Pete Van Leeuwen, a founder of Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, talks flavors, competition, and finding the sweet spot where everything comes into balance. […]

View a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include the New York Aquarium, a nightclub in a Chelsea water tower and an aerial view of beachfront homes in Mantoloking, N.J. […]

N.Y. See Photo: a nice day at the beach, if not a particularly nice day. Also: more than you want to know about this crazy weather. […]

A population of ownerless cats have roamed around the Pratt Institute for decades, and Conrad Milster, the chief engineer of the school's steam plant, is fighting to allow them to stay. […]

A 3,600-square-foot, three-bedroom unit in the Dakota had been used by the Portuguese government. […]

The "Sphere," a sculpture by Fritz Koenig, was to have been moved from Battery Park in the late spring of 2012, but it appears there are no plans to relocate it. […]

Promoters for a tribute to George Jones said inspectors shut down the Rodeo Bar, where the concert was to take place, hours before it was to begin. […]

Metropolitan Diary: A security officer at Kennedy Airport's passport control had an unexpected question for a much-traveled businessman. […]

A benefit for the annual Mermaid Parade, to be held at the Bowery Ballroom, is being held to support this year's event, which is in jeopardy of being canceled. […]

For many pedestrians at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, a strange, silver pole bolted onto an uneven patch of sidewalk has blossomed from puzzlement into irritation. […]