Today Queen Elizabeth plans to visit the site for the first time and will lay a wreath in tribute to the thousands who died in the 9/11 attack, including 67 Britons. Read more.
This 42-year-old arena is preparing to undergo a wholesale overhaul for $775-$850 million. It'll include floor-level luxury suites and two pedestrian bridges suspended over the playing surface. Read more.
Built in 1886, you could hear anarchist Emma Goldman speak one night & on another night attend a society function for New York’s elite. Rumors persist that it was once owned by Al Capone.
This area was originally named Longacre Square but was renamed in 1904 when the NY Times moved to the skyscraper now known as One Times Square at 42nd St., famous for the Times Square Ball drop.
This is where it all begins. Or ends. Where S returned from boarding school, where B headed to Yale, and where D and S struck up an unlikely romance. (I Will Always Love You) Read more.
When you buy tickets online you save 20% and skip the line! Read more.
Try estimating the percentage of women here. On a recent weekday, it was 53%, according to the park's engineer, who considers that a success. "Women are more discriminating park users," he says. Read more.
Paris Hilton grew up here. We asked her what it was like to live in a hotel... Read more.
On the menu, there is nothing too heavy for the ladies who lunch (crab cake salad, roasted cod, etc), and they even serve a lovely afternoon tea with French favorite, Dammann Freres tea. Read more.
Peter Worthington: At some point—maybe now – we have got to amend airport security and start profiling those likely to blow the damn plane up – not patting down three-year-old children. Read more: Read more.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly visited this mosque in May 2010 as part of the department's outreach efforts. He was asked about racial profiling, but most parishioners blamed the media, not the cops. Read more.
PHOTO: Pack a picnic and enjoy lunch under an umbrella, just like Ingrid Bergman on the set of "Walk in the Spring Rain" in 1969! Snap a pic and send your new view to @nydailynews on Twitter! Read more.
Built in the 30s, this was an active railway until 1980. "Friends of the High Line" formed in 1999 with the idea of turning it into an elevated park similar to the Promenade Plantée in Paris.
As you reach the start of the cables walking across the bridge, shoot straight ahead. The arch closest to Manhattan as well as the middle of the bridge also offers spectacular vistas of the city.
Who will get to manage this 1,776-foot-tall office tower? The two bidders are the family-run Durst Organization and Related Cos., an international real-estate developer. Read more.
"NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams likes it so much here that he showed up for work on the 4th of July. Read more.
Catching the "Downtown & Breuckelen Express"? Pranksters have altered the signs at several stations, referring to Brooklyn's original name in the 1600s. But look fast: the MTA considers it vandalism. Read more.
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This landmark 1913 theater is said to be haunted by Louis Borsalino, an acrobat who fell to his death during a performance here in the 1950s.
This theatre was built in 1921 by Irving Berlin & Sam Harris. Its longest running play was Deathtrap in 1978 in which actress Merian Seldes never missed one of the 1,609 performances.
"A specific goal of this building was not to make a big noise," says the architect of Goldman's new, $2.5 billion headquarters. But check out the mural by Julie Mehretu in the glass-walled lobby. Read more.
Titanic passengers would have docked here at Pier 59. Survivors were rescued on Cunard's RMS Carpathia who dropped off Titanic's lifeboats at Pier 59 & dropped off survivors at Pier 54.
Have you seen Mickey? The Ear Inn sits in an 1817 building that has been home to a bar for much of its existence and is supposedly haunted by a frisky sailor named Mickey.
On Sept. 20, 1853, the Otis Elevator Company was launched when Elisha Otis made his first elevator sale here to Benjamin Newhouse who wanted the elevator for his furniture factory.
The gay rights movement began here during a riot on June 28, 1969. Today, Gay Pride events are held annually throughout the world toward the end of June to mark the Stonewall riots.
This is a 31-story NYC Designated Landmark originally built in 1885 to designs by Francis H. Kimball. It is one of the first buildings in Manhattan to have step-like recessions in the walls.
This is one of the few surviving colonial-era churches in NYC. George Washington, along with members of the U.S. Congress, worshipped here on his Inauguration Day, on April 30, 1789.
This Memorial was built in the 19th century & marks the location of the first capital of the nascent United States where George Washington took his first oath of office.
Opened in 1837 as America's 1st fine dining restaurant. Operated by the Delmonico family during the 19th & early 20th century, it was subsequently reopened by other restaurateurs under the same name.
The island's name stems from British colonial times when the colonial assembly reserved the island for the exclusive use of New York's royal governors.
This building is said to be haunted by a young woman named Elma Sands who was murdered in 1799 and dropped in a well which is now in the restaurant's basement.
This Romanesque was built in 1885 and designed by Napoleon Lebrun, architect of the Metropolitan Life building at Madison Square.
Union Square is home to four historical monuments: Mohandas Gandhi, the Marquis de Lafayette, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Can you find all of them?
Opened on March 28, 1927 with the musical Rufus LeMaire's Affairs and the current home to Phantom of the Opera, the longest-running production in Broadway history.
