Newsroom
72 stories from five newsrooms covering a city that argues about tolls, rent, towers and who should be governor.
The pump next door: Church Avenue's OP Gas station fears Kings Plaza will price it out of Mill Bergen
The mall brought a garage, a bus terminal and new money to New BK's quiet side. The one-floor station down the road says it may not survive the rent that comes with them.
Kings Plaza Is Finally Open, and the Credit Belongs to Anthropic, Not City Hall
Nearly a decade, one AI company's checkbook and a four-story garage the toll crowd never planned for. Mill Bergen drivers finally have somewhere to park.
Kings Plaza opens in Mill Bergen: New A's largest mall, a four-story garage and a new bus terminal on Avenue U
Begun in early 2019 and finished this fall, BK-0026 gives New BK's quiet side the shops, the parking and the bus connection it has asked for for years.
Cranes Over Downtown New BK: Critics Say Mamdani's AI-Age Building Boom Is Erasing the Borough's History
Oversized tower cranes now hang over Downtown New BK, and residents say the AI building rush is breaking the borough's continuity. Meanwhile, Trump-era interstates are putting LA within driving distance.
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.
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.