The way Long Islanders pay for their commutes, and how much they pay for them, will undergo some major changes in the new year, as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, as part of its latest rate ...

An anecdote about a questionable bagel order claims the top spot this year, outpolling four other favorites. All five are presented here. Over the past year, Metropolitan Diary shared more than 250 ...

A Long Island family is worried about their 79-year-old wife, mother and grandmother who has dementia and has not been seen since Tuesday afternoon. Shi Hua Xu lives with her husband and son in a ...

LONG ISLAND CITY, Queens (WABC) -- Crews continue to make repairs after a water main broke in Long Island City, Queens early Thursday morning. The break of the 12-inch main flooded 50th and 51st ...

Dozens of school districts on Long Island are trying to figure out what to do next after tests found excessive lead levels in some of their drinking water at their buildings. The New York State Health ...

Every week since 1976, Metropolitan Diary has published stories by, and for, New Yorkers of all ages and eras (no matter where they live now): anecdotes and memories, quirky encounters and overheard ...

When a Connecticut-based housing developer proposed a $50 billion bridge across Long Island Sound recently, he garnered a flurry of local media coverage. Given Long Island’s cul-de-sac geography and ...

A city run by power brokers, considered the global epicenter of economic power, and home to diverse communities who keep our region powerful, may be running out of power. It’s beyond ironic. For the ...

Rescuers on Wednesday morning are searching for a man who authorities believe may have jumped off the Route 72 bridge to Long Beach Island on Tuesday night. A witness told police a person leaped from ...

Rescuers Wednesday morning are searching for a man who authorities believe may have jumped off the Route 72 bridge to Long Beach Island Tuesday night. A witness told police a person leaped from the ...

Police say it happened around 12:15 p.m. on the westbound lanes near Exit 33. As California highway slides toward sea, the fix will take billions Kate Gosselin budgets Christmas for 8 kids 'to the ...