of the adult coloring book. [NY Mag] NASA posted a free library of space sounds (rockets, lightning on Jupiter, and interstellar plasma, to name a few) on SoundCloud. [CDM] This […]

Subway riders share their feelings about four-legged passengers. [NYT] Sales launch today at Herzog & de Meuron’s 160 Leroy with 50 percent already sold. [6sqft inbox] Here are five iconic David Bowie NYC moments and places. [Untapped] And here you can read the late artist’s personal reflections on being a New Yorker. [Vulture] After original plans to hold […]

Looks like subway ad dermatologist Dr. Zizmor might’ve sold his Bronx mansion to cover the $56,000 in unpaid office rent he supposedly owes. [TRD] Get a first look inside the Pennsy, the new food hall at 2 Pennsylvania Plaza. [Eater] Astor Place’s Alamo Cube is currently being restored in Jersey while construction work goes on around […]

The New York Public Library has released a digital collection of more than 180,000 photographs, postcards, maps and other public-domain items. [NYT] Tour the home of the architect who did a gut job on her already-renovated apartment. [The Cut] Here’s what the internet looked like back in 1996, when it only had 10 million users. [Business […]

Take a tour of Columbia Care, NYC’s first medical marijuana dispensary, located in Union Square. [Curbed] Ruggie is a rug alarm clock that forces you to get out of bed and stand on it. [Contemporist] Track all your favorite food trucks with this fun new app. [NYCTruckFood] The Upper East Side got the most parking tickets in 2015. [DNAinfo] […]

The online lottery for “Hamilton” crashed after more than 50,000 people tried to score cheap tickets. For now, it’s back to the streets. [Vulture] Take a tour of Donald Trump’s Greenwich, Connecticut home in 1987. [Mashable] These trucks have rear screens that show oncoming traffic so other drivers can safely pass them. [Digital Synopsis] Exploring Harlem’s […]

Developer Ben Shaoul is using hipster-fied images of Katz’s deli to sell his new condos at 196 Orchard Street. [Bowery Boogie] Forget the selfie stick, there’s now a selfie camera that’s worn like a bracelet. [Mashable] Architect Vincent Callebaut has conceived floating villages that are 3D printed from plastic waste and algae. Each underwater village could house […]

“Should I Scoop Out My Bagel?” An age-old New York question and the title of a new book. [NYP] This Greenpoint laundromat has 20 vintage pinball machines and a secret speakeasy. [NYT] A new study shows that shared office coffee machines are as gross as you’d think. [Fast Co. Design] Raccoon complaints in NYC are […]

3D-printed replicas of the Temple of Bel’s arch, located in the Syrian city of Palmyra, are coming to London and NYC in April. The arch is the last remnant of the UNESCO site; Isis fighters destroyed the rest. [The Guardian] Was the original Penn Station really so great? David Dunlap doesn’t think so. [NYT] This video goes […]

Watch the Times Square New Year’s Eve confetti test. [Gothamist] Michael Kimmelman tackles the architecture of sound with a three-dimensional audio component. [NYT] 16 NYC hotels have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30 percent over the next ten years. The list includes the Waldorf, the Peninsula, and the Pierre. [CNN Money] Bushwick had the […]

For the past year and a half, the price on this rotating dome home in New Paltz has been steadily decreasing. What’s the deal? [Gothamist] The top ten books taken out of NYC public libraries in 2015. [NYDN] Architects at SOM have completed the city’s first net-zero energy school on Staten Island. [Dezeen] The first LinkNYC kiosk, […]

Santiago Calatrava’s long-delayed and incredibly-over-budget World Trade Center Transportation Hub is set to open in March. [Politico] “Working canines” were named the official state dog of New York. This includes police dogs, military dogs, drug-sniffing dogs, airport dogs, therapy dogs and seeing eye dogs. [NYDN] After four-and-a-half months, an extreme New Yorker rode his Citi Bike 2,700 […]

Commoners can enter Gramercy Park on Christmas Eve to hear holiday caroling. [TONY] Not surprisingly, a food hall called the Pennsy is opening next month above Penn Station. [Gothamist] Here’s what Christmas would cost you in 1932. [NYP] All the apartments in the Christmas movie “Elf” are pretty incredible. [Brick Underground] Starbucks rules in Manhattan, but […]

All the NYC restaurants that have eliminated tipping. [Grub Street] The plan for a memorial at the location of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, where 146 garment workers died in 1911, received a $1.5 million state grant. [NYT] The top 10 Christmas songs in the world, according to Spotify. [Business Insider] A new video game explores the […]

How the Mast Brothers fooled the world into paying $10 a bar for crappy hipster chocolate. [Quartz] A 30,000-square-foot bowling and karaoke amusement complex is coming to Bushwick. [Gothamist] Hess Triangle, the city’s smallest piece of real estate, gets the cartoon treatment. [New Yorker] The ridiculous amount it would take to buy all the items in […]