Along New York City’s waterfront, development has spurred the creation of new public spaces regulated down to the level of tree plantings and bicycle parking. Why aren’t resilience measures mandated in a similar way?

By way of natural disaster and human folly, a staggering amount of marine debris litters the waters and shores of an important estuary habitat. Meet the volunteers trying to salvage the situation.

Over a decade in his Queens neighborhood, a photographer sees constant change.

In the middle of a paved Midtown park, tunnel air whirs through 46 huge fans.

In Long Island City, stunted electrical poles mark some of the city's most contested real estate.

The city's plans call for new borough jails to replace those at Rikers. A set of drawings examines land uses in the boroughs' civic centers to consider: Can New Yorkers accept jails as neighbors?

Underwater and out of sight, electricity moves between boroughs through tunnels designed to weather the storm.

Mayor de Blasio promises to close the Rikers Island jail complex in ten years. But what comes next? A look at the island’s history reveals clues — and cautions.

The humble gambrel roofs of Queens’ Dutch Colonial houses cover the borough’s complex history.

Traces of a private water supply system, only recently decommissioned, extend across southeastern Queens.