On June 29, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that it will light the majestic George Washington Bridge’s two 604-foot lattice steel…
Each month, Metropolitan Airport News Editor-in-Chief, Julia Lauria-Blum, discusses issues affecting the New York area airport community.
On June 10, 2026, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) canceled its plans to purchase 40 acres of the former Lawrence Aviation Industries Superfund site in Port…
I recently received correspondence from Geoffrey Arend Sr., who commented on my April 2026 Editor’s Notebook article, ‘An Art Deco Icon at Newark Liberty International Airport’.…
The QueensLink and QueensWay initiatives are competing blueprints for the transformation of the 3.5-mile Rockaway Beach Branch, an abandoned Long Island Rail Road line and landscape…
Newark Metropolitan Airport was the first major commercial airport in operation in the United States. Its development began in 1928, and in the first years of…
Harriet Quimby was once described to me by her biographer, Giacinta Bradley Koontz, as “a woman moving forward with purpose.’’ In Koontz’s book, The Harriet Quimby…
The School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center (SSNDEC). located in Woodhaven, Queens empowers underserved women of all races and faiths to reach the fullness of…
When traveling by air, nine times out of ten, I fly out of John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The main reason for my choice over…
This past November, as the wheels of a JetBlue airliner left the runway at JFK International Airport, Donna Coughlin-Argeroplos breathed a sigh of relief as she…
November is National Aviation History Month. The month-long observance honors the achievements and innovations in American aviation, including the people who made them possible. The celebration covers the…