Here's what's open and closed for the national holiday honoring military heroes and marking the unofficial start of summer.
Sightings of whales outside New York City have increased in recent years. Now, scientists are tracking whale songs to find when they visit.
The forecast doesn’t exactly call for summer weather over the holiday weekend, but some brave beachgoers won’t be stopped.
Share your favorite mother-son or mother-daughter photo and sentiments, and we’ll feature it on the New York City Patch.
New York City Patch is celebrating Mother's Day 2021 by sharing mother-daughter or mother-son photos and messages of love.
Five sheep will spend the summer on Governors Island and chow down on baaaaad invasive plant species.
The city's beaches will open Memorial Day Weekend and pools will open in time for the end of school in June, the mayor confirmed Wednesday.
In New York, St. Patrick's Cathedral not only is livestreaming its services, but a limited number of parishioners returned inside as well.
Good Friday is not a government holiday, but many businesses are closed.
The city will restore Sunday pickups, expand litter basket collection, partner with community groups and soon kick off a "clean up corps."
From Seder dinner deliveries to Zoom celebrations, Patch has a guide for how New York City is celebrating its second pandemic Passover.
The dark nights of winter are almost over.
The first day of spring is on March 20 this year.
The holiday honors President George Washington.
An NYC photographer studies love, loss, and heartbreak during a global pandemic.
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The critter emerges in search of a shadow Tuesday.
Many offices will close and service altered to honor Dr. Martin Luther King.
At the peak of the anti-racism protests last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio declared that Juneteenth would become “an official city holiday.”
New York City is lacking the crowds, but millions are still watching the ball drop.
Times Square will be nearly empty for this year's ball drop, but millions will likely tune in online. Here's how to watch for free.
Christmas trees can be taken to local parks to be chipped and recycled.
It's time to get the tree out of your apartment.
Patch readers shared their New Year's Eve plans and thoughts. Here's what they said.
The event was held at the Clinton Community Center on East 110th Street.
The celebration will be unlike any other, and closed to the public.
Confetti rained down Tuesday in Times Square — a small test of what’s to come on New Year’s Eve.
Venturing out with a 2020 hangover? Here’s a helpful guide for what to expect on the first day after the worst year of our lives.
Monday is Good Riddance Day – a day to shred unwanted memories of the past year, and hope for a better new year.
Coronavirus, shutdowns and unrest — relive the events of a year that unfortunately will forever be seared in our memories.
How will you be celebrating the end of an awful year?
More than 400 Patch readers shared their Christmas plan amid a coronavirus surge.
Tickets are still being sold for lavish New Year's Eve parties even as the state stares down a potential shutdown.
It might be too late to mail that late-minute Christmas present. Find out who's shutting their doors for the holidays in the five boroughs.
While you celebrate Christmas at home, see when Santa Claus and his reindeer are scheduled to arrive in New York City.
There will still be ways to celebrate the start of 2021 — or to wish good riddance to a year that many would rather forget.
Public health officials are calling on Americans to stay home this Christmas. If you can’t, here are a few tips to enjoy the holiday safely.
It’ll take more than a stimulus check to afford these extravagant holiday offerings.
What are your plans for celebrating this holiday?
Americans are still encouraged to stay home this Christmas — but should you opt to travel, this is the time to avoid.