Best of Brick

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Roommates + Landlords
Landlord wants to raise your rent? Here are 3 sample emails you can use to negotiate
By Jennifer White Karp |December 23, 2024 - 12:30PM
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Live
Get ready for Brick Underground’s favorite stories of 2024: Holiday week edition
By Jennifer White Karp |December 23, 2024 - 9:30AM
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Neighbors
How do we stop a non-resident who sneaks into our basement to do their laundry?
By Celia Young |August 23, 2024 - 2:30PM
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The Search
Why I moved to NYC from Boston: I wanted to be in a place that celebrates LGBTQ culture
By Kelly Kreth |August 23, 2024 - 9:30AM
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Buy
From Kips Bay to the UES: I bought a studio because asking rents were too high
By Kelly Kreth |August 22, 2024 - 12:30PM
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Troubleshooting
What to do when your NYC neighbors make lots of noise
By Emily Myers |August 20, 2024 - 12:30PM
Riis Beach in the Rockaways, Queens
Live
Welcome to Brick Underground’s favorite stories of 2024: Summer edition
By Brick Underground |August 19, 2024 - 9:30AM
a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath condo, 534 West 42nd St., #PH8, in Hell's Kitchen
Sell
Seller financing: To get deals done, some owners give loans to buyers. Here's how it works
By Jennifer White Karp |December 29, 2023 - 3:30PM
Lower Manhattan skyline
Sell
Closing credits seal the deal but can mislead the next buyer
By Jennifer White Karp |December 29, 2023 - 11:30AM
New York, Chelsea apartments seen from the High Line park.
The Search
I tried NYC’s revamped housing information site. Here’s how you can use it to hunt for rentals, or check complaints about your landlord

… This month New York City relaunched its website HPD Online … again as part of our winter  Best of Brick week As a journalist Im intimately familiar with the handful of websites … New Yorkers research their apartments and landlords Many can be difficult to navigate without practice but HPD Online …

By Celia Young |December 29, 2023 - 9:30AM