Green City Force is a program that builds farms on NYCHA land to teach residents ages 18 to 24 about healthy food. [NYDN] New York bagels are bigger, more pliable, and salty, whereas Montreal bagels are sweeter, smaller, and crispier, with a chewy interior. So who reigns supreme? [AV Club] Until April 16th, Stuy Town is offering a move-in […]

Upper East Side establishments that suffered during the Second Avenue Subway construction are now seeing an uptick in business. [am NY] Take an interactive walking tour of 42nd Street’s history. [NY Mag] Astoria’s Museum of the Moving Image is raising $40,000 on Kickstarter to open a permanent Jim Henson exhibit. [DNAinfo] Six landlords own one-third […]

The Union Square Greenmarket will offer Saturday beer and spirit tastings from licensed state breweries and distilleries. [Gothamist] Attend an adult sleepover at the Bronx Zoo next month. [UpOut] Zoning proposal capping the height of Sutton Place towers at 25 stories is officially submitted to the city, a day after Gamma Real Estate made headway in […]

Vornado’s Steven Roth wants to sell his stake in Kushner Companies’ embattled 666 Fifth Avenue. [NYP] Coney Island’s Luna Park, which includes the Cyclone, is officially open for the season! [amNY] Though wigs are increasingly popular, the artisans who make them in New York are vanishing. [NYT] Shake Shack will open its first Staten Island […]

Slow turn boxes, aka curb extensions, are part of a new pilot program at intersections where turning drivers are known to injure pedestrians. [Planetizen] Research finds that it’s more efficient if everyone stands on an escalator instead of some people walking on it. [NYT] Postal workers in Brooklyn and Flushing, Queens are among the most attacked […]

The American Copper Buildings welcome their first residents. [CityRealty] A taxi medallion sold for $241,000 last week, less than one-fifth of what the tags were going for just four years ago. [NYP] Powamekka Cafe is popping up on the LES this weekend. It’ll be inspired by Tupac Shakur’s own restaurant vision, offer his favorite foods, and […]

It was inevitable–Industry City is getting an avocado bar that’ll serve toasts, salads, bowls and smoothies. [Gothamist] New Yorkers share their love of athleisure. [Business Insider] Meet the 21-year-old NYU student running for City Council. [NYP] Corcoran teamed up with helicopter company BLADE to fly prospective renters out to the Hamptons to look at properties. […]

The number of red-tailed hawks in Manhattan has increased to 15 from just three in 2006. [WSJ] More than one million people moved out of the New York area to other parts of the country since 2010, more than any other major metropolitan area. [NYP] What if we returned Riker’s Island to its natural state? [Untapped] The […]

Come June, “The Daily Show” will open “The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library” in NYC. [Gothamist] Trader Joe’s is opening a second Upper West Side location, at 93rd and Columbus. [West Side Rag] A Quinnipiac poll found that New Yorkers favor the Mets over the Yanks 45 to 43 percent. [DNAinfo] Nordic walking poles, […]

New stormproof plans released for Battery Park City, including a new pavillion building designed by Perkins Eastman. [Tribeca Citizen] Kirsten Dunst first listed her vintage-cool Soho penthouse as a $12,500/month rental in 2014, and then as a $5 million sale last month. She’s now lowered the price to $4.5 million.  [Mansion Global] The CEO of […]

Extell has secured $168 million in EB-5 funds for their Central Park Tower, but the completion date has been pushed back a year to November 2020. [TRD] A Manhattan judge upheld a one-year rent freeze on rent-stabilized apartments. [Gothamist] NYC second graders will get to name 13 of the new citywide ferry boats. [DNAinfo] Street artist Buff Monster […]

New York-based designer (and 13-year U.S. citizen) Karim Rashid said he had a “crazy journey” getting by US Border Control at JFK. [Dezeen] Discovery’s trivia show “Cash Cab” hasn’t aired new episodes since 2005, but it’ll return later this year with a series of guest hosts. [Huffington Post] 10 lost or never-built structures in Prospect Park. [Untapped] An […]

The owner of the illegal Trump Tower Airbnb listing was fined $1,000. [NYT] And the investor who bought Donald Trump’s childhood home in December for $1.4 million has already flipped it for a 50 percent profit. [NYP] 80-year-old art supply store Pearl Paint closed three years ago to make way for “bespoke” lofts, which are now up […]

