My New York: NYC's most interesting people share the city with you

Members of Beast Coast sit down to tell us their favorite spots in town, from gamer dens and butcher shops to chill bars. 

It's become something of a Brooklyn comedy cliché to joke about how the neighborhood is changing. But what does it take to be part of the solution and...

As stand-up comedy's dark angel, Mary Beth Barone employs brilliant deadpan observations, cutting jokes about sex and religion, and a spirit of vengeance when...

It's impossible to miss born stunt queen Young Wavy Fox, unless you’re at one of her riotous parties—in which case you'll be dancing too hard to...

Though downtown NYC has been reduced to a pigpen of Duane Reades and Chase Banks, its essence endures in the outsize, cinematic characters that still...

Instragram isn't always kind to the vulnerable. Yet, among its thirst traps and conspicuous consumption, a genuine activist has emerged. Since 2017,...

After more than 40 years spent dominating film and theater—in movies such as Serial Mom and The War of the Roses as well as the Tony-nominated stage...

As NYC's nightlife falls under the spell of self-serious, ostensibly postmodern DJs, it will take a special disco phoenix to bring us back to life. At the...

As the reigning Evan Hansen on Broadway, Taylor Trensch is expected to undergo a gauntlet of shame, terror and triumph—writ large all over his...

To New Yorkers who know their nightlife, Peppermint has been a presence on the scene for ages —as a drag entertainer, actress, singer and showgirl. But...

When it comes to good taste, you better believe the word of Alan Wintermute. As a senior specialist at Christie's, he has handled the discoveries, sales and...

In the daylight, Lena Einbinder watches over the many mutts of Crown Heights as a full-time dog walker—you can often spot them gliding across Franklin...

Where does someone with such eclectic tastes get inspired in NYC? And, when the fashion show is over, where does he unwind? We asked the rising innovator about...

Since the ’80s, Susanne Bartsch has worked all night as a mother lion to the most spectacular creatures of the city—fashion designers, club kids,...

We asked the tastemaker where she likes eat, shop and catch flicks in Brooklyn. 

Few New Yorkers can glide effortlessly between Lincoln Center’s old-school opulence and Bushwick’s grungy nightlife scene, but for Austin...

Chirlane McCray doesn’t have time to waste. As NYC’s first lady, she’s responsible for several vital initiatives, including the progressive...

When she’s not hitting stages all over town with her merciless, self-deprecating stand-up, the very funny single mother is running her hair-braiding...

Craft distilleries in Brooklyn evoke an image of hypermasculine guys with beards. The same could be said of motorcycles. Yet at the helm of one of the...

"We are all sluts. You're a slut, all these dudes behind you are sluts." And so begins one of history’s greatest clapbacks, when model Samirah Raheem...

In 1998, Rudy Giuliani’s New York met its match in Reverend Billy Talen, a gonzo musical preacher that sang and demonstrated against consumerism—in...

“My students are not just my students,” says the beloved vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern, “they are my loves. We have quite a...

“I’m never going to blend in,” says former Miss Belgium and World Beauty Fitness & Fashion competitor Ludnie Faustin, and we...

In 2016, When state-sanctioned violence broke out against LGBTQ Chechens,  Adam Eli founded the queer action and protest organization Voices 4 to defend...