The intricacies of New York City’s zoning laws tend to make even the wonkiest of city wonks’ eyes glaze over, but it’s almost impossible to overstate the importance of those byzantine rules and the ...

The interior of the Yale Club. Photo by the Wurts Brothers, courtesy of the New York Public Library. Modern private social clubs (which are usually seen as distinct from fraternal organizations such ...

The New York City housing market could not look more different today than it did at the beginning of the 2010s. The financial crisis in 2008 didn’t hit New York housing as hard as it did in other ...

All along the coast of New York City, hard decisions are being made about how to address the inevitability of sea level rise. An enormous sea wall is rising in Staten Island, massive storm surge gates ...

Philip Dominguez wanted to show me something. We were squeezed into the subway operator’s cab of a test train sitting at the Kings Highway station in Brooklyn. Ahead of us was nothing but perfectly ...

The two towers will surround the James Corner Field Operations-designed park. Renderings: James Corner Field Operations and BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, courtesy of Two Trees Management A new waterfront ...

Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of Times Square and nearly hidden from view from most tourists, you’ll find the Blue Store & DVD, a sex shop located in the shadow of the 52-story New York Times ...

Welcome to the second installment of Neighborhood Tours, a new feature in which Curbed maps out architecturally interesting buildings and sites ripe for an exploratory weekend jaunt. Up next: the ...

The Church of the Holy Communion on the corner of 20th Street and Sixth Avenue is one of the most peculiar structures in New York City. The soaring Gothic Revival building, originally used as an ...

St. Marks Place—the three blocks of East Eighth Street that run from Astor Place to Tompkins Square Park—has become a symbol of the East Village. Head shops serve as a reminder of the street's hippie ...

The complicated history of the Port Morris Branch, a decommissioned rail line in the South Bronx, has recently been brought back into the spotlight. All photos by Nathan Kensinger. Welcome back to ...

Entering SHoP's new office in the Woolworth Building. All photos by Will Femia. Growing, forward-looking architecture firm moves into iconic New York City skyscraper: the symbolism is obvious. But as ...