Tony Cenicola

4 days ago | nytimes.com | Winnie Hu |Stefanos Chen |Eden Weingart |Tony Cenicola

Deep inside a subway station in Brooklyn, in a cramped, industrial room, Dyanesha Pryor pushes in a metal lever on a hulking machine that was installed nearly a century ago. A few hundred feet away, a signal light flashes red and a train that had been rumbling down the local tracks slides to a stop. Ms. Pryor, a transit worker, pulls another lever and a section of rail shifts into place, allowing the local train to merge onto a shared track in front of a waiting express train.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Elisabeth Vincentelli |Tony Cenicola

The Delaware is the East's longest undammed river, a bit of wilderness that runs through heavily populated states. An annual paddle is an opportunity to explore it. A young paddler takes a break during the Delaware River Sojourn, an annual weeklong event. The Delaware is the East's longest undammed river, a bit of wilderness that runs through heavily populated states. An annual paddle is an opportunity to explore it.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alexis Benveniste |Tony Cenicola

For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. "I didn't have a lot of dad friends in New York, and I really wanted to connect with people who were going through a similar experience," said Joe Gonzales, a new father who started the Brooklyn Stroll Club in October. For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Joanne Kaufman |Tony Cenicola

It was the fire in her Harlem rental building that galvanized Sandra Foley. With her longtime apartment suddenly uninhabitable, Ms. Foley, a nanny, stayed with her employer for a few months, then with an aunt. And she began to rethink the future. "Getting older, you know, I wanted to make sure I had something for myself later in life or when I retired," said Ms. Foley, 60, who moved to New York from Trinidad more than 30 years ago.

Dec 31, 2024 | nytimes.com | Bill Marsh |Tony Cenicola

Mr. Carter's Baptist upbringing was a political curiosity: He was the first born-again Christian to become president. During his administration, his progressive wing of Baptists would begin to give way to an ascendant conservative movement - in today's shorthand, the evangelical vote - that played a key role in his 1980 defeat. This imposing cross, hanging in the sanctuary of Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, was made by Mr. Carter, as were the congregation's collection plates.