While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

In researching her new book, 'Women of War,' author Suzanne Cope found a whole new side of her grandmother. In an exclusive ...

The Bow Tie Cinema was built over the historic Beacon Theater, which opened in 1927. Among the findings: Carved columns, ...

Artists Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs are asking $1.25 million for a 118-year-old boat docked at Staten Island.

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Image Globalization didn’t work for everyone, including immigrants, seen here at Ellis Island, who were poked ... Kaya & Blank for The New York Times Economic independence became a goal in ...

Patrick Adiarte, the actor best known for his role as Ho-Jon in the pilot season of M*A*S*H, has died, aged 82. The actor starred as an orphaned houseboy in the much-loved 1970s comedy from 1972 to ...

Adiarte was born in Manila in 1943, lost his father during World War II and was ... Adiarte arrived at Ellis Island in New York. Just five years later, both he and his mother landed dancing ...

I think of that decision of hers and am in awe of her bravery and enterprise. My granny, as she was affectionately known, ...

Zohran Mamdani’s unexpectedly popular campaign is raising the question of what a socialist might accomplish as mayor of NYC.

Over the course of their two-year stay, the trio had built a small homestead on Smith’s Island, an oblong-shaped piece of land twice the size of Ellis Island in New York Harbor. A cleared acre ...