Discover why New York City is the most populous U.S. city, boasting over 8.3 million residents across its five boroughs.

A map created by Newsweek shows where more than 200 brush fires have ignited in New York City in a record-breaking event over the past two weeks.

The New York City Marathon draws 50,000 runners who take on a difficult 26.2-mile course through the five boroughs.

The map - which is, thankfully, hypothetical, but based on expert finding from Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear historian at the Stevens Insitute of Technology - shows the impact of a 20-kiloton nuclear bo ...

A new New York City subway map has been unveiled by the MTA. A lot has changed on the subway in the last 45 years, including stations, train cars, platforms, and even how we pay.

Large cities, like New York City and Los Angeles, as well as state capitals in Texas and Florida, saw significant population decreases during the pandemic, but new census data has revealed that U ...

The New York City Districting Commission released its first draft map of new City Council districts on Friday, the first major step in updating the council lines after the 2020 Census. The Districting ...

Add up the million or so buildings in New York City, and you get something on the order of 1.7 trillion pounds of weight pressing on the earth—and that’s not even counting all the other ...

This map combines two publicly available NYPD datasets and Gothamist’s own data to show block-level concentrations of gun violence over four years.

The population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York.

A recent study shows how fast cities along the East Coast are sinking, with some serious hot spots in NYC. See where, why and maps.

Boosted by a surge in foreign migrant border-crossing, New York State’s population has rebounded from its post-pandemic lows since 2022, according to updated Census Bureau estimates. As of mid-2024, ...