As New York City celebrates the 400th anniversary of its founding, National Geographic looks back on more than a century of ...

Millions of spectators are expected to attend America’s 250th birthday bash in the New York Harbor next summer, and one ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After proposed changes to the NYC Ferry system were announced earlier this month, re-establishing a ...

The Prince’s Bay Lighthouse is one of New York City’s oldest surviving lighthouse complexes. Historically known as the Red ...

Seventy years ago, New York and New Jersey teamed up to fight corruption at the docks serving New York Harbor. Using an interstate compact, they created a waterfront commission with police power. That ...

The risks and opportunities of turning 122 industrial acres over to developers.

The first New York female harbor pilot was hired in 1998, and there are now four women working the harbor. “When I was growing up there were no female pilots,” Blake said.

On October 28, 1886, the day Lady Liberty was dedicated, a million people came out in the rain. New York held its first-ever ticker tape parade to celebrate her.

New York Harbor is a dating hot spot for migratory birds. About 40 islands dot the waters around New York City, but only a handful become a hotbed for bird breeding from the end of April to mid-July.

Imagine flying home to New York City and landing on a floating airport right in New York Harbor, or catching the Metro-North not underneath the Beaux Arts Grand Central Terminal, but an hourglass ...