Deep in the labyrinth of the American Museum of Natural History, past the giant suspended blue whale and the first floor’s Alaska brown bears, is an unobtrusive locked door. On it, there is a small sign. “Bug Colony.” Behind the door, accessible only …

The program has reduced traffic and produced revenue for the M.T.A., a New York Times analysis found.

The girl was shot once in the head near a building that houses a charter school and two New York City Department of Education schools.

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A big breakfast after dancing all night, coveting a neighbor’s dessert and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Amateur astronomers set up their telescopes in Evergreens in Brooklyn. Now the cemetery is building an observatory.

The race for governor of New Jersey includes a large field of Democratic primary candidates competing against each other — and trying not to be drowned out by the drama in Washington.

A video installation near the United Nations, on the site of a proposed casino, will feature interviews with people from around the United States.

Tarek Bazrouk, 20, on three occasions kicked and punched Jewish protesters who were wearing religious attire or carrying Israeli flags at demonstrations in Manhattan, prosecutors said.

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board did not provide an explanation for the crash, which left six people dead.