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Believe it or not, you can live like one of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history, for $750,000. Philadelphia magazine reports that Muhammad Ali's former Cherry Hill, New Jersey home is currently for sale. (It's listed with the Mauz Dare group at Keller Williams.)
We've seen maps charting almost every quality of life factor in NYC neighborhoods, from median incomes to rodent infestations to 311 Halloween complaints, but we've never before seen one quite like this:
This $1,800 one-bedroom Jackson Heights co-op falls right into the category of "they don't make 'em like they used to." The prewar apartment is generously proportioned, with well-sized rooms and even a separate foyer/dining area.
It's clear from the listing photos that the bedroom is so big the current tenants are splitting it to use as a parents bedroom and a nursery.
This $445,000 Brooklyn Heights studio may not be in one of the neighborhood's iconic brownstones, but it's surrounded by them, so getting home, as many Brooklyn Heights longtimers know, will be a lesson in the picturesque. Plus, it comes with the luxuries of a larger building: namely a doorman, live-in super and elevator. There's even a storage, bike room and a furnished roof deck.
Is Airbnb partly responsible for New York City's exorbitant rents or is it a lifeline for New Yorkers trying to make ends meet here in the Big Apple? Depends on whom you ask.
Chris Lehane, director of global policy for Airbnb, was on Brian Lehrer's WNYC show (a Brick favorite), arguing the latter. He says that 72 percent of hosts using Airbnb income to make ends meet, with the average person making about $5,000 a year on it.