Jennifer Falk

Participating gyms include Crunch, New York Health and Racquet Club and Paragon Sports.

The Summer in the Square series is offering after-work classes for the first time this year.

The artwork, called "THINK BIG," will be on display in Union Square through October.

The Union Square playground closed Monday so workers could replace tiles on the ground, officials said.

The Union Square festival will offer samples from local restaurants on Tuesday.

The stations will be installed in 25 parks across the city by the end of the summer.

Union Square's Summer in the Park series will begin nine weeks of free programming in June.

Union Square's Wi-Fi system is expanding to serve 3,000 users at a time.

The popular market features more food vendors than ever before and a special "Little Brooklyn" section.

Last year, the food and wine event brought in more than $300,000 for the Union Square Partnership.

Speaker Christine Quinn said the goal is to help New Yorkers get jobs in the city's growing tech sector.

The 16th annual Harvest in the Square event will bring more than 50 restaurants and 40 wineries to Union Square on Thursday.

Restaurateur Danny Meyer stepped down as co-chair of the Union Square Partnership after five years.

A statue of Andy Warhol will sit in Union Square near his famous "Factory" and the site where the artist was shot.

The changes are meant to make the area safer and friendlier for pedestrians, said DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn.