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North Brooklyn street redesign paves the way for NYC's 'low-traffic neighborhood' plan

The city transportation department is using plastic bollards to push car traffic away from the streets around McGolrick Park.

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Liam Quigley

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North Brooklyn street redesign paves the way for NYC's 'low-traffic neighborhood' plan

The city transportation department is using plastic bollards to push car traffic away from the streets around McGolrick Park.

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Liam Quigley

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Death toll from Brooklyn building collapse continues to rise amid ongoing search

At least 8 people were dead and 25 injured Thursday morning

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Brittany Kriegstein

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Verónica Del Valle

Published Nov 12, 2026 at 7:08 a.m. ET

Modified Nov 12, 2026 at 7:52 a.m. ET



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A good bet: New Yorkers are lining up to become casino dealers

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Hannah Frishberg


Brooklyn building collapse: 4 dead, 7 children among at least 23 injured

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Elizabeth Shwe

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Hannah Frishberg

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David Brand

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Liam Quigley


Manhattan’s East Side loses another movie theater to development

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Hannah Frishberg


Long-lost Georgia O’Keeffe painting found in East Village closet

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Hannah Frishberg


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Wind, rain, maybe snowflakes: It's about to get chilly around NYC

The weather's going from almost-spring-like to not-so-much. Welcome to November.

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Giulia Heyward

Published Nov 11, 2026


NYC sanitation supervisors keep speeding on the job, data shows

The DSNY workers who oversee trash collection and issue tickets rack up hundreds of automated speed camera tickets each year, a Gothamist analysis shows.

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Liam Quigley

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NYC sanitation supervisors keep speeding on the job, data shows

The DSNY workers who oversee trash collection and issue tickets rack up hundreds of automated speed camera tickets each year, a Gothamist analysis shows.

By

Liam Quigley


Teen arrested for fatal shooting of 15-year-old Bronx boy walking to school, NYPD says

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Hannah Frishberg

NYC bars and restaurants say they're struggling and may raise prices

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Catalina Gonella

Mamdani’s redevelopment plan for NYCHA complex in Chelsea spills into DSA

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Elizabeth Kim

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Teen arrested for fatal shooting of 15-year-old Bronx boy walking to school, NYPD says

Javits Frimpong was shot in the stomach on Oct. 29 near Crotona Park as he walked to DreamYard Preparatory School.

By

Hannah Frishberg


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Wind, rain, maybe snowflakes: It's about to get chilly around NYC

The weather's going from almost-spring-like to not-so-much. Welcome to November.

By

Giulia Heyward


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NYC sanitation supervisors keep speeding on the job, data shows

The DSNY workers who oversee trash collection and issue tickets rack up hundreds of automated speed camera tickets each year, a Gothamist analysis shows.

By

Liam Quigley


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Mamdani’s redevelopment plan for NYCHA complex in Chelsea spills into DSA

Tenants fighting the city’s plan to demolish and rebuild a public housing complex in Chelsea say it violates the mayor’s socialist principles.

By

Elizabeth Kim


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NYC bars and restaurants say they're struggling and may raise prices

Many establishments also said in a survey they're considering reducing their workforce.

By

Catalina Gonella



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Jersey City mayor names new public safety director, police chief

Acting Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose will step down.

By

Michael Sol Warren


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Gov. Hochul keeps the door open to redrawing New York’s congressional map

The Democratic governor remains open to a constitutional amendment that would make it easier for her party to redraw the lines.

By

Jon Campbell


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Rikers detainee's death is at least the 9th in corrections department custody this year

The 36-year-old man was found dead in his bed, officials said.

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Ryan Kost


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Study links ADHD to NYC’s deadly subway surfing trend

Researchers found 60% of subway surfers they surveyed were diagnosed with ADHD.

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Ramsey Khalifeh

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Stephen Nessen


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Man indicted in stabbing murder of Brooklyn runner Katie Suarez

Prosecutors say Sayed Mohassib, 27, killed Suarez on Oct. 30 along a waterfront running path in Bath Beach. He was arrested Saturday.

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Ben Feuerherd


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