Harlem Brownstone With Ornate Fireplaces and Soapstone Counters Asks $4.65M The loft-like third floor living area features a cast-iron support column, wood-burning fireplace, and wide-plank cork floors. | Daniel Wang There’s also a La Cornue range and original mahogany banister. Price: $4,695,000Specs: 7 beds, 5 baths, 4,720 square feet, 0.04 acres Street view: A one-way street with a landmark Victorian Gothic Revival church taking up most of the northern side, the rest occupied by brownstones and apartment buildingsClosest train: 2/3…
What’s Really Happening at Homeless Shelters on the Upper West Side
What’s Really Happening at Homeless Shelters on the Upper West Side Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock Contrary to what tabloid stories might have you believe, many neighbors welcome the homeless residents staying in hotels temporarily. On August 11, the Upper West Side seemed as normal as any neighborhood in New York during the fifth month of a pandemic. Pedestrians wearing masks walked along West 79th Street, while people enjoyed food at the elegant street-side tables setup outside the French bistro Nice Matin.…
New York Renters Cannot Be Evicted Until at Least October
New York Renters Cannot Be Evicted Until at Least October Housing activists gathered in Crown heights to protest alleged tenant harassment and call on the state to cancel rent. | Scott Heins/Getty Images New court guidance gives residential tenants a two month reprieve from eviction. Seven days after a pause on evictions expired in New York, the state court system has extended a moratorium through October 1 for residential tenants, allowing thousands of renters at acute risk of eviction to…
A Non-Obvious Outdoor Guide to New York
A Non-Obvious Outdoor Guide to New York Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York City’s third-largest park at over 1,000 acres, has attracted runners with it cross-country trails for more than a century. | Jonathan Elderfield/AP/Shutterstock From foraging to beekeeping. This summer, the city’s more familiar outdoor spaces — Prospect Park, the Hudson River Greenway — are particularly crowded. Fortunately, there are plenty of lesser-known spots and activities readily available — whether you’re looking for a reprieve from your…
Clinton Hill One-Bedroom With Pine Floors and Farmhouse Sink Asks $660K
Clinton Hill One-Bedroom With Pine Floors and Farmhouse Sink Asks $660K Photos: Bernadett Pava/Courtesy of the Corcoran Group The condo unit also features an exposed-brick wall with an inlay fireplace and an in-unit washer/dryer. Price: $660,000 Location: Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Sitting on the second floor of a four-story building with a restored brownstone facade, this one-bedroom apartment at 940 Fulton Street overlooks a stretch populated by restaurants like Otway, B’klyn Burro, and Sisters, plus the Good Batch, one of the…
We Unearthed the 35 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now
We Unearthed the 35 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now This Clinton Hill one-bedroom with a fireplace and chandelier is also rent-stabilized. | Courtesy Robert Bell/Compass A suspiciously affordable true one-bedroom on Eldridge Street and a duplex in Bed-Stuy with cherry trees in the backyard. As the city reopens and apartments start to flood the market again, we’ve taken on the job of carefully hunting through various listings sites, newsletters, and Craigslist, to find the very best deals out…
A New Yorker’s Guide to Renegotiating Rent
A New Yorker’s Guide to Renegotiating Rent Ryan DeBerardinis/Shutterstock.com Everything you need to know about renegotiating the terms of your lease as demand for NYC rentals plummets and new listings flood the market. During what would have normally been the busiest season for rentals, new listings are flooding the market to far less demand. July saw 30 percent more rental listings across the city but 35 percent fewer leases signed compared to the same time last year, according to a…
Mapping The Tech Takeover of New York City
Mapping The Tech Takeover of New York City John Nacion/AP Photo Where five tech behemoths are majorly expanding their New York footprint. When Amazon abruptly canceled its plans to bring part of its second North American headquarters to New York City, naysayers predicted that the abrupt dissolution of the deal — and the fierce pushback from those who decried the incentives used to woo Amazon — would scare tech companies off from expanding in the city. But those fears turned…
Carriage House One-Bedroom Hidden Behind Chelsea’s “Muffin House” Asks $875K
Carriage House One-Bedroom Hidden Behind Chelsea’s “Muffin House” Asks $875K Photos: Joel Pitra, DDReps/Courtesy of Compass The apartment has four windows overlooking the common courtyard. Price: $875,000 Location: Chelsea, Manhattan To access this one-bedroom, located on the second floor of a four-story 1850 carriage house, one first has to navigate through the foyer of a brick townhouse and a stone-paved courtyard garden. That front townhouse, a co-op building that shares the same address, was originally constructed as a foundry and…
Gut-Renovated House on Staten Island’s North Shore (With a Huge Backyard) Asks $819K
Gut-Renovated House on Staten Island’s North Shore (With a Huge Backyard) Asks $819K Tina Gallo for The Lonuzzi Team/Courtesy of Compass The open-plan living area also includes an oversize kitchen island. Price: $819,000 Location: Randall Manor, Staten Island This 1950 single-family brick home at 300 Henderson Avenue sits between two large green spaces on Staten Island’s North Shore: the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden — inside of which is New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden, one of just two…