This led builders to extend the basements of their structures past the facade, creating underground chambers (or “vaults”) that could be more than 30 feet deep. They were used mostly to accept coal ...

The Adams administration released updated sketches for its new Manhattan Detention Complex (MDC) on Friday, and disclosed new ...

City Council member (and former Manhattan Borough President) Gale Brewer (left) is pushing legislation that, if enacted, will compel the City’s Department of Investigation (DOI) to open a probe into a ...

Lower Manhattan is inundated with taverns that target lawyers, bankers, tourists, and assorted other demographic slivers, but is lacking in watering holes that cater to Downtown denizens. This deficit ...

Community Board 1 is pushing for a long stretch of Park Row that has been closed to civilian vehicles since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to be “multimodal [and] include pedestrians, ...

In many of these locations, everyday prices are significantly higher than Restaurant Week offerings, which makes this value proposition a compelling opportunity to try places that might ordinarily be ...

A new challenge to the recently launched congestion pricing program that tolls drivers entering local streets from the FDR Drive or West Street/Route 9A south of 60th Street emerged on Monday, when ...

Demographically, Chinatown hosts a local population of 57,159, of which 60 percent is Asian. The median age of these ...