Inside Stories

Aerial view of Staten Island St George Ferry terminal. Manhattan Area, New York of USA. Skyline and cityscape with skyscrapers at United States of America, NYC, US. American architecture.
Negotiating + Financing
How I cut my monthly mortgage payment in half so I could keep my Staten Island home
By Celia Young |March 4, 2024 - 9:30AM
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Affordable Housing
How I won a $444 UWS studio in NYC's affordable housing lottery
By Lcee |December 19, 2023 - 12:30PM
Barbara Fleischman with Chef Jim at Sunrise at 56th
The Market
At age 99, I moved to a luxury senior living facility. Here’s what it’s like
By Marjorie Cohen |November 28, 2023 - 9:30AM
Brooklyn condo roof
Buy
The outrageously priced Brooklyn condo that I thank god we didn't end up buying
By Mimi OConnor |November 1, 2023 - 3:30PM
A row of Brooklyn apartment buildings.
Roommates + Landlords
My NYC rental felt unsafe, but a squatter using the basement as a bathroom was the last straw
By Celia Young |August 7, 2023 - 1:30PM
Hand pushing elevator buttons.
Live
I live in a five-floor NYC townhouse with a private elevator
By Mimi OConnor |June 27, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Live
Nightmare in Park Slope: My ‘luxury’ basement apartment flooded three times in two months
By Anonymous |March 30, 2023 - 12:30PM
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Sales Market
How the 'real estate whisperer' won a 30-way bidding war and landed his dream house
By Jennifer White Karp |January 18, 2023 - 9:30AM
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Kids + Pets
I keep chickens in my Bed-Stuy backyard and it's not as much work as you might think

… were Buffy named after Buffy the Vampire Slayer and a Rhode Island Red named Wanda from the Marvel Cinematic Universe  … to Long Island and bought two adult chickens Bellatrix a Blue Rock and a Buff Orpington named Ginny very Harry … also feed them worms vegetables from the garden like an eggplant that a squirrel messed with scraps from the farmers …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |October 18, 2022 - 9:30AM
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Neighborhood Intel
The vegetable garden on my Brooklyn roof deck is my pride and joy. Here's how I created it
By Emily Myers |September 29, 2022 - 1:30PM