Weather: ⛅ A chance of showers this morning, then partly sunny with highs around 80.
It's Wednesday in New York City, where two of the worst bottlenecks in the subway system are one step closer to getting unsnarled.
A report the MTA released this morning lays out plans to smooth out the tangle of 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines at the Nostrand Junction and the B, D, F and M intersection at DeKalb Avenue — both of which can currently grind traffic to a halt.
The report also identifies a total of 70 spots citywide where congestion is a problem, and highlights 25 of those sites as the “most promising candidates” for upgrades.
Major airlines were letting customers change or even cancel flights in and out of the New York metropolitan area in light of the projected storms.
A sixth person has died in the Upper East Side Legionnaires’ outbreak, which has sickened 90 people since it was first identified in early July, according to the city's health department.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to send the latest round of rebate checks — up to $200 for eligible New York taxpayers — this fall just ahead of the gubernatorial election, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The former director of a Queens public defender organization was sentenced yesterday to three-and-a-half years in federal prison after pleading guilty to looting the nonprofit for personal gain.
The family of slain NYPD Detective Didarul Islam, along with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, gathered at the 47th Precinct stationhouse in the North Bronx yesterday to mark one year since Islam was killed in a mass shooting at a Midtown office building.
The iconic red-bag-shaped Macy’s billboard on the corner of 34th Street and Broadway came down over the weekend, exposing the old “holdout” building beneath. (New LED signs are replacing it.)
Starting in January, new regulations will take effect barring minors in New York from aspects elements of social media use.
Police in New York and New Jersey arrested more than 150 people for alleged offenses related to human trafficking over the course of the monthlong World Cup, according to law enforcement agencies from both states.
Here's hoping one of the more than 1,000 young people who showed up in Times Square last week for the "Spring Awakening" open auditions gets a spot in the Broadway revival.
Good day, 6 a.m."Odyssey" IMAX 70mm screening-goers.
MayorMamdani is asking every city agency to find ways to cut their budgets by 2.5% ahead of next year.
"My friends and I were just waiting for the day that Chase ends up in handcuffs. But over the years, it’s like, Holy s--t — he’s doing what now? He’s in the White House?": This story about World Liberty Financial, the Trump-affiliated crypto firm and the alleged fraudsters behind it, has it all.
Look closely next time you find yourself in Carroll Gardens: Tucked into the residential streetscape, just past the BQE on Union Street, is the Salvator Mundi Museum of Art, a minuscule exhibition visible entirely from the street through a panel on one local artist’s front door.
