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Chabad Headquarters or Henry VIII Residence?
An altercation over a secret tunnel in a Brooklyn Lubavitcher shul raised a question: Why do so many Chabad buildings look as if they belong in Tudor England?
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Not-So-Christmas Spectacular
For Lightscape, a pagan-inspired show that just happens to open during the holidays, the garden installed more than a million L.E.D. bulbs.
Among the Protesters
Before another demonstration against Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, activists gather to make posters and paper poppies, and to discuss the danger of stating their views publicly.
The Statue Wars Turn to Cyberspace
The Kinfolk Foundation tests the rollout of its new, more diverse city “monuments”—which are only viewable digitally, like a game of Pokémon Go, but woke.
The Urban Fruit-Tree Vigilantes Case Brooklyn
The anonymous collective Guerrilla Grafters dodges dog poop and, technically, the cops to introduce plums, pears, and apples to fruitless city trees.
Fourteen Thousand Feet Over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. And Then Not
A husband-and-wife duo who attempted a historic transatlantic hot-air-balloon flight recount what happened after a mid-flight disaster.
A New York Daffodil? Fuhgeddaboudit
Azalea vs. spicebush vs. sunflower: Horticulture nuts in all five boroughs vie to make their flower the city’s official bloom.
Subway Riders to Fifteen-Cent Fare Hike: Drop Dead!
The train cost a nickel in 1904. The M.T.A. held a three-day town hall to let citizens sound off about the latest increase, to two dollars and ninety cents.
The Newest Music-Festival Booth: Free Narcan
Between sets, fans of Kim Petras, Ice Spice, and Joey Bada$$ could get a demo on how to reverse an opioid overdose.
The Bon Iver Boys Bob for Bass and Bluegill at the Harlem Meer
The drummer Sean Carey, who schedules his tours around fly-fishing stops, tries out some urban angling in Central Park with his bandmates Zach Hanson and Ben Lester.
The System That Failed Jordan Neely
What a subway killing reveals about New York City’s revolving-door approach to mental illness and homelessness.
The Poet Writing on Prison Underwear
For his next book, Reginald Dwayne Betts cooks up a batch of handmade paper, formed using T-shirts and undergarments donated by incarcerated people.
The Shipwreck Hunters of Jamaica Bay
The city’s unofficial waterfront czar hits the not so high seas (the final resting place of tugboats, houseboats, and one warship) for some salvage work.
Astor Place’s Closest Shave
While serving time for selling cocaine, Joel Valle MacGyvered a flexible razor blade; now he and the owner of the storied Village barbershop are patenting it.
Zillow, but for Jets
The private-aviation market is down, so a wannabe oligarch tries out the Guardian Jet Vault 4.0 to look for some deals.
Who’s Afraid of Brünnhilde at the Slurpee Machine?
7-Eleven stores have taken to blasting opera music to keep homeless people from loitering. Why did they select the genre? And does it work?
The Daredevil Behind Citi Bike Boyz
Jerome Peel’s urban biking life requires an unusual set of supplies. Plywood ramp? Check. Box cutter? Check. Epsom salts? Check.
A Media Mogul Pivots to Paper
The Whitney Museum once accidentally threw out a newspaper box that Mitch Anzuoni had stocked with books, zines, and erotica. Now he has a citywide network of them.
Missed Out on Black Friday Deals? Try Government Surplus
Deals, deals, deals! New York’s municipalities are selling twenty-five-foot fire hoses, a pair of Nikes given to Mayor Bloomberg as a gift, and a school bus without working brakes.
Live from the Brooklyn Museum—Today’s Top Stories!
Instead of making art, an artists’ collective has turned its attention to making news, broadcasting from its own news desk about Vladimir Putin, mass incarceration, and sexual harassment.
Chabad Headquarters or Henry VIII Residence?
An altercation over a secret tunnel in a Brooklyn Lubavitcher shul raised a question: Why do so many Chabad buildings look as if they belong in Tudor England?
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Not-So-Christmas Spectacular
For Lightscape, a pagan-inspired show that just happens to open during the holidays, the garden installed more than a million L.E.D. bulbs.
Among the Protesters
Before another demonstration against Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, activists gather to make posters and paper poppies, and to discuss the danger of stating their views publicly.
The Statue Wars Turn to Cyberspace
The Kinfolk Foundation tests the rollout of its new, more diverse city “monuments”—which are only viewable digitally, like a game of Pokémon Go, but woke.
The Urban Fruit-Tree Vigilantes Case Brooklyn
The anonymous collective Guerrilla Grafters dodges dog poop and, technically, the cops to introduce plums, pears, and apples to fruitless city trees.
Fourteen Thousand Feet Over the Gulf of St. Lawrence. And Then Not
A husband-and-wife duo who attempted a historic transatlantic hot-air-balloon flight recount what happened after a mid-flight disaster.
A New York Daffodil? Fuhgeddaboudit
Azalea vs. spicebush vs. sunflower: Horticulture nuts in all five boroughs vie to make their flower the city’s official bloom.
Subway Riders to Fifteen-Cent Fare Hike: Drop Dead!
The train cost a nickel in 1904. The M.T.A. held a three-day town hall to let citizens sound off about the latest increase, to two dollars and ninety cents.
The Newest Music-Festival Booth: Free Narcan
Between sets, fans of Kim Petras, Ice Spice, and Joey Bada$$ could get a demo on how to reverse an opioid overdose.
The Bon Iver Boys Bob for Bass and Bluegill at the Harlem Meer
The drummer Sean Carey, who schedules his tours around fly-fishing stops, tries out some urban angling in Central Park with his bandmates Zach Hanson and Ben Lester.
The System That Failed Jordan Neely
What a subway killing reveals about New York City’s revolving-door approach to mental illness and homelessness.
The Poet Writing on Prison Underwear
For his next book, Reginald Dwayne Betts cooks up a batch of handmade paper, formed using T-shirts and undergarments donated by incarcerated people.
The Shipwreck Hunters of Jamaica Bay
The city’s unofficial waterfront czar hits the not so high seas (the final resting place of tugboats, houseboats, and one warship) for some salvage work.
Astor Place’s Closest Shave
While serving time for selling cocaine, Joel Valle MacGyvered a flexible razor blade; now he and the owner of the storied Village barbershop are patenting it.
Zillow, but for Jets
The private-aviation market is down, so a wannabe oligarch tries out the Guardian Jet Vault 4.0 to look for some deals.
Who’s Afraid of Brünnhilde at the Slurpee Machine?
7-Eleven stores have taken to blasting opera music to keep homeless people from loitering. Why did they select the genre? And does it work?
The Daredevil Behind Citi Bike Boyz
Jerome Peel’s urban biking life requires an unusual set of supplies. Plywood ramp? Check. Box cutter? Check. Epsom salts? Check.
A Media Mogul Pivots to Paper
The Whitney Museum once accidentally threw out a newspaper box that Mitch Anzuoni had stocked with books, zines, and erotica. Now he has a citywide network of them.
Missed Out on Black Friday Deals? Try Government Surplus
Deals, deals, deals! New York’s municipalities are selling twenty-five-foot fire hoses, a pair of Nikes given to Mayor Bloomberg as a gift, and a school bus without working brakes.
Live from the Brooklyn Museum—Today’s Top Stories!
Instead of making art, an artists’ collective has turned its attention to making news, broadcasting from its own news desk about Vladimir Putin, mass incarceration, and sexual harassment.