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. […]

In this animation, a New Yorker looks forward to the city’s bike share program and reminisces about riding his bike when the city was very different. […]

Kellam Clark, using a museum's trash, turned a rented Crown Heights warehouse into a place for him to live and for transient musicians, writers and others to find inspiration. […]

James J. Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo, made his foray into the world of Twitter on Thursday, looking to share his observations of animals on view and behind the scenes. […]

The city added more people since 2011 than all the other cities in the metropolitan area combined, according to a new analysis of census results. […]

Metropolitan Diary: A customer newly arrived from the Midwest discovered that a Macy's jewelry repair clerk didn't have time for her full name. […]

In his announcement that he is running for mayor, Anthony D. Weiner describes himself as a force to be reckoned with on three key issues. But while Mr. Weiner was known as a fighter, he was not so well known for making a difference. […]

When asked about Anthony D. Weiner's candidacy for mayor, some readers said the scandal that drove him from office two years ago would guide their vote and others said it was unimportant. […]

The Lubavitcher movement has released a video and held a forum with a theme overlapping a campaign of the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which suggests Jesus was "the original hipster." […]