When New York City authorities announced details of a new municipal bike-sharing program last year, New Yorkers cheered. "What a fun, cheap, and easy way to traverse this great city of ours," thought citizens, 30 percent of whom said they would be at least somewhat likely to use the bikes. "And wonderful for the…

And now, to close out your Friday afternoon, here's a story that is guaranteed to make you say "HOLY FUCK": the New York Police Department announced today that a piece of landing gear from one of the planes used in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks has been discovered in Lower Manhattan.

Need a car on the cheap? Don't want one of those crazy 97-month car loans they offer now? Then head on down to your local New York City public auction for the deal of the century: cars as low as $300 just because they were obliterated during Hurricane Sandy.

Earlier today, a large watermain broke around the Flatiron Building on 23rd Street here in New York City. Water mains break all the time, this isn't anything new.

In what is probably a nightmare scenario for a lot of New York commuters, about 50 people were injured this morning when a ferry crashed into a dock in Lower Manhattan, according to news reports.

Today we saw another drama in the continuing misadventure of the new NYC taxi. It makes us wonder, why does the city even go to the trouble of setting a standard taxi?

John Liu, the comptroller for the City of New York, does not have nice words for the mini-minivan that's poised to become the city's primary taxi cab. No, he's not a Jalopnik reader who's pissed that the Nissan NV200 van is going to replace the iconic, rough-and-tumble Ford Crown Victoria. (At least, we don't think…

If you want to get around New York City successfully, you don't drive. You take public transportation.

The cleanup effort in New York City is grinding along slowly, but a National Guard unit from Ohio experienced a major setback when one of its drivers accidentally ran over an elderly pedestrian on Canal Street.

Many people lost a lot of things when Snor'eastercane Sandy hit the Mid-Atlantic states. But when public safety people lose equipment, destruction-related problems become compounded.