Alanna Schubach
Contributing writer
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.
Posts by Alanna Schubach:
The city just made it harder for landlords to use noxious construction to drive out tenants
August 10, 2017 - 11:00 AM
A new set of laws tightens the requirements for building owners with Department of Buildings violations.
Read More A light-filled, chic UES condo—with quite a few amenities—for under $1 million
August 10, 2017 - 10:00 AM
This studio has a spacious and luxurious feel thanks to high ceilings and high-end details.
Read More This grand old Brooklyn apartment building survived a fire—can it become a low-income co-op?
August 9, 2017 - 08:59 AM
The century-old Vendome Apartments in Clinton Hill have been burned, abandoned, and almost demolished. Now will the city and landlord keep their promise and let low-income tenants buy their apartments?
Read More The charm factor is high in this Clinton Hill brownstone rental
August 8, 2017 - 14:30 PM
Your slice of classic Brooklyn is right here.
Read More Maintenance and mansplaining: Survival secrets of a female super
August 7, 2017 - 14:30 PM
On breaking a real estate glass ceiling.
Read More Tenant video depicts disruptive condo conversion -- and this time Jared Kushner's involved
August 3, 2017 - 15:15 PM
Noise, dust and infestations have been a problem since their building underwent a condo conversion, tenants say.
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