Alanna Schubach
Contributing editor Alanna Schubach has over a decade of experience as a New York City-based freelance journalist. She has written about real estate for Brick Underground, Mansion Global, and Barron's. She has also contributed features, essays, and op-eds to The Nation, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Village Voice. She won a National Association of Real Estate Editors’ silver award in 2018 for her Ask an Expert column for Brick Underground. She is also a fiction writer and a creative writing teacher, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
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When the “A” building opened on 13th Street in 2008, it was one of the earliest luxury properties to venture into the East Village. By now, it has plenty of company, though its amenities—which include a rooftop pool—remain enticing. The $925,000 price tag on this convertible one-bedroom, which is listed by Douglas Elliman, can probably be partially attributed to said pool and other perks, like the building’s gym, concierge service, full-time doorman, and courtyard.
Governor Andrew Cuomo recently dropped some major transportation news on New Yorkers, announcing a series of dramatic revamps to 30 subway stations throughout the city. Depending on your neighborhood, though, the governor’s statement might inspire more anxiety than excitement.
Teensy Ditmas Park is attracting a lot of notice these days for its small-town feel: The family-friendly neighborhood is home to Victorian houses with wide porches, where it’s not unusual to see kids out at play. It’s also considered one of the last bastions of affordability in Brooklyn but, like so many other neighborhoods, prices are rising.
The history of the Lower East Side is vibrant and rich, well-mined by the Tenement Museum, which allows visitors to step inside the preserved—and cramped—apartments where immigrant families once resided. But today, many of those families are long gone, their experiences related through documents and artifacts.
