Introducing the Brick Report: A building snapshot to help buyers and renters avoid unwanted surprises

… Savvy buyers and renters who want to minimize surprises now have a new tool to find out as much as possible about an address before …

By Brick Underground |January 29, 2025 - 9:30AM
How to read a NYC co-op or condo building’s financial statement

… in New York City an important part of your due diligence is to look at a buildings financial health Your starting point … the financial statement which every board is required to prepare and share with potential residents  Of course … questions to dig into When is the mortgage due  Is the current loan interest only which means the entire principal …

By Emily Myers |February 22, 2023 - 3:30PM
Comic book artist Dean Haspiel talks gentrification in Gowanus, his rural art colony fantasy, and more

… and bred New Yorker and much of his work reflects his history with and love for the city An Emmy Awardwinning illustratorHaspiel snagged a statue for his work on the opening …  about a former boxer and reluctant angel of death is currently being staged at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg and …

By Mimi OConnor |November 7, 2017 - 9:00AM
After 50 years as a New Yorker, beauty-product maven June Jacobs is embracing the old and the new in the city

… years and a New Yorker for more than 50 Jacobs is the creator of the June Jacobs Spa Collection offered to guests in Grand Hyatt hotels and also found at spas … and I dont picture myself moving elsewhere … Do you own or rentRent … Howd you find it … One of my close friends was …

By Lambeth Hochwald |August 25, 2017 - 12:00PM
City Council candidate Jabari Brisport on growing up in Prospect Heights, his favorite place in NYC, and what city wildlife to avoid

… 35 which includes the neighborhoods of Fort Greene Clinton Hill Prospect Heights and parts of BedStuy and Crown … housing police reform and economic justice In the leadup to the November 7th election hes counting on these issues to … youd prefer to settle in … I love it here … 3 Do you own or rent  … Own with my family … 4 Howd you find it  … Weve had …

By Alanna Schubach |June 12, 2017 - 9:59AM
Russian-born actor and artist Lev Gorn is living the dream in his ideal NYC neighborhood

… of FXs The Americans  will recognize Lev Gorn as Arkady Zotov the KGB Resident at the Rezidentura on seasons one through four The Russianborn actor is also an artist and his work is currently on display for the first time at an art show in  …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2017 - 2:59PM
FogoAzul drumline founder Stacy Kovacs on having good landlord luck, why brownstones "aren't that exciting," and more

… In spite of rising rents and a widespread anxiety that the city is slowly … 23rd more details here we caught up with the groups director Stacy Kovacs on how the city has changed since the early … after the election and why the dream of a creaky old brownstone isnt all its cracked up to be … 1 What neighborhood do …

By Virginia K. Smith |April 19, 2017 - 9:59AM