Newsroom
72 stories from five newsrooms covering a city that argues about tolls, rent, towers and who should be governor.
Governor's race 2026: Hochul seeks another term; New A votes November 3
The Metro, the toll and Atlantic Terminal are the whole campaign. The Public Square has opened an unofficial poll that counts emeralds.
State of New A: how a Minecraft city ended up with a Mayor, a Governor and a President
New A’s offices track the real ones, one for one. Here is who runs what, and why the Public Square argues about all of it.
Progress Heights: the neighborhood New BK built on infill
Established in 2024 on land that did not exist in 2023, with a waterfront facing Man A and the best sunset in the borough.
Port Authority files 2 World Trade Center, a second tower for Lower Man A
Next to the tallest building in the city, a filing with no height yet. The Registry recorded it as under construction.
The President's villager account praises Trump Tower New A; TRMP jumps four percent
'The most beautiful building on First Avenue,' the parody account posted on Independence Day. The Registry has it at eleven floors, 51 blocks.
Kings Plaza rises in Mill Bergen: the mall that will anchor New BK's quiet side
Three floors on Avenue U, the largest retail footprint in the city, and a parking question nobody has answered.
Pix 11 News opens a Long Island studio at 8 Flatbush Avenue
Madison Broadcasting's one-floor newsroom is the first media company on the Registry — and the first business on Long Island that is not a house or a gas station.
Anthropic moves into AI Tower: the first company to bring a model to Progress Heights
Nine floors, 47 blocks, and a resident AI that City Hall would like to hook up to the Public Square.
Governor Hochul rides the Metro to City Hall and pledges state money for Atlantic Terminal
The State of New A will match the toll revenue going into the Downtown New BK dig. The Governor also fixed, personally, one turnstile.
The Tiger Bus goes fare-free on the Man A–New BK loop
A one-year pilot funded from the congestion toll. Ridership doubled in a week; Juniors' line reached the library.
City Hall proposes a rent freeze for stabilized villager homes
Every one- and two-family record in Mill Bergen and Long Island zoned R1 to R3 would hold its rent for two years. Landlords are not pleased.
New B joins New A as the fifth borough
On the city's thirteenth birthday, the upper district becomes a borough in its own right.
Congestion pricing turns one: where the emeralds went
4.1 million emeralds collected. Here is the ledger, line by line, because the Well asked.
Mamdani sworn in on the steps of City Hall; first stop, the Metro
The 2026 administration begins with a rent freeze on the desk, a free bus in the budget and a grocery store on Flatbush Avenue in the plans.
New A elects Zohran Mamdani mayor; the Public Square sets an emerald record
The four boroughs voted the way they always vote, only more so. The new mayor takes office January 1.
Six months of congestion pricing: fewer minecarts, a faster Tiger Bus, and a fight over who pays
Traffic into the zone is down eleven percent. Metro ridership is up. Long Island still hates it.
Villagers swear the old mayor kept a gold vault under City Hall. The Registry went to look.
A rumor born at the Well says congestion-pricing emeralds were stacked in gold blocks beneath the mayor's office. The Land Registry inspected the basement.
Washington moves to end the toll; City Hall says the minecarts keep paying
The federal transportation department pulled its approval of the Congestion Relief Zone. The gantries stayed gold.
A new President in Washington; the Federal Reserve on First Avenue changes the flag
New A is a state of the United States, which means the building at 815 First Avenue has a new boss. The villagers mostly noticed the fireworks.
The Congestion Relief Zone opens: nine emeralds to bring a minecart into Lower Man A
After a year of pauses and lawsuits, the toll gantries on the New BK Bridge and the Flatbush corridor switched on at midnight.
Freedom Street Station reopens after the 2024 rebuild
Lower Man A's transit node returns with wider platforms and a direct Metro link to Downtown New BK.
Ten years of New A: from the first home to the first supertall
A decade after the first walls went up on Mii A Avenue, the city celebrates with fireworks over the bridge.