“Ancestral Ecologies,” by artist Olalekan Jeyifous and architect AD-WO, uses animism - the belief that all animals, plants, rocks, rivers and objects are spiritual beings - as a way to examine modern human relationships with the natural world.
A new 26-story mixed-use tower is on deck for Long Island City, with permits filed this month for a concrete high-rise at 37-09 36th Avenue in Queens. The building would climb to roughly 285 feet and deliver about 243,359 square feet of floor area spread across residential, commercial and community uses. The tower portion is slated to hold 99 residences, as part of a broader site plan that would total nearly 198 dwelling units on the lot. Demolition filings for the low-rise building currently on the property are already in, and developers have not yet announced an estimated completion date.
Anyone with information regarding the incident can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
The entrance is at 45th Street and Madison Avenue, and gives a new alternative to getting to the station's platforms, which are 15 stories beneath the street. Commuters can also access the station via Grand Central Terminal and several other entrances and elevators built in nearby skyscrapers.
Police say Castro and his mother were killed after a fire tore through their Brooklyn apartment Saturday. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Over the weekend, grief poured into the Bonnie Youth Clubhouse, where parents, players and fellow coaches gathered to remember a man many described as the heart of the organization.
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said the agreement will also allow the MTA to rake in a projected $1 billion over time from lease payments and property tax revenues for the site. Those dollars will go toward the agency's capital program, he said. Lieber also noted just how important the East Side LIRR terminal is.
Starting May 26, The Ordinary is launching a free, limited-run shuttle called The Ordinary Bus, connecting Domino Park in Williamsburg directly to Prospect Park. The service will run through June 9 and is designed to cut one of Brooklyn's most frustrating journeys roughly in half.
Commissioned by a growing and well-to-do Episcopal congregation in the 1880s in what is now Crown Heights, one of Brooklyn's finest architects and also a local resident, George Poole Chappell was inspired by the British Arts and Crafts movement and Richardsonian Romanesque when he designed St. Bartholomew's Church and rectory using local materials in a park-like setting.
Police could still be seen on the platform of the New Lots Avenue station after a man had been fatally struck by a northbound 3 train just before 12:45 a.m. on May 19. Sources familiar with the investigation say the incident occurred when a man left his backpack on the train, only to return and discover it had been taken by another rider. The straphanger confronted the apparent thief, and the pair had some kind of physical altercation that moved between the train cars.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City Emergency Management on Monday activated the city's heat emergency plan, which includes opening cooling centers, ramping up outreach to vulnerable populations and coordinating with utilities and healthcare providers.
