Contact with life’s sharper edges guides artist Guadalupe Maravilla’s quest to assist the most vulnerable New Yorkers.

Ordering pad thai on an iPad in the muzak of a takeout food chain created in the pressure cooker of the post-pandemic economy.

At an experiment in collective dining, sitting between food justice and conspicuous consumption

At one of the country’s largest food distribution hubs, a logistical choreography keeps our fish fresh.

Plants in a Staten Island garden — and the communities that sustain them — bloom in genders beyond binaries.

Comfort, consistency, and intimacy at the corner greengrocer

A redeveloped Rockefeller Center draws tourists from around the globe as well as locals to a place that feels, surprisingly, authentically New York. How are its owners stewarding the storied complex into a second century?

Urban agriculture today extends from small community gardens to commercial hydroponics. New York City seeks to cultivate its many benefits.

A pedestrian plaza in Queens is widely celebrated for its worldliness. But beneath a colorful surface are more radical lessons in coexistence.