Filling in the Harlem River, which is seven miles long and on average more than 400 feet wide, while leaving room for a beautiful stream in the center, would create 400 to 800 acres of land—four ...

The city could be washing away $1.4 billion on its Manhattan flood-prevention plan because its new East River Park design is two feet too short, according to a new analysis of the controversial pro… ...

Earlier this year, the city told residents to expect construction to start in the spring on the $1.45 billion project to raise East River Park on top of eight feet of fill, part of the city’s ...

As early as 1856, there was talk of filling in the East River to connect Brooklyn and New York. The idea came from State Senator Cyrus P. Smith, a former mayor of Brooklyn, ...

A couple of years ago we looked back at the terrible 1924 traffic congestion solution, in which the plan was to drain the East River.Turns out the people of the past also had big plans for the Hudson.

In March, 2022, construction began on the Hospital for Special Surgery's Kellen Tower. A locked gate blocks access to the ...

Before Hurricane Sandy swallowed Lower Manhattan nine years ago, I had recently moved back to New York. I remember looking out at the East River and thinking how magnificent the city was. Then the ...

An overhauled section of East River Park that had been closed for nearly four years as part of a $1.5 billion flood protection project reopened this week.

The MTA will be swapping the East River crossing points of the F and M trains, in a move meant to simplify the route across a ...

A rendering of the Plus Pool in the East River — the actual test pool slated to open in 2025 will be smaller. Photo: + Pool I was doing water-quality measurements in New York and the founders ...

Ninety feet below the East River, Amtrak’s 110 year-old train tunnels are slowly filling with salty water dripping on high-voltage cables as steel is nearly corroded to dust.

Bike, walk, or run along a newly accessible stretch of the East River at a new park on the East River Greenway! Menu Search. Log in Subscribe. ... To fill in this gap on the eastern shoreline, ...