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Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025. Donate today. The number of Asian residents in Manhattan’s Chinatown dropped by over 20% in the past decade despite an increase in the neighborhood’s overall population, according to a recent report published by the Asian American Legal Defense and...

Brooklyn-based Maimonides Health is merging with NYC Health + Hospitals, New York City health leaders announced.

Now that’s cool! A snow pile was shaped into a massive “Snow King” sculpture on a Brooklyn sidewalk – and dozens of people are going out of their way just to catch a glimpse of it. Roughly 50 gawkers stopped by Sunday to see the sculpture outside of House of the Lord Pentecostal Church on Atlantic Avenue after it was...

Fried catfish may have Southern roots, but New York has quietly built its own reputation for doing it right, one golden fillet at a time. I learned this the hard way after ordering catfish on a whim one afternoon and realizing I had been underestimating this city’s frying skills for far too long.

Rosetta Williams, 81, says management had to rip out her cabinets, counter space, and sink, leaving her to store her kitchen supplies around the house.

Emlock Grant said he and a few of his neighbors have filed complaints with Housing Preservation & Development, called 311 and even traveled to the management office to share their concerns.

After years of planning, a new teen center opened in Brownsville, giving local youth a much-needed place after school to build skills, find support and form community. The Brownsville Teen Lounge, the first-ever teen lounge in the neighborhood, according to organizers, sits in the center of the Brownsville Houses, a...

A plain slice like this used to cost the same as a subway fare. The "pizza principle" no longer holds in New York City due to rapid inflation. [ more › ]

A man remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday, hours after a law enforcement source says he apparently shot himself in the middle of Midtown, blocks from holiday crowds were enjoying a nighttime look at the Rockefeller Center tree and Radio City Sunday night. Little was known about the circumstances...

These gates aren’t scaring away fare beaters — case closed. The MTA’s new subway gates are already getting blasted as “easy to beat” – as even an elderly man with a cane was spotted easily skipping the fare at a Manhattan station Monday. The agency’s latest bid at combating fare beating is falling flat with...