”Summer Streets” weekends are back, and this year’s main Manhattan route extends all the way up to W. 200th St. from the Brooklyn Bridge, its longest route ever, stretching more than 10 miles. ( Photo: DOT) Summer Streets Will Stretch From Brooklyn Br. to W. 200th St. The NYC Department of Transportation’s annual “Summer Streets” program is gearing up, meaning that dedicated stroll-takers... News 02 Jul 2025 | 10:48
A protest downtown in Foley Square on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court majority opinion draft on the future of Roe v. Wade was leaked. Photo: Abigail Gruskin A Day Of Protest When a procession of larger-than-life cutouts of six Supreme Court justices’ faces bobbed over a crowd of thousands in Foley... News 05 May 2022 | 01:42
Tens of thousands packed Foley Square before a march to Battery Park Friday as park of the Climate Strike NYC, a movement led by 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) 'We Will Make Them Hear Us' Thousands of young people flooded the streets of Lower Manhattan Friday afternoon, chanting and waving protest signs, all... News 23 Sep 2019 | 12:28
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