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A landowner named Hezekiah Beers Pierrepont started selling plots of his Brooklyn land in the 1820s restricted by eight-foot setbacks still in effect today, rankling modern developers.

Nineteen ways the app rewired our culture.

During the Harlem Renaissance, some Black people hosted rent parties, celebrations with an undercurrent of desperation in the face of racism and discrimination.

This self-guided check-in will help you take stock of your emotional well-being — and learn how to make changes.

Reading picks from Book Review editors, guaranteed to suit any mood.

A painting with an estimated value of only $17,000 two years ago, sold for almost $14 million after experts decided it didn’t just look like a Rembrandt — it was one.

New York Times readers shared how they show affection on Valentine’s Day and every other day.

Choose the queue for you.

A pile of film negatives started a collector on an obsession to collect old photos that offer a history of Rio de Janeiro and the event that has made it world famous — carnival.

We all have reasons we can’t work out as much as we want. You can get over them — just don’t call them excuses.