Costume drama The Gilded Age may seem soapy and dramatic, but its historical inspirations were just as scandalous.

Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-authors suggest that some of New York City mayoral candidate Zohram Mamdani’s ...

Belle da Costa Greene was one of the best-paid women in New York City. As J.P. Morgan’s personal librarian, she criss-crossed the Atlantic in pursuit of rare manuscripts to add to his collection, ...

Three summer exhibitions—at the Morgan Library, the Met and the Park Avenue Armory—shine a light on the work of pioneering ...

The New York City mayor’s race has divided the legal industry, with public-interest attorneys helping insurgent Zohran ...

Two historic Bronx library branches celebrated Wednesday the unveiling of permanent public artworks alongside New York City ...

The Roslyn Landmark Society will host author and preservationist Anthony C. Wood on Friday, July 18, at the Bryant Library, ...

Seeing myself in that situation with Charlie, and being so scared to address things, I was like, Come on, get it together.” ...

These NYC Pride photos from the 1970s depict quintessential queer joy The Hispanic Society Museum and Library is featuring decades-old Kodachrome photographs of New York City Pride marches taken ...

News A new exhibit at the New York Public Library celebrates 'The New Yorker' magazine's 100th anniversary Analyze a mock-up of the first 'New Yorker' website and browse through 2,500 archive boxes!

Back then, the city’s name was officially “New-York,” but the convention of using the hyphen (also once seen in New Hampshire and New Jersey) gradually fell out of practice in the mid 1800s.