This triangle shaped building was built in 1902 and is considered the World's first Skyscraper. It has become famous in recent years as the setting of The Daily Bugle in the "Spider-Man" movies.
This modern marvel is one of the first steel skeleton skyscrapers. It was designed by Louis Sullivan, considered by many to be the creator of the modern skyscraper.
Original home of The Lyric Theatre, built in 1903. It hosted such notable shows as Cole Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen. It was demolished in 1996 and reopened in 1998 for the musical Ragtime.
This building dates back to 1794 and was opened as a porter house in 1847, making it New York City's oldest bar. Be on the lookout for pirate ghosts who are said to frequent the bar.
The original building where the 26th President of the United States lived from birth until he was 14 years old was demolished in 1916. It was rebuilt here in 1919 by the Theodore Roosevelt Association
This theater was home to the 1925 Broadway production of "No, No Nanette", financed by Harry Frazee, owner of the Red Sox who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919.
This building was finished in Jan 2000 as part of a larger project to redevelop 42nd St. It is the 12th tallest building in New York City and the 41st tallest in the United States.
The Empire State Building opened ahead of schedule in 1931 taking only one year and 45 days to build. It is currently the tallest building in NYC.
The theatre is named after famous composer George Gershwin & lyricist Ira Gershwin. It has the highest seating capacity of any Broadway theatre with 1,933 seats.
At the height of Cold War tensions, Julius Rosenberg was arrested here at his home and charged with providing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. He & his wife were both convicted in 1951.
This is one of the oldest synagogues in the U.S., first built by Jews from Eastern Europe in 1887. It was designed by architects Peter and Francis William Herter.
In 1853-54, NY's first world's fair, the Crystal Palace Exhibition, took place here. A huge iron-and-glass structure was erected to house 5,272 exhibitors from 23 foreign nations and across the U.S.
Guests at the Algonquin Hotel claim to see ghostly members of The Round Table, a group that included writers such as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Franklin Pierce & Harpo Marx.
The Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883. It was the longest suspension bridge in the world from its opening until 1903 and the first steel-wire suspension bridge.
Construction began in 1890 and it was named after Andrew Carnegie, who paid for its construction. It opened May 5 1891 with a concert conducted by Walter Damrosch & composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Work began in 1858 but was halted during the Civil War and resumed in 1865. It was completed in 1878 and dedicated on May 25, 1879. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
The Chrysler Building was built at an average rate of four floors per week & was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State Building in 1931.
Originally, the Dakota had sixty-five apartments with four to twenty rooms, no two being alike. It was the setting for 'Rosemary's Baby' as well as the shooting death of John Lennon on Dec 8, 1980.
After completion in 1903, the Williamsburg Bridge set the record for the longest suspension bridge. The record was broken in 1924 when the Bear Mountain Bridge was completed.
Gracie Mansion was built in 1799. A different building was commandeered by George Washington on roughly the same site during the American Revolutionary War, as it strategically overlooked Hell Gate.
This 12 acre zoo opened on July 3, 1935 as a part of a larger revitalization program of city parks, playgrounds and zoos. The zoo presents three themed exhibition venues.
The Staten Island Peace Conference was held here on Sept 11, 1776, which unsuccessfully attempted to end the American Revolutionary War. It's the only pre-Revolutionary house still surviving in NYC.
The father of modern mystery and the macabre spent some of his final years in the Bronx, and wrote several well-known works in this cottage, including the poems "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells”.
The new stadium opened on April 2, 2009, when the Yankees hosted a workout day in front of fans from the Bronx community. The Yankees are the only team to inaugurate 2 stadiums with World Series wins.
The lighthouse was first established in 1889 in Sandy Hook, NJ, where it stood until 1917. It was reconstructed here in 1921 & was in operation until 1947.
The United Nations relocated here from its first headquarters in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, in 1951.
This unique 34 floor skyscraper was completed in 1986 and was once home to Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities on the 17th through 19th floors.
The zoo was not part of the original design for Central Park but spontaneously evolved in 1859 from gifts of exotic pets and other animals informally given to the Park.
In a hit orchestrated by John Gotti, Gambino family crime lord Paul Castellano and his henchman, Thomas Bilotti, were gunned down as they exited this restaurant December 16, 1985.
This was originally called the Pan Am Building & was the largest commercial office building in the world when it opened on March 7, 1963.
The 67 tracks are numbered according to their geographic location in the terminal building rather than the trains' destinations, because all of the trains terminate at Grand Central.
On April 3, 1973, Motorola researcher Martin Cooper made the first call via cellular phone to his rival Joe Engel of AT&T's Bell Labs, who was trying to beat him in the development of a cell phone.
This is the ninth-tallest building in New York City and the 39th tallest in the U.S. At completion, it was revealed that the building exceeded its height limit by approx 14 feet.
The Starbucks was once a barbershop & location of one of history's most notorious mob hits on October 25, 1957 when Albert Anastasia was shot to death.
