A raccoon strolled into St. Joseph's Church during a candlelit night mass, days before the Feast of St. Francis. The pastor hopes it was a one-time visit.

The Wildlife Conservation Society and New York Restoration Project are putting hybrid chestnuts back where the tree-killing blight was first spotted in 1904.

P.S. 69's new green schoolyard opens to the public after school hours in a neighborhood ranked 182nd out of 198 for open space.

News 12 got an exclusive first look at the Bronx's only indoor pool, ADA elevator, and new lobby before the center's 75th anniversary.

P.S. 146X in Mott Haven now has a green playground built to soak up rainwater before it floods nearby streets.

A native plant sanctuary at a former Navy burial ground just earned international botanic garden status.

City beaches and pools closed Sunday, but Council Member Shekar Krishnan wants swimming to last a month longer, permanently.

Two overnight lottery campouts under the Unisphere will host 200 New Yorkers this fall, complete with s'mores and provided tents.

A bald eagle was seen over the Bronx this week, another sign the birds are becoming regulars along the borough's waterways.

The new ten-station workout area near East 225th Street replaces aging bocce courts with accessible, free equipment for Bronx River Greenway users.

Passengers on a Brooklyn wildlife boat spotted two whale sharks near Hudson Canyon, a possible future marine sanctuary.

Scientists are tagging baby great whites off Long Island's ritzy shores, tracing pups that vanish south before circling back to the Hamptons.

An 11-foot sunflower on a Crown Heights sidewalk and pokeweed near an Upper Manhattan daycare show just how far this summer's growth has gone.