Most people who walk through Central Park, from tourists to lifelong New Yorkers, have no idea of the history under their feet. In 1825, a 25-year-old African American shoe shiner named Andrew ...

Historical Archaeology, Vol. 42, No. 1, Living in Cities Revisited: Trends in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Urban Archaeology (2008), pp. 97-107 (11 pages) African Americans in antebellum New York ...

NOTE: The date of this event has changed since this story was first published. It will now take place Sunday, June 18. The serene setting of one of New York City’s first African American communities ...

If you love good wine, this lakeside town in upstate New York is the perfect home base, at the start of a wine trail ...

The city of New York is honoring the Black lives lost to racial injustice and systemic racism through a new exhibition on display in the historic Seneca Village. On Sept. 17, the Say Their Names ...

He served as Manhattan borough historian from 1997 to 2005. He also dug deeply into the history of Seneca Village, a mostly Black settlement in what became Central Park. By Richard Sandomir One day ...

With Covid-19 generally having had its way in recent years, shuttering many venues at which jazz musicians were accustomed to performing, it is a pleasure to hear an actual concert with a real live ...

Visit the charming little Finger Lakes village outside of Watkins Glen State Park that has more wineries, distilleries, and breweries than you can imagine.