The 25 best books about the history of New York City's boroughs and neighborhoods

… Last month we shared the 25 best books about New York City history as picked by local authors and historians So …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 30, 2018 - 12:00PM
5 ways to dig up historical photos of your NYC apartment building

… a given buildings architect construction date architectural style and whether any major alterations have been made since construction … 2 OldNYC … The New York Public Librarys Digital Collections portal is a rabbit hole of … map of New York with red dots denoting every address the library system has a photograph of making for a fun …

By Hannah Frishberg |January 5, 2018 - 10:00AM
The insider's guide to Fort Greene, Brooklyn

… a major cultural destination  … BRIC has a large exhibition hall usually featuring local artistsThey also have free yoga … Theatre for a New Audience  is great for relatively cheap tickets New Deal tickets are $25 for fulltime students and people under 30 …

By Alanna Schubach |December 20, 2017 - 2:15PM
Pirates, glue factories, and mob graves: Blissville is Queens's dumping ground

… Blissville a slice of Long Island City bordered by Calvary Cemetery the Long Island … to a study of Newtown Creek by a group of Columbia University graduate students  Peter Stuyvesant …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM