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parks
Yesterday at 3:29 p.m.
Maybe Manhattan Needed a Beach
The Gansevoort Peninsula is a sweet, sandy little respite.
By
Clio Chang
architecture
Oct. 2, 2023
What Was Trump Tower?
His co-star, his political launch pad, his longest-term companion.
By
Christopher Bonanos
environment
Sept. 29, 2023
Scenes From a Flooded New York
Subway evacuations, school day chaos, a missing mayor, and at least one fugitive sea lion.
By
Curbed Staff
street fights
Sept. 29, 2023
How to Fake-Own the New Yorker Hotel
A fraudster got himself a rent-stabilized lease at the Hell’s Kitchen landmark. Then he tried to take it over.
By
Clio Chang
street fights
Sept. 28, 2023
A $50,000 Permit May Have Killed the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade
But there may still be hope for your bichon frise dressed as Oppenheimer.
By
Clio Chang
street view
Sept. 27, 2023
Light-Drenched Offices Fill the Shell of Domino Sugar
A refinery with a dirty past, spotlessly reimagined.
By
Justin Davidson
developing
Sept. 21, 2023
Eric Adams’s Big Housing Plan Is 100 Small Ideas in a Trenchcoat
A lot of them are good. But can he push them through neighborhood resistance?
By
Christopher Bonanos
the eavesdropper
Sept. 21, 2023
Listening In At News Corp
A few hours after the news broke that Rupert Murdoch would be stepping down.
By
Adriane Quinlan
openings
Sept. 20, 2023
Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake’s ‘Golf-Infused’ Midtown Bar
An entire block filled with golf simulators and New York’s largest indoor TV.
By
Clio Chang
street view
Sept. 20, 2023
Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World Was in Queens
A museum to a cultural legend emphasizes his unpretentious life at home.
By
Justin Davidson
the rent is too damn high
Sept. 18, 2023
Zombie Renovations Are Coming
Landlords are claiming that work completed decades ago is grounds to take a building out of rent regulation. What’s a tenant supposed to do?
By
Clio Chang
black rock city
Sept. 14, 2023
A Brief Oral History of a Muddy Burning Man
“We were teasing this camp of furries next to us all week long. Turns out they saved our lives.”
As told to
Anya Kamenetz
street view
Sept. 13, 2023
Need Housing? Need a Rail Line? Stack Them Up.
Studio V’s proposal for a Borough Park rail cut.
By
Justin Davidson
drag queens
Sept. 12, 2023
The Trashy, Freaky, DIY East Village Scene That Birthed Modern Drag
Where RuPaul, Lady Bunny, and Lypsinka got their start.
By
Hugh Ryan
amenity wars
Sept. 11, 2023
New York City’s 15,000 (and Counting) Private Pools
Over the past 50 years, developers have been on a pool-construction spree while the city has built just a handful.
By
Nicolas Kemper
and
A.L. Hu
please be advised
Sept. 11, 2023
Ask an Airbnb Host If You Can Rent Their Apartment
With a little convincing, that soon-to-be de-listed garden unit could be yours.
By
Clio Chang
neighborhood news
Sept. 8, 2023
4 Precarious Plots on Fifth Avenue
A construction project has become a nightmare for the neighbors.
By
Kim Velsey
look book
Sept. 7, 2023
The Look Book Goes to the U.S. Open
We chatted with tennisgoers at the American Express Fan Experience tent.
By
Kelsie Schrader
housing
Sept. 5, 2023
Airbnb Hosts Are Feeling Abandoned
As the city prepares to crack down on short-term rentals, the hosts say the company is out of its depth.
By
Molly Osberg
brick and mortar
Sept. 1, 2023
8 Especially Excellent New Shops
The best of the many stores that have popped up around the city lately.
By
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
getting around
Aug. 31, 2023
VanMoofers After the Bankruptcy
Will the Dutch e-bike’s acquisition by a new company be enough to restore riders’ faith?
By
Clio Chang
architecture
Aug. 31, 2023
Inside the City’s Gleaming New Performance Cube
The Perelman Performing Arts Center is a standout at the reconstructed World Trade Center site. Will people come?
By
Justin Davidson
look book
Aug. 31, 2023
The Look Book Goes to East Hampton Library’s Authors Night
More than 2,000 people showed up at the annual fundraiser to meet everyone from Misty Copeland to Robert Caro.
By
Kelsie Schrader
and
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
mysteries
Aug. 30, 2023
Atelier Jolie Has Been Defaced
The former Basquiat studio turned Angelina Jolie concept project has been painted pink.
By
Clio Chang
neighborhood news
Aug. 30, 2023
It’s Not a Chess Club. It’s Club Chess.
The game of kings has become an unlikely downtown craze.
By
Bindu Bansinath
getting around
Aug. 30, 2023
‘Just Befriend the Doorman and Don’t Arouse Suspicion’
E-bike riders are sneaking past their buildings’ bans with flattery (and sometimes deception).
