Voters voted for it, even if they weren’t sure what it was. But maps are the ideal metaphor for our models of what the world ...

There are many, many maps of New York City. There are the decor maps, sold on Amazon, and the tourist maps, which focus, erroneously, only on Manhattan. There’s the iconic subway map, as well as the ...

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 for ...

New York City's subway map has been largely unchanged since 1979, when a committee led by the Metropolitan Transit Authority laid those now instantly recognizable colors over the streets of the five ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Metropolitan Transportation Agency has unveiled the first new map for the New York City subway system in almost half a century. On Wednesday, the transportation agency ...

It’s a dramatic race to the finish line between traditional politics and a new-age, people-powered-social-media-powered campaign, as New York City prepares to vote for its next mayor. New Yorkers will ...

The waters surrounding New York allowed it to grow into an economic powerhouse. But what has been a blessing is increasingly a threat, as flooding becomes one of the city’s greatest challenges. A map ...