Tag: NYC Life

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…

Ditmas Park Victorian With Wraparound Porch Asks $2.5M Photos: Allyson Lubow/Courtesy of Compass And there’s space for a home office. Price: $2,495,000 Location: Ditmas Park, Brooklyn Built in 1930, this Victorian house at 241 Stratford Road isn’t part of any of the nearby historic districts, but its architectural style and tree-lined surroundings are consistent with Ditmas Park’s characterful suburban vibe. The home is walking distance to the southern tip of Prospect Park and just up the block from the Cortelyou…

What It’s Like to Not Pay Rent, According to Striking Tenants Getty Images Inside a rent strike in the Bronx. Defective locks make for dubious building security. Walls sag with water damage and look as if they’re melting. An infestation of vermin plagues apartments. These are the conditions that some tenants in an apartment building on Sheridan Avenue in the South Bronx have endured for years. But it was the outbreak of COVID-19 in March that was the final straw.…