While beach season is officially a wrap in New York City, sun-worshipping habitues of the Rockways have something special to look forward to come next summer. CBSK partner Scott Shnay referred to the ...

NEW YORK - New York City says the water at Jacob Riis Houses is safe to drink. It comes after a stunning reversal from the city about recent testing that found arsenic in the water at a public housing ...

Jacob Riis may have set his house on fire twice, and himself aflame once, as he perfected the new 19th-century flash photography technique, but when the magnesium powder erupted with a white, blinding ...

The City Museum celebrates and interprets New York City, connecting its past, present and future. The Museum of the City of New York presents Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half, a one-of-a ...

Photo by Jacob A. Riis. Image via Museum of the City of New York, Gift of Roger William Riis Today, most people probably know of journalist and social reformer Jacob A. Riis through the photographic ...

NEW YORK - Beach erosion may be contributing to dangerous swimming conditions at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, and experts say common solutions come with consequences. Bonnie Siegel knows Jacob Riis ...

Jacob A. Riis is known to many as the father of photojournalism and a muckraking reporter who exposed the plight of the urban poor in the late 19th century. Riis’ many published works drove a movement ...

Last month, we shared with you a curator walkthrough of the fascinating exhibit, Jacob Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half at the Museum of the City of New York. Here are 10 highlights of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young girl holding a baby sits in a doorway in New York City, circa 1890.Jacob A. Riis/Museum of the City of New York/Getty ...

Jacob Riis, the muckraking journalist who championed reforms for the poorest New Yorkers at the turn of the century, is still watching over Rockaway from his oceanfront perch. A bronze bust of Riis, ...