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The city is shutting down the Brooklyn Banks, a beloved Manhattan skate park that's been a destination for visiting skateboarders since it was built in the early 1970s.

The Department of Transportation say the ...

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"The Oscars of the East Coast," is what Donatella Versace called Monday night's Costume Institute Gala Benefit event at the Metropolitan Musuem of Art -- and the event was certainly as glitzy as any Hollywood production. Stars in their fanciest fashions strolled down the red carpet to celebrate ...

Today is Arbor Day and for Million Trees NYC, an initiative with NYC Parks and NY Restoration Project, that means it's practically Christmas! To celebrate their holiday, Million Trees enlisted volunteers to plant 70 trees in a Bed-Stuy neighborhood.

Million Trees NYC relies on community ...

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After years of waiting, Bronx residents now have an upgraded, $35 million Macombs Dam Park to be proud of.

The state-of-the-art park is built on the rooftop of the two-story Ruppert Plaza ...

Rose Spinna and Christina Sue (Photo by Margaret Teich)

'Could you please repeat the word?' asked 10-year-old Arvind Mahankali of Forest Hills Montessori School.

The word was repeated.

'C-A-L-U-M-N-Y. Calumny,' Mahankali said. ...

Hundreds of flights were canceled, the Port Authority remains open, but Greyhound, Megabus, Bolt Bus, and Peter Pan Lines buses have been canceled today and students were off from school -- only the ninth time since 1982, but the second time this year.

As of mid-day, the snow accumulation measures ...

New York Fashion Week is underway at Bryant Park, but it is the last time the midtown park will host the event. Fashion Week will be moving to Lincoln Center. You can catch a glimpse of the fashionistas at Bryant Park until next Thursday.

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Eleven years have passed since Amadou Diallo, an unarmed 22 year old from Guinea, was killed by four New York City police officers in the doorway of his Bronx apartment building. Just after midnight on February 4th, 1999, 41 shots were fired at Diallo in the doorway to his Bronx ...