Gilbert Ray Hodges (April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman and manager who played most of his 18-year caree...

Washington Irving, America’s first accomplished professional writer, was born in Lower Manhattan on April 3, 1783, the same week New Yorkers

Nicholas Murray Butler (April 2, 1862-December 7, 1947), although from Elizabeth, New Jersey, was affiliated with Columbia University in NYC for 60 years. He...

Award-winning Political journalist and MSBC TV host Rachel Maddow was born on April 1, 1973, in Castro Valley, California, to an attorney, Robert, and a scho...

Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Walken is known for his extreme wide variety of screen roles, from his Academy Award winning performance in ‘The Deer...

Norah Jones is a 9-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and pianist. She has won multiple awards and has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. ...

Known in recent years as a NY Knicks broadcaster on the MSG network for his entertaining use of rhyme and his extensive vocabulary in his commentary, Walt le...

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was born on March 28, 1986, in Yonkers, New York, to Cynthia and Joseph Germanotta. She was raised on the Upper West Side...

While Sarah Vaughan, one of the greatest jazz singers in history, although not wholly a New Yorker, launched her career at Harlem's Apollo Theatre in 1942 as...

Born in Switzerland on March 26, 1879, Othmar Amman was New York City's premiere designer of bridges. He designed more than half of the 11 bridges that conn...

"A Feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men". - Gloria Steinhem. Today is Gloria Steinem's 86th birthday. Born in ...

Harry Houdini, perhaps the most famous magician, vaudeville entertainer and escape artist in history, was a New Yorker. Harry Houdini was born Erich Weisz on...

New York City, with nearly 9 million residents would never have been able to develop and sustain itself as a metropolis without access to an expansive and hi...

With museums, concert halls and all indoor cultural venues closed, thankfully many of our cultural institutions are offering on line resources for reading an...

Sharing this extraordinary link from the website of the Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (built 1809-1815) at 263 Mulberry Street in what is today the...

These 26 women all lived and worked in NYC! Match the woman with their accomplishment: The answers to this quiz will be posted on Sunday, March 22nd. Eliza...

American artist Norman Rockwell was born on February 3, 1894 (died in 1978). He studied at the National Academy of Design the Art Students League, both in Ma...

Corona Queens was originally called West Flushing and was renamed Corona either after the local Crown Construction Company or by a local Postmaster who thoug...

On Saturday, February 1st I led a walking tour that included a guided visit to the Louis Armstrong House Museum, followed by a 90-minute tour through the Cor...

Born in Hyde Park, NY on January 30th in 1882, Roosevelt served as President of the United States from 1933-1945. He spearheaded the New Deal Legislation wh...