Nine-Eleven definitively changed the lives of people who live in the New York City area. In many cases, it's also changed the landscape well beyond Ground Zero, whether it's a neighborhood 9/11 memorial, a community garden or a skyline view that takes on a whole new meaning. WNYC's news staff attended memorials and spoke with people from around the region as they reflected on 15 years since the terrorist attacks.

9/11 Memorial ceremony at Croton-on-Hudson, 2016. (Matthew Schuerman / WNYC)

People sit quietly at the 9/11 Tribute Park in Rockaway, Queens

(Brigid Bergin/WNYC)

A piece of steel from the World Trade Center at 9/11 Tribute Park in Rockaway, Queens

(Brigid Bergin/WNYC)

Bruce's Garden, a memorial in Inwood in Northern Manhattan in honor of Bruce Reynolds, a Port Authority police officer who died on 9/11

(Julianne Welby/WNYC)

Flowers at Overpeck Park in Leonia, New Jersey

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At the 9/11 Memorial Plaza on the 15th Anniversary of the attacks. More than 8,000 people attended the annual reading of the names.

(Stephen Nessen/WNYC)