How I cut my monthly mortgage payment in half so I could keep my Staten Island home

… turned that thing around  Editors Note Brick Undergrounds Inside Stories feature firstperson accounts of interesting … reallife New York City real estate experiences Have a story to share Drop us an email We respect all requests for …   … Buy … Negotiating + Financing … Inside Stories … mortgage … How I cut my monthly mortgage …

By Celia Young |March 4, 2024 - 9:30AM
At age 99, I moved to a luxury senior living facility. Here’s what it’s like

… 50 years Barbara Fleischman 99 lived in an eightroom duplex apartment at United Nations Plaza with a sweeping view of … part of a fastgrowing chain of luxury independent living facilities These days New York seniors can take their pick … always worth it  If you want to substitute one thing for another on the menu they never say No we dont do that All they …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 28, 2023 - 9:30AM
Nightmare in Park Slope: My ‘luxury’ basement apartment flooded three times in two months

… me the day there was a flash flood and an entire backyards worth of water created a threefoothigh geyser in our … husband and I were living in a very sweet 740squarefoot twobedroom condo But it had grown too small for us with the … coming out and encourage him to take a look at the small lake forming in our apartment  He got as far as the top step …

By Anonymous |March 30, 2023 - 12:30PM
I keep chickens in my Bed-Stuy backyard and it's not as much work as you might think

… a bit more than a storebought coopits really cute You can buy cheaper coops at Tractor Supply but Ive heard theyre … I often have extra eggs to give to friends and neighbors … Preparing a chicken coop for winter … People ask me how …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |October 18, 2022 - 9:30AM
The vegetable garden on my Brooklyn roof deck is my pride and joy. Here's how I created it

… crazy with beans I grow Swiss chard basil bok choy eggplant radishes and kale in the raised planters I also experimented …

By Emily Myers |September 29, 2022 - 1:30PM