TikTok bride knits her own wedding dress in nine months while on the subway

NYPost.com (Living) 6/19 10:52A Dana Kennedy

At least for designer and TikTok user Esther Andrews, who hand-knit her own bridal outfit over a period of nine months while commuting to work on the New York City subway.

20 Great Parks and Playgrounds to Host a Kids Birthday Party in NYC

Mommy Poppins 6/18 4:47A Jody Mercier

Savvy DIY parents know that New York City's parks make a fun (and inexpensive) backdrop for a birthday bash during the warmer months. Granted, this type of party requires more work than booking one of those all-inclusive packages, but you get to...

15 Teen Activities For New York City's Ultra-Cool Big Kids

Mommy Poppins 6/17 11:15A Raven Snook

It can be tough to be a teen in New York City. They're too old to want the 'rents (that's you, mom and dad) to accompany them everywhere, but many destinations don't allow adolescents without adult supervision. If your high schooler's social life...

Restaurants and hotels lead New York City's job gain, but Wall Street positions tick down

CrainsNewYork.com (Arts) 6/17 10:09A Cara Eisenpress, Amanda Glodowsk

New York City continued adding jobs at a steady pace in May, driven by gains at restaurants and hotels as the city opened up, even as higher-paying finance jobs continued a slow though predicted... To view the full story, click the title link.

Restaurants and hotels lead New York City's job gain, but Wall Street positions tick down

CrainsNewYork.com (Media & Entertainment) 6/17 10:09A Cara Eisenpress, Amanda Glodowsk

New York City continued adding jobs at a steady pace in May, driven by gains at restaurants and hotels as the city opened up, even as higher-paying finance jobs continued a slow though predicted... To view the full story, click the title link.

Elderly New Yorkers rejoice as senior centers reopen

NYPost.com (Living) 6/17 7:21A Reuters

This week, senior centers in New York City welcomed back the elderly for indoor activities after being closed for more than a year.

Lefferts Historic House restoration will include a reckoning with its past

BKMag.com 6/17 6:28A Duncan Freeman

The Prospect Park Alliance will be breaking ground on a $2.5 million restoration of the Lefferts Historic House in the park Friday at noon as part of a sweeping reorientation of the historic site’s...

Where People of Color Can’t Access Opportunity Without a Car

StreetsBlog.org 6/17 1:55A Kea Wilson

Join us in July at the National Shared Mobility Summit — a month of virtual sessions on one topic: THE BIG SHIFT. Our existing physical, social, economic, technological and institutional...

New York will get another marathon, entirely in Brooklyn

BKMag.com 6/16 4:46A Duncan Freeman

Runners rejoice: After a decade of false starts, city officials have finally approved a new marathon to be held entirely in Brooklyn. The inaugural 26.2 mile race to be held in April 24, 2022, with a...

Where to Get a Free Passport Photo in New York City

NYTimes.com (Fashion & Style) 6/15 11:00P Choire Sicha

Is such a thing even possible?

The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Vote of No Confidence

NYMag.com (Vulture) 6/15 4:30P Brian Moylan

I feel like with this episode you could have just put it on the lowest setting of fast-forward and gotten the gist of the whole thing without having to bother with watching it end to end. It’s sort of like putting a podcast on 2x speed to just...

10 Juneteenth events all over Brooklyn—and all weekend long

BKMag.com 6/15 10:48A Brooklyn Magazine

Juneteenth arrives this year just as the borough is coming back to life. And there will be no shortage of events this weekend to commemorate the date that news of President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863...

Serena Shahidi Is Redefining the ‘Girlboss’

NYTimes.com (Fashion & Style) 6/15 9:44A Taylor Lorenz

The TikTok creator speaks frankly about dating and navigating life in New York City in your early 20s.

Where to watch tonight’s fireworks in and around New York City

NYPost.com (Entertainment) 6/15 9:04A Alex Mitchell

The Empire State will wave bye-bye to the coronavirus pandemic with a fireworks extravaganza from various locations at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Here’s what’s new at NYC’s freshly reopened 5-star hotels

NYPost.com (Living) 6/15 5:11A Stacey Lastoe

The bellhops are back this summer. Nearly every hotel in the New York City shut its doors last year. While some of the city’s most iconic rooms for rent — like Rosewood’s tony Carlyle Hotel, as well as the Mark and the Pierre — where quick to...