A new cocktail lounge from Legeard Studio and Opus Hospitality has opened in Chelsea, offering ritual-driven cocktails, a glowing bar and a compact small-plates menu.

A $30.9M rebuild will replace Canarsie’s 1960 library with an 11,000‑sq‑ft, mass‑timber branch featuring exposed wood, a recording studio and expanded community space.

A second‑place Mega Millions ticket worth $4 million was sold at Mami Deli & Mini Market in Brooklyn after Friday's drawing.

Gov. Kathy Hochul touted a new labor analysis saying New York leads the nation on pay equity; the state's public update shows narrower gains and big disparities by race.

Online registry Babylist is opening its first East Coast showroom at 477 Broadway in SoHo, bringing its hands‑on demo model to Manhattan.

Blustery, chilly Saturday with gusts near 30 mph and highs in the low 40s. Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for local waters into the evening.

More than 50 modern European masterpieces from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection will be shown at the Brooklyn Museum Oct. 2, 2026–Apr. 18, 2027, as part of a major, shared gift.

City inspection records show 22 violation points for Carbone — inspectors flagged flies and unprotected food, and reporters say the West Village spot wasn't displaying its B grade.

Hydrogen Fitness has leased roughly 25,000 square feet at 145 E. 32nd, bringing the luxury gym chain to Murray Hill in what Crain's calls the neighborhood's largest retail lease in years.

A Brooklyn housing lottery at 2700 Atlantic Avenue lists one‑bedrooms from $761 and two‑bedrooms at $833. Applications are on NYC Housing Connect through May 26, 2026.

Det. Paul Hoppinthal, 33, was arrested inside the 84th Precinct Tuesday night and charged with assault and harassment, local reporting shows.

Darnell "EJ" Jones was sentenced to 145 months for stealing COVID-era unemployment benefits and funneling the money to the Ninedee gang.

A 19-year-old man was slashed in the eye at the First Avenue L‑train station in Manhattan’s East Village; a person of interest was taken into custody and charges are pending.