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A forbidden snack while studying, exercise to start the day and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. No Food Allowed Dear Diary: It was [...]

Eighth Avenue in Manhattan connects Broadway's theaters to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. But it is also crowded, dirty and sometimes dangerous. This is Street Wars , a weekly [...]

James Barron, who has lived in the city for decades and since 2021 has written the New York Today newsletter, shared how he finds his characteristic quirky tales. This may [...]

A teary night in Manhattan, a familiar sandwich order and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. No Tissues Dear Diary: I was staying with [...]

Seeking a crucial hour of quiet, observations while on the D and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Defying the Jackhammer Dear Diary: I [...]

A surprise at the Met, a hot summer night in Brooklyn and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Favorite Painting Dear Diary: A few [...]

A good day for ice cream, folding paper hearts and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Ice Cream on a Cold Day Dear Diary: [...]

Feedback from an amateur art critic, a dance in Crown Heights and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Critic's Choice Dear Diary: I had [...]

Finding an empty bench on a summer day, shopping for snow boots and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Personal Space Dear Diary: I [...]

An encounter at the Union Square station, a prank on a fall day and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Their City Dear Diary: [...]

Small talk on the M15, an autograph at Yankee Stadium and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. M15 Bus Dear Diary: I was on [...]

Seemingly the only student from a slum in my freshman class at Fu-Jen University in Taipei, I felt unworthy to be among wealthy students who attended summer camps abroad. I [...]

A cabdriver with his own ideas, a shoe washed away in the rain and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Taxi Wisdom Dear Diary: [...]

''I'm sorry I'm stupid,'' my father mumbles. When he struggles to find a word or finish a sentence because of his dementia, he hides his embarrassment and frustration by making [...]

The future is now: The photographer Sinna Nasseri captured images of present-day New York City as it might have been predicted by science fiction films of the 1980s. Among the [...]

Transaction complete, the little girl grips her bag of Skittles and lingers at the concession table. She looks me in the eye and says, ''You're pretty.'' Stunned, because I can't [...]

Overheard on a Broadway bus, a visit to doughnut heaven and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Overheard Dear Diary: I was on the [...]

Seeking the No. 6, a parking spot with something on the side and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Platform Exchange Dear Diary: I [...]

After hosting her friends for a destination event, a recently married reader wonders who should be thanking whom. My husband and I got married in Palm Springs in October. We [...]

Longtime Manhattanites wanted to shorten their 8-year-old son's commute to school. They found a stronger sense of community on the other side of the East River. Over the 24 years [...]

Hugh wept talking about his late wife, his best friend. After that first grief support session, I said to my co-facilitator, ''I don't think Hugh will be back.'' But he [...]

Heading home after a night of dancing, a dog with good intentions and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Song of the Night Dear [...]

A study ranked cities based on data across numerous metrics. We all love our dogs, but when it comes to taking them out for a walk, how much do they [...]

Monday morning on the B, moving to Manhattan and more reader tales of New York City in this week's Metropolitan Diary. Empty Seat Dear Diary: I was on a B [...]

There's a new way to take in the skyline. For Kenzo Digital, a lifelong New Yorker who designed its dreamlike interior, the city was his muse. For much of the [...]

Four years ago, I uprooted myself from California and moved to New York City. The lifestyle in New York is different from what I was used to. I exchanged my [...]

Here's the opposite of fun: One of your 5-year-old twins has fallen from a tall, dangerous playground apparatus, and possibly broken a bone, and so you are in an emergency [...]

This week the Science Times podcast hit the road. I traveled to Chicago for the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science conference. It's a lot like amotorized scientific [...]

During the golden weeks of autumn, it seemed as if everyone in the world wanted to go for a walk with William B. Helmreich. The journalist from Norway. Students who [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDIt didn't take much thought for Stephanie Budijono and Jean-Francois Kagy to decide to settle in New York. They met in Princeton, N.J., as graduate students at Princeton University, [...]

DEAR DIARY: We live in the suburbs of New York City, so we are dependent on cars and pray that trees don't fall on our electric wires. Following are some [...]

TOKYO -- Niwa, one of the Japanese words for ''garden,'' can be applied equally to a large public garden or just one small tree nestled in an outdoor corner, like [...]

THE reconstruction of Park Avenue in Midtown is just getting under way, first with Harry Macklowe's quarter-mile-high apartment house at 56th Street, then with similar projects waiting in the wings. [...]

WHEN Kirsten Sharett met her husband-to-be, he was living in an industrial area in Long Island City, near a raw and rat-infested waterfront. ''He worked at the United Nations, so [...]

DEAR DIARY: Last month, I was walking with my husband and his mother on West 97th Street when I stepped very close to a bird. ''Look!'' I said to my [...]

IT was sometime in the mid-1980s, Carol Peligian recalls, that she told her broker not to telephone her until she'd found her an apartment among the run-down, sparsely populated commercial [...]

''So You're Priced Out. Now What?'' (Jan. 29) described less expensive alternatives to desirable neighborhoods. The Times asked readers to name underrated, affordable neighborhoods. Following are selected comments from nytimes.com: [...]

CORRECTION APPENDED IT may be true that real New Yorkers know the easiest way to eat a slice of pizza while walking is to fold it. And it is probably [...]

ORVILLE DAVIS jokes that there are plenty of city-slickers who make a living shoveling horse dung, but he does it literally. ''I average 2,000 pounds a day -- I've shoveled [...]

COME here to sightsee? It's fine, I guess. You can catch the towering buildings, the store windows, the stunning bridges, the leafy parks. And yes, they're impressive and staggering. But [...]

CORRECTION APPENDED An analytical computer tool developed by Jordan Baris realty -- which it unveiled to the National Association of Realtors, and recently sold for use to a Long Island [...]

MEXICO CITY -- Homero Aridjis, one of Mexico's most revered poets, lives in a large home in the hills of this ancient city, with expensive paintings, imported rugs -- and [...]

UNTIL last winter Puneet and Shelly Tandon were living in central New Jersey, just about equidistant from their offices. They paid $1,800 a month for a two-bedroom rental at the [...]

SEATTLE TO get to the top of the world, Petra Franklin Lahaie ushers her two young daughters and their girly bikes through a set of heavy bronze doors, greets the [...]

IN the 1920s, when Berlin roared with decadence, revolution and cabaret, the quiet, lush resort island of Hiddensee off the German Baltic coast drew fame as a kind of sun-drenched [...]

WAN CHAI used to be best known among foreigners as an area crowded with seedy bars and massage parlors, but it remained popular for locals, filled with historic tenement blocks, [...]

ENTICED by notions of buying a home to grow into, Erica Brembos and her husband, Satya Maganti, thought about getting a big house and a big yard in the suburbs [...]

DEAR DIARY: Sometimes, when threading your way through a New York crowd, you catch a strand of conversation but never see the people conversing. I caught this gem in the […]

IT is tough to be a city puppy when you have been a country girl. Since her arrival, Scout has made two trips into Manhattan, each for only a few […]

DEAR DIARY: During these tough economic times, I was one of the many who did not survive the Bear Stearns merger with JPMorgan Chase. Packing up my office belongings was […]