The fire-hydrant fish pond in Bedford-Stuyvesant is still going strong despite threats from the city — and a plague of sticky-fingered passers-by who kept swiping the goldfish from their curbside home ...

Often beautiful in theory, many ponds end up as stagnant corners of the garden that don’t quite earn their keep. But what if you could swap your unloved water feature for something a little more ...

Can’t bear the thought of fighting traffic to the coast? Or do you prefer to cool off at a freshwater swimming hole? Whatever the case may be, the South Shore has a number of options for getting your ...