NEW YORK — New York City’s subways, the nation’s biggest mass transit network, serve more than 6 million daily riders who depend largely on a signal system that dates back to the Great Depression.

After learning photography in Paris, Berenice Abbott began documenting New York City in the early 1930s, tracking changes in its boroughs as part of an effort that would become "Changing New York." ...

Nearly a century after the New York subway introduced its iconic "R1-9" fleet, the agency is putting some of the railcars back into service -- and city residents are jumping on board. The Metropolitan ...

Florence Mendheim “was dedicated to stopping the Nazi threat in this country,” said an archivist at the Leo Baeck Institute. (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — There is zero evidence that Florence ...

Brother, can you spare a dime? -- The little flower and Goliath -- Trouble in the streets -- 'I can't figger what dis city is comin' to' -- All that jazz -- Gotham gets a facelift -- The thing about ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — All aboard! Ride ...

Samuel Leibowitz leaves for court with an armful of books during the Scottsboro case on Nov. 30, 1933, in Decatur, Ala. Thousands of men, women and children gather at Pennsylvania Station on Dec. 7, ...

Google is set to open its New York headquarters in a repurposed 1930s railway terminus near Hudson Square on Monday — and the tech giant says the project was designed with nature in mind. The 12-story ...

Florence Mendheim’s story recalls another era when many refused to take far-right domestic extremism seriously. There is zero evidence that Florence Mendheim was the inspiration for Batgirl. But the ...