You may not have noticed because you're an on-the-go New Yorker making things happen with your big city ambition and consistent failure to call your mother, but there is a desperate shortage of places to sit down and catch your breath in this town! Soon enough, that will be remedied, as the DOT today announced an ambitious plan to install 1,000 new CityBenches throughout NYC over the next three years. Take a look at the cool new design you'll probably be too busy to ever enjoy. more ›

Just one day after we took a look at the disappearing iconic wooden benches of New York City's streets, amNewYork warns that the benches underground may be on their way out as well. Sitting in the city will never be the same! more ›

New York City's public benches have been around forever; you know them, they're wooden and green and have become a small little iconic part of the city's landscape. Recently we shuddered when a park in Brooklyn painted their benches in all sorts of eye-cringing neon, and now the Chelsea Improvement Company has introduced a whole new look to the street bench. Their modern take is now located at 10th Avenue and West 16th Street and is reportedly made of stainless steel—designed to reflect Chelsea's aesthetic. Should this modern bench madness stop before it spreads and consumes all of the classic green benches? Is it too late?! more ›

Remember when the benches outside of American Apparel on Houston and Orchard streets were the place to be? It was a very "this too shall pass" moment, and it did. The benches, however, remained... until now. According to Bowery Boogie, 5 of the 9 benches on Orchard Street have been removed by American Apparel; an employee at the store said it was a “whole ordeal,” but essentially the company “didn’t want people living outside the store anymore.” Because Dov Charney though they clashed with his new preppy image? more ›

Here's a big slice of awesome. New York Shitty has posted a "salute" to these two ingenious gentleman who transformed a bunch of NYPD barricades into public seating in Spanish Harlem. "The gent on the right claimed credit for this creation—and stated that the NYPD gives him plenty of guff about it," Miss Heather writes. "He told yours truly they come by regularly and roust him from his 'bench.' Because it is their property." more ›

The '80s are back! Or at least that's what the Brooklyn Paper is declaring with the neon paint that's soon to be lathered over some benches in Gowanus. This is allegedly all part of some initiative to draw attention to the oft-ignored Thomas Greene Park. more ›

It's prototypelooza today! First ten possible prototype back racks of the future were revealed, and now the MTA has upstaged the DOT with their own street furniture prototype, installed in front of 151 West Broadway between Worth and Thomas Streets. The second of three multi-purpose prototypes, it's designed to prevent subway flooding while ventilating the subway system AND providing benches to sit on AND a place to lock your bike. Why, just about the only thing this baby won't do is shine your shoes while firing off stock tips. But one note to cyclists locking their bikes to these new racks: Keep a tight grip on your keys! more ›