basement

Brownstone ground floor apartment
Affordable Housing
Signs that a NYC basement apartment is a safe and legal rental
By Jennifer White Karp |March 10, 2025 - 9:30AM
The entrance to a garden-floor apartment
Neighborhood Intel
I lived in a Brooklyn Heights garden-floor apartment for nearly 20 years—it's not like living in a basement
By Austin Havens-Bowen |May 14, 2024 - 10:00AM
Backyard ADU
Affordable Housing
Have space in NYC to create an ADU? You may be eligible for funds to make it happen
By Jennifer White Karp |November 21, 2023 - 1:45AM
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Sales Market
How can I tell if an apartment I'm buying has flooded in the past?
By Alanna Schubach |October 2, 2023 - 2:30PM
queens neighborhood
Renovation
Can I have an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) in my NYC backyard?
By Evelyn Battaglia |June 13, 2023 - 9:30AM
Underground parking garage
Improve
Brick webinar recap: How to keep your parking garage safe

… Local Law 126 by the end of this year The collapse has crystallized the importance of the many safety checks …

By Jennifer White Karp |May 2, 2023 - 9:30AM
flooded basement brick underground
Products + Services
Will insurance cover clean up costs and damages after a flood caused by an underground river?
By Evelyn Battaglia |April 25, 2023 - 1:30PM
Man Rushing To Car In Parking Garage
Improve
Have questions about parking garage inspections? Sign up for a building safety webinar
By Jennifer White Karp |April 20, 2023 - 4:45PM
Bucket with mob in flooded basement or electrical room
Products + Services
When your building's basement flooding is caused by an underground river, here's what to do
By Evelyn Battaglia |April 18, 2023 - 9:45AM
Viele's map NYC
Improve
Is your NYC building sitting on an underground river?

… the water is coming from an underground river  Turns out NYC is teeming with these onceactive rivers and streams that … flooding in a building currently managed by Wollman The Department of Environmental Protection is responsible for … In yet another instance with similar circumstances the DEP determined the water was coming from our branch of the …

By Evelyn Battaglia |April 10, 2023 - 12:30PM