By
Clio Chang
mysteries
Aug. 29, 2023
How Fort Greene Park Got Fenced In
To maintain its grass, my local park was carved up by wooden posts and caution tape.
By
Kim Velsey
climate change
Aug. 28, 2023
What If Wind Turbines Got a Makeover?
From Western New York to Ocean City, New Jersey, fights against wind farms often begin with how they look.
By
Chris Stanton
are u coming?
Aug. 25, 2023
Is There a Serial Killer Stalking the Brooklyn Mirage?
Or maybe this EDM club is just too big and messy.
By
Brock Colyar
urban fauna
Aug. 21, 2023
New York Is Overrun by Rats and Feral Cats
And yet.
By
Clio Chang
mental health
Aug. 21, 2023
A Treatment Program Kept Binzai From Killing Himself, But Now It’s in Peril
A staff and funding shortage threatens the future of a mental-health lifeline for Chinese immigrants.
By
Rong Xiaoqing
loud town
Aug. 18, 2023
Noise Horror Stories From Our Readers
Readers respond to Curbed’s Noise Week.
By
Curbed editors
getting around
Aug. 16, 2023
Why Subway Surfers Find It So Hard to Quit
After four surfing deaths this year, Michael stopped. But so many kids he knows are still chasing the high.
By
Joshua Needelman
long island
Aug. 14, 2023
They Tried to Make a ‘New Hamptons’
The New York
Post
chose the unsuspecting town of Atlantic Beach.
By
Clio Chang
the city
Aug. 14, 2023
The Candy Sellers
The lives and livelihoods of some of the city’s newest migrant children.
By
Jordan Salama
crowd control
Aug. 11, 2023
Vlogging and Rapping Through the Kai Cenat Giveaway in Union Square
“I already knew it was going to be chaos because his fan group is just too strong.”
As told to
Kelsey Weekman
loud town
Aug. 11, 2023
Redesigning the Siren
What if the piercing sound of emergency vehicles was replaced by something else altogether?
By
Yessenia Funes
loud town
Aug. 10, 2023
A Woman Screaming Blood of Christ and 5 a.m. Construction
Six noise horror stories.
As told to
Laura Thompson
loud town
Aug. 9, 2023
The Noise Next Door
Tyquan Pleasant knocked on his neighbor’s door to ask her to stop the ear-shattering music and banging. Shaun Pyles heard a threat.
By
Adriane Quinlan
cityscape
Aug. 9, 2023
What’s That New Glass Building Attached to the Old Met Life Tower?
One Madison Avenue will house offices for IBM and a Daniel Boulud steakhouse.
By
Audrey Wachs
loud town
Aug. 8, 2023
Arline Bronzaft Will Talk to Your Noisy Neighbor
“I deal with sex. I deal with crime. It goes beyond noise.”
By
Clio Chang
who’s selling
Aug. 7, 2023
Rudy Giuliani Is Selling His Upper East Side Co-op
The corner three-bedroom has lots of original details if a buyer can get past the fact that it was once raided by the FBI.
By
Clio Chang
neighborhood news
Aug. 7, 2023
Voguing Through the Pain at O’Shae Sibley’s Memorial
Hundreds gathered at the vigil for the dancer, whose killing has been charged as a hate crime.
By
Bindu Bansinath
loud town
Aug. 7, 2023
Barely Surviving the Sounds of New York City
Hyperacusis is a rare medical condition that can make ordinary noises painful. Rarer still — having it and living in Manhattan.
By
Clio Chang
long island
Aug. 4, 2023
A Basement Housing Bill Killed by Conspiracists
Huntington seemed poised to legalize ADUs. Then things got weird.
By
Molly Osberg
architecture
Aug. 4, 2023
The Last Painted Doors of Ridgewood
Faux
wood graining is an architectural quirk of the neighborhood. And a dying trade.
By
Clio Chang
furniture
Aug. 3, 2023
The Most Instagrammed Bench in Brooklyn
Dumbo’s highly photogenic intersection at Water and Washington gets seating designed by Bjarke Ingels.
By
Clio Chang
street view
Aug. 3, 2023
The Two Newest Luxury Towers Are a Mood
Charcoal and bronze dominate at Brooklyn’s tallest building and Adjaye’s latest.
By
Justin Davidson
look book
Aug. 3, 2023
The Look Book Goes to the Blade Aqua Lounge
Passengers were on their way to the Hamptons, via helicopter and seaplane, for a long weekend.
By
Kelsie Schrader
and
Jenna Milliner-Waddell
right to shelter
Aug. 2, 2023
‘We Can’t Sleep Because of the Worry’
Overnight at the Roosevelt Hotel, where hundreds of migrants are still waiting for somewhere to go.
By
Luis Feliz Leon
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