NYC GUIDES

City Living

The latest tips about living in the city.

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October 19, 2023

The best bar in North America is on the Lower East Side

By Aaron Ginsburg

September 20, 2023

How to start an art collection in NYC

By Lidia Ryan

August 16, 2023

4 NYC seafood spots that will make you feel like you’re on vacation

By Lidia Ryan

July 26, 2023

8 ways to stay cool (and safe) during NYC’s heat wave

By Aaron Ginsburg

July 25, 2023

10 best under-the-radar picnic spots in NYC

By Michelle Cohen

July 14, 2023

Rise Up NYC returns to the five boroughs with 8 free concerts

By Aaron Ginsburg

July 3, 2023

Where to find free outdoor fitness classes in NYC

By Lidia Ryan

June 23, 2023

NYC’s latest casino bid calls for two 46-story skyscrapers across from the Javits Center

By Aaron Ginsburg

June 22, 2023

Union Square’s Regal movie theater is here to stay

By Aaron Ginsburg

June 19, 2023

Chelsea Waterside Park reopens after $15.2M overhaul

By Aaron Ginsburg

Neighborhood Tours

Explore New York’s distinctive neighborhoods.

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October 10, 2023

Your guide to the West Village: New York City’s downtown heart of cultural history

By Michelle Cohen

June 19, 2023

Chelsea Waterside Park reopens after $15.2M overhaul

By Aaron Ginsburg

June 14, 2023

New Jersey’s largest resiliency park can hold up to 2 million gallons of stormwater

By Aaron Ginsburg

May 25, 2023

NYC’s first multi-family geothermal project tops out in Coney Island

By Aaron Ginsburg

April 24, 2023

$700M climate research campus designed by SOM headed to Governors Island

By Aaron Ginsburg

March 27, 2023

Adams proposes NYC’s first composting mandate

By Aaron Ginsburg

January 30, 2023

NYC will require Uber and Lyft to go fully electric by 2030

By Aaron Ginsburg

January 27, 2023

NYC announces plan for $20M biotech hub at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

By Aaron Ginsburg

November 17, 2022

See Snøhetta’s lush public garden now open at 550 Madison Avenue

By Aaron Ginsburg

November 9, 2022

Along with electing Hochul, New York voters approve $4.2B in climate spending

By Aaron Ginsburg

Getting Away

Sometimes you just need to get away.

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November 7, 2023

Have a Thanksgiving-inspired stay at Martha Stewart’s upstate NY farmhouse

By Aaron Ginsburg

September 8, 2023

This unique Hudson, NY home has offbeat charm and plenty of potential for $970K

By Michelle Cohen

August 10, 2023

$2.25M Hudson Valley home with pool and guest house is a mid-century icon

By Michelle Cohen

July 18, 2023

A retreat reborn in Bridgehampton, this $6M home has every detail covered–including the furniture

By Michelle Cohen

July 5, 2023

This $5M home is a rare early 20th-century hidden architectural gem on the Hudson River

By Michelle Cohen

June 20, 2023

A 110-acre woodland sanctuary surrounds this $6M Hudson Valley hilltop estate

By Michelle Cohen

June 14, 2023

This $2.9M live-work space in upstate NY was formerly a Masonic temple

By Devin Gannon

June 12, 2023

Former North Fork general store is now a sweet little $595K beach cottage with separate studio

By Michelle Cohen

June 8, 2023

The Westchester Colonial home of late fashion icon André Leon Talley asks $1.25M

By Michelle Cohen

June 7, 2023

For $1.8M, this design lover’s upstate dream house uses color and texture to update history

By Michelle Cohen

Where I Work

Inside New York City’s unique workplaces.

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September 14, 2021

Ryan Serhant unveils SERHANT. House NYC, high-tech ‘brokerage of the future’ office in Soho

By Dana Schulz

April 12, 2021

This new cookbook grew from the grassroots effort to share baked goods with essential workers

By Dana Schulz

March 11, 2021

We Remember: New Yorkers share stories of loss, light, and love during the COVID pandemic

By Dana Schulz

December 21, 2020

Inside Casey Rubber Stamps: How this tiny rubber stamp shop has survived for 41 years in NYC

By James and Karla Murray

July 21, 2020

The secret history of Julius’, the oldest gay bar in NYC

By James and Karla Murray

June 4, 2020

How this Brooklyn non-profit is producing 500,000+ isolation gowns for NYC hospitals

By Dana Schulz

May 27, 2020

Meet iMakr, the Brooklyn 3D-printer that’s made 5,000 face shields for NYC’s healthcare workers

By Dana Schulz

April 9, 2020

New Yorkers share their ‘silver linings’ during these tough times

By 6sqft

April 3, 2020

6sqft Trivia: How much do you know about New York City heroes over the years?

By 6sqft

March 30, 2020

Behind the scenes at 95-year-old Woodhaven chocolate maker Schmidt’s Candy

By James and Karla Murray

Insider Tours

Get behind the velvet rope to some of the city’s iconic locations.

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August 21, 2023

Inside the trendy Rockaway Hotel, a laid-back beach getaway in NYC

By Lidia Ryan

December 30, 2021

How the Times Square Ball is made

By Dana Schulz

February 12, 2020

Step into a ‘Kaleidoscope’ of color at this year’s New York Botanical Garden Orchid Show

By Dana Schulz

January 23, 2020

Go behind the scenes at Morningside Heights’ Riverside Church and its 400-foot-tall bell tower

By Devin Gannon

November 26, 2019

Take a tour of the NYBG’s Holiday Train Show, now with a new Central Park section

By Dana Schulz

October 14, 2019

PHOTOS: Take a fall foray through the Union Square Greenmarket

By Dana Schulz

April 9, 2019

PHOTOS: See Coney Island’s historic Wonder Wheel get ready for the season

By James and Karla Murray

March 28, 2019

Photos capture the historic glamour of the Waldorf Astoria before its renovation

By Dana Schulz

January 7, 2019

From Brooklyn’s biggest bank to its tallest building: Behind the scenes at the Dime Savings Bank

By Lucie Levine

December 18, 2018

A behind-the-scenes look at Gracie Mansion’s colorfully festive holiday decorations

By Emily Nonko

Home Tours

An inside look of interesting homes.

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June 5, 2020

My 3,000sqft: Architect Wid Chapman renovated his Upper East Side home using color and openness

By Dana Schulz

May 12, 2020

Work from home NYC: Small-space buff Rae Lambert transforms her entryway into a pop-up office

By Dana Schulz

November 19, 2019

My 1,600sqft: In her eponymous shop and Soho loft, designer Michele Varian celebrates creativity

By Alexandra Alexa

October 8, 2019

My 750sqft: A marketing strategist’s passion for sustainability is on full display in her Park Slope pad

By Devin Gannon

September 10, 2019

My 400sqft: How a lifestyle blogger and her husband make small-space living work for them

By Dana Schulz

September 3, 2019

My 2,400sqft: Inside Compass agent Christine Blackburn’s custom-designed Fort Greene home

By Dana Schulz

August 7, 2019

Our 700sqft: See how two musicians (and their instruments) make it work in Greenpoint

By Devin Gannon

July 30, 2019

My 1,400sqft: A bright Chelsea duplex does live-work duty for a hair stylist and her family

By Dana Schulz

July 24, 2019

My 800sqft: See inside the memory-filled, minimalist Village pad of Museum Hack founder Nick Gray

By Devin Gannon

July 16, 2019

My 600sqft: How interior designer Habiba Koroma keeps her grown-up Harlem home kid-friendly

By Devin Gannon