In works from digital dérives to a floating opera, artists bring new perspectives to New York City's most damaged environments.

Organizers in Flatbush are fighting for the preservation of an African burial ground — to honor the dead, and protect a living community's future.

Removing a vault can cost up to $150,000.

With origins in a massive underground oil spill, the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center is seeding future generations of neighborhood activists.

Blue rectangles say someone is home.

Like reading the rings of an old tree, decoding the perplexing last century of ridership on the Long Island Rail Road casts light on the development of both a transit system and the identities of the places it passes through.

Drawing on census records, newspaper ads, and more from the city's archives, activists call attention to the legacy of slavery embedded in the names of familiar streets and neighborhoods.

Warmth feels out of place, but oozes anyway, in this barren angular nook.

Both the visitors and the park beg the park to be more than a park.