The elevators at the 25-story Kingsborough Extension, a public housing building, are broken so often that it has become an unofficial walk-up, representing a health risk for its elderly residents.

A Romanian immigrant quietly passes, leaving a lonely auto parked on a Brooklyn street and a community wondering.

A Romanian immigrant quietly passes, leaving a lonely auto parked on a Brooklyn street and a community wondering.

The cause of the fire remained unknown Sunday afternoon, but fire officials there were no indications that it was suspicious.

A cadre of devoted friends read to Elizabeth Goodyear, who is 101, blind and confined to her Manhattan apartment.

Elizabeth Goodyear, who is 101, blind and confined to her Manhattan apartment, has a cadre of devoted young friends who read to her.

Elizabeth Goodyear, who is 101, blind and confined to her Manhattan apartment, has a cadre of devoted young friends who read to her.

Some doctors are hailing surgery for centenarians, but others say such procedures can be wasteful and barbaric.

A man was charged with reckless endangerment after his elderly father died in a hot vehicle with the windows rolled up in Beacon.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has indicated that he sees the city’s sprawling array of 329 often homespun senior centers as inefficient and outdated.