The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball at One Times Square. Photo Courtesy of One Times Square The Preview Period Includes Early Access to New Viewing Deck Overlooking Times Square and Opportunity to Take Home an Official 2025 Crystal Designed for the New Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Tickets NowContinue Reading
Pedestrianized space provides a safer and more enjoyable experience near popular holiday destinations on Fifth Avenue. Credit: NYC DOT Fifth Avenue and Adjacent Side Streets will be Open to Pedestrians and Car-Free on Sunday December 14 from 12pm to 6pm. Holiday Open Streets Give New Yorkers a Rare Chance toContinue Reading
Image: The Central Park Conservancy Davis Center The Central Park Conservancy – the nonprofit civic institution that manages Central Park – officially opened the new Gottesman Rink at the Davis Center. The rink, which replaces the outdated Lasker facility, was conceived as part of a larger re-envisioning of the site by the Conservancy’s landscapeContinue Reading
The Times Square New Year’s Eve 2026 “Wishing Wall” invites visitors to write a personal wish on confetti to be released over Times Square at midnight as part of the roughly 3,000 lb of confetti that rains down during the iconic ball‑drop, symbolizing hope and optimism for the coming year. Photo Courtesy of Times Square AllianceContinue Reading
The Constellation Ball is the biggest Ball yet with 5,280 crystals and LED light pucks. It measures 12.5 feet in diameter and weighs 12,350 pounds. It features Waterford Crystals in circular shapes. Photo Courtesy of One Times Square. The Constellation Ball is the Largest Iteration of the New Year’s EveContinue Reading
Image Courtesy of NYSPRHP Current Passholders Can Renew Online and Save for the Season Order by December 14 to Have in Time for the Holidays The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation announced that the 2026 Empire Pass is now available for purchase. The $80 EmpireContinue Reading
Image: Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche, 20 ft. blue spruce with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs among its boughs and groups of realistic crèche figures flanking the Nativity scene at its base, displayed in the Museum’s Medieval Sculpture Hall. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift ofContinue Reading
Photo by Sean Ingram on Pexels.com Text THANKSGIVING or THXGIVINGESP to 692692 to receive important updates about the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Balloon Inflation event in English and Spanish NYC Emergency Management is once again making it easier for New Yorkers and visitors to “get notified” about theContinue Reading
Image by master1305, iStock New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History reveals that the majority of dogs living today have low but detectable levels of post-domestication wolf ancestry that has likely shaped characteristics including body size, senseContinue Reading
Image Courtesy of South Street Seaport Museum November 26 | 1–3:15pm | Pier 16 | Free Get ready for a booming afternoon on November 26 at the South Street Seaport Museum—a front-row preview of the iconic New York City Thanksgiving Day Parade, a day early in the Seaport! Tickets to theContinue Reading