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So it begins: The long-awaited 34th Street/Hudson Yards stop on the MTA's 7 train extension—which was first scheduled to start running late 2013—finally opened this weekend, which means not only are future Comic Con-ers no longer consigned to a long walk to the subway from the Javits Center, residents of this slice of the west 30s, christened Hudson Yards, now have a better commute.
1. How to apply for luxury Hell's Kitchen rentals as cheap as $833/month
2. The parent's guide to buying and renting in NYC
3. Affordable housing watch: Keep an eye on Jersey City's smart new policy
Rewind a few months and remember how envious you were of those lucky enough to have a vacation house to escape the heat of the city? One Brick contributor seriously courted the idea of buying a place in the North Fork; another spent months last year checking out places in the Catskills. But the competition was stiff, the sellers not budging with their askings. When you're aiming to buy a getaway during prime vacation season, you're bound to hit roadblocks.
There's no arguing it: Summer is over. But not for the new owner of Connecticut's 127-year-old Saybrook Breakwater Light, who won the structure—a fine example of the quintessential beachside icon—in an auction for $290,000, per the Hartford Courant.
Admittedly, we sometimes underestimate Staten Island. But charms it has a-plenty, especially as a change of scenery from the rest of the city. Take its ponds, which dot the borough and make the island so much greener and more of a respite than so many other spots in NYC. (Why take on the traffic-y drive to Cape Cod when we have ponds right here?
