The MTA Reduces Service, Leading to Some Crowded Cars
The reduced schedule aims to provide transit for essential workers, but it also makes for more crowded trains that are less safe
NY City Scene
The Coronavirus Shutdown Is Devastating New York City’s Independent Theaters
In a good year, the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, a small non-profit theater, operates on razor-thin margins. The playhouse relies heavily on local businesses to remain afloat, along with the occasional GoFundMe project. It’s worked, for the most part. The theater held more than a dozen events last year, including acting classes for […]
From Soviet Russia to Brooklyn: Making Music With a Wave of the Hands
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of a unique instrument.
Harlem Reacts: COVID-19 Forces Residents Into A New Normal
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced stricter rules on communities and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19 on Friday morning. All employees of “non-essential” businesses are required to stay home. Essential service businesses as defined by New York State include doctors, hospitals, media, grocery stores, bodegas, pharmacies, etc. Like the rest of the city, Harlem’s residents […]
New York’s Restaurants and Bars To Close
Also gyms, movie theaters, and casinos—all to help slow the virus
Brooklyn Iced
Islanders to return to Nassau roots—and many New York City hockey fans shrug
Cold Case: Why A Bomb That Killed Two Cops in 1940 Remains a Source of Intrigue
“It’s the business,” one detective said to the other when he saw the dynamite. Soon it would explode
New Yorkers Adjust to “Work From Home”
By Yuntong Man and Currie Engel New Yorkers Adjust to “Work From Home” from NYCityLens on Vimeo. With coronavirus cases in the city rising daily, companies have started telling their employees to stay home. Here’s how some workers are dealing with being told to “work from home.”
Iconic Book Store Set to Open New Chapter on Upper West Side
The Strand will move into a storefront previously occupied by Book Culture
For People Leaving Prison, Adapting to Modern Technology Is a Daily Challenge
When Creig Robinson went to prison for robbery in 2005, most Americans still relied on dial-up connections for their internet. The iPhone would not be released for another two years and Facebook was a hot new start up with six million users. Eleven years later, when Robinson came out, he felt like he was […]
The Unbanked of New York City
How does someone without a bank account navigate the city’s increasingly digitized financial system?
Waiting for Weinstein
For journalists covering the sexual assault trial of the movie mogul, it’s meant long, tedious hours outside the courtroom
A Valentine's Day for the Dogs
Cafes around the city are starting to cater to people and their pooches.
A Valentine’s Day for the Dogs
Cafes around the city are starting to cater to people and their pooches.
For African Americans, A Path Through Art To Missing Histories
At the Macon library in Bed-Stuy, residents gather to learn about African American history through names, objects, food, and memories
Cold, Cold Hands, Warm, Warm Hearts
Long lines and frigid temperatures didn’t keep couples from getting hitched on Valentine’s Day