A mix of professional soldiers, Loyalist militias and opportunistic raiders descended on the area as British forces sought to ...

Although it is physically separated from Washington Square Park, St. Marks Place is often seen as NYU’s unofficial haven for ...

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), ...

A huge oil spill in 2011 from the Bonga, a floating oil production vessel off the coast of Nigeria owned by Shell, was one of ...

The company is currently in the midst of a wrongful dismissal lawsuit with a former employee, a safety engineer from London, ...

Go along or stand against? There's a tendency among Americans to seek compromise, to have a win-win solution for both sides ...

The daffodil is a bit of an adopted flower here in the big apple. (Actually, that’s cause for some harrumphing from ecologically minded locals, but that’s another story.) After 9/11, as a memorial to ...

The city-owned organization filed a summons in Manhattan state Supreme Court Friday alleging that Disney and its contractors caused excessive vibrations when building the recently opened 7 Hudson ...

This year, the U.S. Army Infantry Branch celebrates 250 years since its creation by the 2nd Continental Congress. Several ...

Brooklyn's historic Hendrick I. Lott House is getting a long-overdue restoration. It's set to be transformed into Marine Park ...

New York City is full of free outdoor art that you don ... Kings County and a pivotal spot during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776. Photograph: By Rossilynne Skena Culgan / Time Out | OlaRonke ...