Beth J. Harpaz heads to the new epicenter of Brooklyn-cool.

A number of Kiwis will forgo the Rugby World Cup final to stand on the start line of the New York City Marathon tomorrow morning.

The real aim of Key's visit is the Trans Pacific Partnership, writes Claire Trevett. Talks are in the make-or-break stage in Atlanta and whether world peace emerges from the General Assembly or not,

PM John Key arrives in NY today to join about 160 other world leaders for a UN General Assembly week in which Syria is again expected to overshadow the main business of the week.

It's hard to imagine this "park in the sky" was once the domain of thundering freight trains.

Hundreds of couples have poured into New York's Times Square to re-enact the famous photograph of a kiss between a sailor and a woman celebrating the end of World War II.

The Security Council chamber at the United Nations was full of small island states yesterday, with nations debating the impacts of climate change, crime, and illegal fishing.

New Zealand chef Matt Lambert of New York's Musket Room meets with UNDP chief and former PM Helen Clark.

Father wants to keep his girls on the straight and narrow.

Tourists and New Yorkers have been slammed for taking selfies while visiting the scene last week's devastating gas explosion in the East Village.

Devotees still have time to dive back into the over-sexed and over-boozed world of Don Draper, the square-jawed executive atop Sterling Cooper, played by Jon Hamm.

Once you've taken in the obligatory baseball match, why not head to one of these Big Apple favourites ...

In the legendary Yankee Stadium, Andrew Alderson finds fabulous atmosphere - and great chilli dogs - at America's big show.

A New York court has heard how Pakistani man Abid Naseer allegedly plotted attacks in Britain, Denmark and the US and was part of an al-Qaeda infiltration of the West.

Camilla's younger brother died after a night of drinking champagne and whisky, an inquest has been told.

Murder-for-hire allegations are central to the trial of the man who allegedly ran an online drug marketplace.

New York police officers made no arrests at Times Square on New Year's Eve - is it evidence of mass insubordination?

Thousands of New York police officers turned their backs on the city's mayor for a second time as they gathered to pay tribute to a murdered colleague.

Police investigating the "assassination" of two patrolmen are poring over the history and records of Ismaaiyl Brinsley - the 28-year-old man at ease with the use of firearms.

A serial fraudster who stole almost $6 million from a New Zealand family in an elaborate Facebook stock scam has been described by a judge as "evil incarnate".

A little girl warmed up the usually drab Subway platform on the L train at Bedford in Williamsburg last month as she danced to music by Subway buskers and started a hoedown in the process.

The mother of the unarmed black man who died after a white policeman restrained him in a chokehold has paid tribute to protesters across the US.

Demonstrations broke out in New York City yesterday after a grand jury declined to charge a white police officer in the choking death of a black man.

Winston Aldworth stays at New York's Quin, where style meets Central Park.

Winston Aldworth enjoys a drink in a hall of ambitious diplomacy.

As William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, prepare to visit America in a fortnight, controversy is swirling around how reporters covering the couple's visit should dress.