Bowery Boys
http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/
The Bowery Boys features postings about places and events (some famous, some not so famous) in New York City history. One of the highlights is a weekly podcast.

Brownstoner
http://brownstoner.com
A Brooklyn specific blog.

City Room - New York Times
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/
The New York Times blog for local news coverage, City Room highlights the news of the day from the New York City metro area. In addition to the Times’ own articles, daily features include links to stories on other media sites and blogs.

Curbed.com
http://www.curbed.com
Real estate, neighborhood and architectural news and commentary.

Everything NY
http://www.everythingNY.com
An interesting blog with daily news, stories, photos, events, books, and links to many other NYC blogs. This site posts useful links to such things as New York Public Library’s compilation of menus since 1851, or when and where to go Scottish Country Dancing in the big city.

The Gothamist
http://www.gothamist.com
A favorite in New York, the Gothamist is a local daily news blog for NYC. Highlight features include a “newsmap,” locating incidents such as fires, robberies, and other crimes as they happen.

What's Up! NYC
http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/
A blog about things going on around town.