The defending U.S. Open champion got her start playing with her family in a city park in Jamaica, Queens.
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Naomi Osaka on Her Tennis Roots: ‘Home Is Queens and These Courts’
The defending U.S. Open champion got her start playing with her family in a city park in Jamaica, Queens.
Instead of a Balcony, How About a Garden Apartment?
As people search for homes with outdoor space, complexes in Queens with big shared gardens are seeing strong sales.
Overlooked No More: Jay Jaxon, Pioneering Black Designer of French Couture
He worked in fashion houses like Jean-Louis Scherrer, Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior and dressed Annie Lennox, Thelma Houston and other stars.
How New Yorkers Are Coping with Holidays Alone
For many in New York City, their pandemic-imposed loneliness has been even more pronounced during the holiday season.
Plants, Piano and Takeout: How New Yorkers Are Coping with Holidays Alone
For many in New York City, their pandemic-imposed loneliness has been even more pronounced during the holiday season.
The School That Camille A. Brown Built
The dancer and choreographer was on a career high when the pandemic hit. Now she has created a virtual school powered by the kind of social dance at the heart of her work.
Are New Yorkers Wearing Masks? Here’s What We Found in Each Borough
Over several days this summer, The New York Times tallied the face-covering status of over 7,000 people at 14 spots across the city.
A Jazz Drummer’s Fight to Keep His Own Heart Beating
Milford Graves devoted himself to studying the rhythms of the heart. It turns out he was creating a technique to treat himself.
This Neighborhood Stifled Gangs and Guns. Then a New Killer Moved In.
Shootings had dropped sharply in South Jamaica, Queens, after local leaders engineered a cease-fire. But there is no negotiating with a virus.