Emily Myers

Robert O’Brien, co-owner of NY Fire Consultants and a former FDNY firefighter, says it’s the simplest things that cause the worst tragedies, like overloaded extension cords or not changing the batteries in your apartment’s smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. 

This week, Louis Alcamo, a pseudonym, shares his experience buying two co-ops, both near Gramercy Park. In the first, he fielded awkward questions from an eccentric board president and in his second he received clues to how the board might operate, but he overlooked because he was hooked on the apartment. He says, next time, he'd be much more forthright about getting answers from the board about house rules before he puts in an offer. 

An agreement has been reached with National Grid to restore gas to hundreds of residents in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island.

If you're drawn to wooden beams and loft-style living, this Williamsburg corner apartment, 119 North 11th St., #3A, is asking $1,995,000 and has all the hallmarks of an industrial space turned residential. There are high ceilings, exposed pipes, generous windows, and a spacious living room. 

An alteration agreement is a contract spelling out the board's requirements, and an acknowledgment that your renovation will affect not just you, but also your neighbors.

Increased police patrols in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, haven’t put an end to cars on the streets there having their tires slashed (NY Post)