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Neighborhood Intel

Think you know Brooklyn? This author has walked every single block in the borough

By Virginia K. Smith |October 11, 2016 - 2:59PM

Rent

Here's proof that NYC's middle class has been getting squeezed out since the 1870s

By Virginia K. Smith |September 23, 2016 - 12:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Author Steven Gaines on dingy downtown lofts, renting out to porn filmmakers to make ends meet, and why living in NYC is an "honor"

By Virginia K. Smith |July 7, 2016 - 11:59AM

Beach

Serious beach reads: 5 New York-centric books to pack on your next vacation

By Alanna Schubach |May 30, 2016 - 10:15AM

Live

"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 17, 2016 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Author Jennifer Wright knows Murray Hill as well as she knows breakups

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |December 1, 2015 - 12:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Apartment Therapy's Maxwell Ryan made the move to brownstone Brooklyn, but still has love for lofts

… eternal appeal of lofts and more … What neighborhood do you live in … BedStuy … Is this your dream neighborhood or is … in … I just moved there two months ago to be nearer to my daughters school and right now its my dream neighborhood … to school It is a small new townhouse and had never been lived in It looked crappy but weirdly beautiful on the …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 24, 2015 - 8:59AM

Improve

The Author of 'St. Marks Is Dead' on the $200 Apartment She Grew Up In and What Made Her Move to Brooklyn

By Kelly Kreth |October 29, 2015 - 9:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Author Kathleen Alcott on why Brooklyn is for writers, her ex-super with a meth problem, and more

… ask for a reply When the propertys landlord Edith who had lived in the building and rented its units for decades … with Brick to share how her home borough inspired her novel what she thinks about New York City real estate and more … What inspired you to set your story in Brooklyn … I had just moved to …

By Kelly Kreth |October 2, 2015 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

YA author Carolyn Mackler once lived in a shrink's office—and lived to tell the tale

By Virginia K. Smith |September 1, 2015 - 10:30AM