In this weeks episode of LANDMARKED we are touring a 400 year old townhouse that was shipped to New York City via Amsterdam! Welcome to my NEW series Landmarked where I take you inside the most ...

At the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), a team of scientists just published an interactive map that explores what all five boroughs of New York City looked like 400 years ago—and you can search ...

The city is marking roughly 400 years since it began as a Dutch fur-trading outpost.

Today, we know it as New York City. For many years, this history—particularly the implications of the land “purchase” —has been obscured. Now, four centuries later, it’s coming into view.

Dutch traders had visited the area of North America that is now New York in the early 17th century, but it was not until 1624 that colonists arrived for permanent settlement. By 1660, the colony ...

On Dec. 10, 1624, a Dutch water authority sold a bond for 1,200 Carolus guilders to a woman in Amsterdam, promising to pay 2.5% interest in perpetuity.

A 400-Year-Old House From Amsterdam Hits the Market for $14 Million. The Catch: It’s in New York City.

From Coney Island to Harlem, life in New York City was rapidly changing during the 1920s. Take a photographic journey back to how New Yorkers saw the city a century ago.

Remembering life five years ago when COVID-19 stopped New York City A new book from Manhattan Borough Historian Robert W. Snyder collects dozens of interviews from first responders.

That was the largest earthquake felt in New York City in more than 100 years. The last 5.0 earthquake centered in New York City happened in 1884. The city also felt a 2.6-magnitude earthquake in 2001.