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Weather: ⛅ Another chilly start to the day with a high of 50 degrees.
It’s Thursday morning in New York City, where officials want you to avoid driving on Flatbush Avenue for a little while.
Later this month, the Department of Transportation will resume work on the long-awaited redesign of the avenue between Grand Army Plaza and Livingston Street. The city is installing concrete islands for bus passengers waiting to board and repainting the road with bus lanes in its center lanes.
Allergy season is here, but don’t blame the cherry blossoms. Here are the real culprits, and more you need to know about saving yourself from pollen.
Long Island Rail Road workers are preparing to strike next month as negotiations with the MTA over pay increases have stalled.
Police have arrested a 38-year-old man in connection with a fatal fire at a Flushing home that killed four people last month.
Spot & Tango, a New York-based pet health and nutrition company, is hiring two contractors to sniff dog breath and accept dog kisses. Here’s how much they’re paying.
A three-year-old girl is in critical condition at a hospital after police said a driver hit her in Brooklyn overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
It’s been nearly 100 days since Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, and a new poll from Marist University found 48% of New Yorkers approved of the mayor's performance thus far.
New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman is suing the state’s Public Campaign Finance Board after they blocked his campaign from accessing millions of dollars in public matching funds.
During the pandemic, the MTA stopped reporting when bedbugs were found on buses or subway cars, but a state assemblymember wants to bring that practice back.
A city investigation found that food delivery app HungryPandaillegally charged restaurants thousands of dollars in junk fees. The company will now have to pay an $875,000 fine.
The number of green, outer-borough taxis on the road has decreased significantly over the past few years, with drivers averaging just $52 a day from trips.
Remember when the McDonald’s CEO went viral for his reaction to trying the new Arch Burger? Well, he just tried a McNugget on camera, too.
Freida McFadden, author of “The Housemaid” and other popular books, revealed her true identity as Sara Cohen, a brain doctor.
Amazon will be blocking users from downloading new content on Kindle devices from 2012 or earlier.
Police in Toms River, New Jersey, captured a beaver that had been terrorizing people and relocated him to a body of water nearby.
