How to check a neighborhood’s climate disaster risk before you move

… buying a summer home in the Rockaways Global climate change is expected to make storms like Sandy worse in the coming … factor New Yorkers should weigh when deciding when to move Air qualitygiven smog that blanketed NYC during the Canadian … note This story is part of a new ongoing series about how you can take into account climate change when purchasing …

By Celia Young |December 27, 2024 - 12:30PM
From Astoria to Forest Hills: I wanted to start a family in a cheaper, less crowded area

… I have lived in Astoria Queens ever since coming to NYC  My apartment was on 30th Road very close to the East … other areas too My goto places were Midtown Manhattan and Chelsea Piers I used to drive or take the NYC ferry which was a …

By Kelly Kreth |January 19, 2024 - 10:00AM
Brick Underground's 30 best NYC neighborhood news sites of 2023

… a spotlight on the architectural flourishes that help define this uptown destination  Besides Central East West … a wellpopulated and diverse events calendar and a featured apartment of the week  … Roosevelt Islander … For many New … been piling up under the BQE for years and laws that impact tenants homeowners and business owners in the neighborhood …

By Evelyn Battaglia |August 28, 2023 - 1:00PM
After the shipping industry left Coenties Slip in Manhattan, some of the biggest names in American art moved in

… life story This is true today and it was true decades ago for a group of seven young artists who lived on Manhattans Coenties Slip a tiny … the artists living among the sailors the card sharks the homeless and the canal boaters When Youngerman told me about …

By Marjorie Cohen |August 7, 2023 - 2:30PM