After launching sales in September, Renzo Piano’s two-towered 565 Broome Street is finally on the rise. [CityRealty] The quest to sell the most expensive house in NJ. [LL NYC] This year’s Macy’s Flower Show, opening Sunday with more than 5,000 plant varieties, will be carnival themed. [NY1] Science shows that living in a city can […]

17th century Barberini tapestries now on view at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. [Untapped] Baseball commentator and former Yankees and Mets pitcher David Cone has listed his Greenwich Lane pad for $10.5 million, which he bought just a year ago for $8 million. [NYP] Elevators are rising to the challenge of supertall towers with […]

Why Robert Moses just won’t go away. [NYT] For the third year in a row, NYC’s most popular dog breed is the French bulldog, followed by Labrador retrievers and standard bulldogs. [amNY] The Guardian scrapped plans to move its U.S. headquarters into a Kushner-owned Dumbo building after its reporters revolted. [Buzzfeed] This week’s New Yorker cover, “Shelf […]

Pier 17, the centerpiece of the Howard Hughes Corporation’s $1.5 billion South Street Seaport redevelopment, is on track to open in summer 2018. [NYP] “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” is a new documentary about the historic feud between Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses, produced by Robert Hammond, co-founder of the High Line. [Archinect] This month, […]

Governor Cuomo unveiled a $1.8 billion plan to redesign the South Bronx’s Sheridan Expressway with pedestrian walkways providing access to Starlight Park and the Bronx River. [WSJ] Countdown clocks at the new Second Avenue Subway stations provide estimates, not real-time data. [NBC NY] Charity Hearty Start teams up with local bodegas to deliver breakfast sandwiches […]

Live blogging St. Patrick’s Day at McSorley’s. [Eater] Don’t forget, starting Sunday the MTA fare hike takes effect–raising monthly and weekly MetroCard prices from $116.50 and $31 to $121 and $32. [Gothamist] New Yorkers chose “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as the winner of the “One Book, One New York” program. [Business Insider] The American […]

$400M deal between Kushner Companies and Anbang for 666 Fifth Avenue raises eyebrows, insiders say the numbers don’t add up. [TRD] Pritzker Prize–winning architect Richard Meier launches a 12-piece lighting collection. [Architizer] Is Sixth Avenue the new Fifth Avenue? [NYP] Mapping the roughly 120 Irish pub in Manhattan. [Vine Pair] The Times Square police substation […]

In NYC, more than 24 new boutique fitness studios opened in 2016, and there are now 1,000+ locations on ClassPass. But when does the bubble burst? [Well + Good] Most New Yorkers use Citi Bike to get to other transit stops quicker. [NYDN] An interview with the CEO of State Street Global Advisors (the firm […]

 The 100 most influential people in Brooklyn culture 2017. [BK Mag] 81-year-old starchitect Norman Foster created an Instagram account to debunk imposters. [dezeen] Related founder Stephen Ross gives a behind-the-scenes look at Hudson Yards. [Fox5 NY] Why are Albert Einstein’s eyeballs in a safety deposit box in the city? [Untapped] Checking in on Robert A.M. Stern’s […]

Trump Tower sold its first condo since the President’s Inauguration, interestingly the buyer of the $2.2 million home is a Ukrainian shipping magnate heavily involved with Russian military equipment. [Mansion Global] A former Navy freight ship may become a military-themed restaurant floating in the Hudson in Harlem. [West Side Rag] Industry City-based designer Danielle Trofe talks […]

Donald Trump proposed a mysterious pair of graveyards at the site of his tony golf course in Bedminster, NJ, one of which is for himself and his family. [Washington Post] Staten Island’s 139-year-old Holtermann’s Bakery offers staples from bygone eras like Pullman loaves, santarts, and their signature meltaway cake. [NYT] You can sign a petition urging Mayor […]

Ten fun ferry-related historical facts about the New York City waterfront. [Untapped] Tomorrow is the last day to apply for Stuyvesant Town’s affordable housing lottery. [6sqft inbox] Mets right fielder Jay Bruce is renting a luxury pad in Midtown’s Aalto 57. [NYP] Bjarke Ingels‘ firm BIG launched an in-house engineering department, catering to their technically ambitious projects. [Dezeen] […]