The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.Read the press release here.
The eco-friendly bathrooms opened Monday at the renovated Wellhouse building in the park.
Chelsea Waterside Park and Pier 84 are among the locations with new deposit bins.
Green thumbs looking to kick their garden up a notch can pick up free compost this weekend.
BK Rot, an organization that employs local youth, started offering its composting services in the area.
Toilets for People aims to make cheap, compost toilets for flood-prone countries.
Locals are growing tomatoes, eggplants and other vegetables in the newly renovated garden.
Queens residents will soon have more options to recycle their food waste.
Fruit flies and lack of education are blamed for the slow response to the city's composting project.
Compost and other organic waste will be picked up during garbage day starting on May 19.
The courses are part of a fundraiser for the Compost Collective.
The City Council extended existing smoking bans to include electronic cigarettes.
A $6 million campaign to bring the solar-powered toilets to Riverside Park is under way.
The two year program will collect food waste around the city.
Mayor Bloomberg announced the pilot program to compost food waste.
The Lower East Side Ecology Center would include a wetland area to shelter birds and produce clean water.
Get our daily New York City news and alerts!
By clicking subscribe, I agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Thank you for signing up!
Would you like to sign up for additional newsletters?
Thank you for signing up for additional newsletters.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.