Liam Quigley

The city is testing out a green roof on a bus shelter in Brownsville, with the hope that the design can be expanded across the five boroughs.

Neighbors say the trash pile in Sunset Park has been a problem all summer, attracting illegal dumping and rats.

Fines for failing to use an official “NYC Bin” range from $50 to $200 for repeat offenders.

Seventeen people have died in crashes over the last decade along a notorious stretch of Third Avenue.

Entire bushes and trees are blooming from tiny patches of dirt across the five boroughs, turning the concrete jungle into a verdant paradise.

The Ridgewood Reservoir supplied drinking water to Brooklyn in the 1800s. Now, officials hope it will act as a sponge to mitigate flooding.

At least 49 sanitation workers have been stuck by needles so far this year.

The new Fresh Kills facility will allow the sanitation department to close another one.

The proposal from two local business owners would transform the park, which features a sweeping view of the Manhattan skyline.

A Council bill would force the sanitation department to let small buildings band together to swap parking spots for the type of on-street trash containers the sanitation department is putting in front of large developments.

Lifeguards had finished work at 6 p.m. but had remained at their station houses nearby because the city’s heat emergency plan was active on Sunday.

Volunteer labor has increasingly become part of how city parks are maintained.