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A roster of television and movie celebrities, current and former pro athletes, and journalists will participate in the 50th annual New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 1. The A-listers will run alongside more than 50,000 other participants in this year's race, which weaves through all five of New York City's boroughs. The race kicks off on Staten Island and finishes in Central Park. American journalist T.J. Holmes, a former CNN anchor, is one of the several gearing up for race day. The 49-year

We already knew New York City was going all out for spooky season, but it turns out the city had a few more tricks up its sleeve. If you haven’t yet finalized your NYC Halloween plans , you’re in luck. The Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) just announced a massive expansion to their 2026 Trick-or-Streets program, bumping the number of car-free events from 160 up to a whopping 180+. Now in its fifth year, this initiative transforms the city’s Open Streets, plazas, and busy corridors into ped

In NYC, you can major in fun without minoring in debt — and all it takes is a visit to the library. That’s the (whispered) word from New York’s most bookish institutions, which will offer winter classes in subjects as varied as web coding, Mandarin, oil painting, crochet and even origami. The classes come after a record year for New York Public Library learners, which include 1.36 million visitors in Manhattan and over 843,000 in Brooklyn, according to the city. New York libraries are great for

Scoring an affordable apartment in NYC can feel like hitting the housing jackpot, especially when market-rate rents keep climbing. But through the city’s affordable housing lotteries, eligible New Yorkers can apply for apartments at prices that are often significantly lower than what they’d typically pay on the open market. Interested? Well you’re in luck. Applications officially open tomorrow, Friday, October 30, for Kingsland Commons , an 18-story new development at 89 Maspeth Avenue in Willia

Before his death at age 86, “Star Trek” legend Patrick Stewart was more than a Hollywood icon — he was a beloved Brooklyn neighbor. The British actor, who died Wednesday following a brief battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia, became a famed fixture in Park Slope after purchasing a $2.5 million duplex in 2012. “Star Trek” legend Patrick Stewart died Wednesday at age 86 following a battle with Alzheimer’s and Lewy Body dementia. REUTERS Stewart purchased his Park Slope duplex for

New York City’s socialist Muslim Mayor is taking heat for posting then deleting a message about the “halalflation” of the city’s street vendors, with his announcement he is approving 10,500 new street vendor licenses. Mamdani posted the message to social media where he called the huge...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that his administration would pursue offering compensation for workers in the horse carriage industry as the city moves to ban the use of horse-drawn carriages in Central Park. “We want it to be real and tangible,” Mamdani said at an unrelated press conference...

The New York City Health Department closed Empire Szechuan Kyoto, a longtime Chinese restaurant at 193 Columbus Ave. on the Upper West Side, after an Oct. 20 inspection scored 64 violation points. City inspection records list evidence of mice, live roaches, filth flies, and cold food held above 41 degrees Fahrenheit.

A major change is coming to the way trash is collected in parts of Brooklyn. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced early Thursday the installation of the borough's first residential Empire bins in Brooklyn Community District 2 has started. More than 700 of the large containers will replace piles of trash bags...

Police say a 30-year-old woman was struck by the truck as she was crossing the southwest corner of Bay Parkway in Brooklyn around 6:40 p.m.