New York’s Emergency Rent Relief Program Is a Mess Erik McGregor/Getty Images Technology and linguistic barriers are emerging that may make the rental aid inaccessible to those who need it most. Lately, when Ren Ping Chen conducts outreach calls to members of the Chinatown Tenants Union, the conversation quickly pivots to one question: How do I apply for New York’s emergency rent relief program? The 62-year-old, who doesn’t own a computer and doesn’t speak English, has few answers to offer…
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Park Slope Three-Bedroom a Few Blocks From Prospect Park (and Food Coop) Asks $1.5M
Park Slope Three-Bedroom a Few Blocks From Prospect Park (and Food Coop) Asks $1.5M Will Ellis/DDreps The south-facing living room comes with a gas fireplace. Price: $1,500,000 Specs: 3 beds, 2 baths, 1,100 square feet Street view: A one-way school-zone road lined with trees and stoopsClosest train: R at Union5-minute walking radius: P.S. 321, J.J. Byrne Playground, Calexico, Al Di La Trattoria, Bareburger, Kos Caffe, Buttermilk Bakeshop Arguably the most winning area in this Park Slope condo is the south-facing…
See How New York Became a City in This New Digital Collection of Maps
See How New York Became a City in This New Digital Collection of Maps This 1864 copy of a 1766 map shows a “plan of the village of Brooklyn and part of Long Island.” | Courtesy of the Brooklyn Historical Society What did your neighborhood look like in the 17th century? Now you can find out. Back when Brooklyn was bucolic, marshes and farmland connected the scatter of 17th-century villages that today’s 2.6 million–person borough has grown from over the…
The Three Best Deals on Two-Bedrooms Right Now — All Under $2,500
The Three Best Deals on Two-Bedrooms Right Now — All Under $2,500 Courtesy of MNS Spacious living in Hudson Heights, Astoria, and Sunnyside. As New York City enters its final phase of reopening amid what is typically the busiest moving season, the rental market is seeing record vacancies with plenty of landlord concessions in return. That’s good news for bargain hunters. This week, we’re back on the hunt for the best two-bedroom rental deals and have sniffed out three units…
Windsor Terrace Townhouse With Inground Saltwater Pool Wants $4M
Windsor Terrace Townhouse With Inground Saltwater Pool Wants $4M Photos: DDreps/Courtesy of Compass There’s also a garage and pool house. Price: $4,000,000 Location: Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn Completed in 1910, this freestanding townhouse was built on a double lot on Vanderbilt Street, a quiet, tree-lined block. The house is a ten-minute walk from both Prospect Park (via the Seeley Street Bridge) and Green-Wood Cemetery (a pedestrian-friendly green space that has become particularly popular during these socially distant times). The closest trains…
Congestion Pricing Delayed As New Car Owners Threaten to Slow New York to a Crawl
Congestion Pricing Delayed As New Car Owners Threaten to Slow New York to a Crawl Car traffic packed bumper-to-bumper in Manhattan’s core. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The tolling system won’t be up and running for “roughly a year.” Last year, when New York became the first U.S. city to welcome congestion pricing, it was the culmination of over ten years of raucous policy debate, political maneuvering, and long-simmering vexation because of the city’s battered subway system. The landmark plan, which…
Steps From Riverside Park, a One-Bedroom With Built-in Bookshelves Asks $615K
Steps From Riverside Park, a One-Bedroom With Built-in Bookshelves Asks $615K Photos: Courtesy of Warburg Realty The Upper West Side co-op also comes with a decorative fireplace and renovated kitchen. Welcome back to the Six-Digit Club, where we take a look at a newish-to-market listing priced under $1 million, because nice things sometimes come in small packages. Send nominations to the tip line. Price: $615,000 Location: Upper West Side This one-bedroom co-op, located at 332 West 101st Street, sits on…
Little Clarity and More Fear for New York City Tenants on The Brink of Eviction
Little Clarity and More Fear for New York City Tenants on The Brink of Eviction Tenants marched the streets of Bushwick demanding the state cancel rent. | Erik McGregor/Getty Images “I lost my dad, my best friend, and the person who paid our rent.” At the height of the pandemic in New York, Julio Peña woke up early each morning and rode the bus to his job stocking shelves and cleaning at a C-Town supermarket in the Bronx. In April,…
Best Short-Term Rentals in NYC — All Under $3,000
Best Short-Term Rentals in NYC — All Under $3,000 Courtesy of Node Living Consider these one-bedrooms, which offer short-term rental options in neighborhoods like the Upper East Side, Bushwick, and Hell’s Kitchen. These are uncertain times for New Yorkers. With hundreds of thousands of the city’s residents facing unemployment as a result of the coronavirus — and some considering moving out of the city altogether — short-term rentals are on the rise. In response to renters’ uncertainty, landlords and property…
A Dutch Farmhouse With a Barn in Midwood Wants $3.25M
A Dutch Farmhouse With a Barn in Midwood Wants $3.25M Photos: Dan Brody/Courtesy of Delton Cheng, Century 21 Homefront The historic home served as quarters for Hessian officers during the Revolutionary War. Price: $3,250,000 Location: Midwood, Brooklyn This 18th-century Dutch Colonial farmhouse, known as the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead, stands on an otherwise unassuming street in the Madison section of Midwood in Brooklyn. The home is located at 1669 East 22nd Street, between Avenue P and Quentin Road, near a wide variety…