Would you rent a great, cheap apartment even if you couldn't have sex there?


Talk about a Faustian bargain for New Yorkers. The Village Voice, relaunching its "Shelters" column today with five NYC apartment-dweller profiles, takes a look at a sexy 3,500-square-foot Long Island City loft where sex is not permitted, owing to the complete lack of interior walls and the fact that five roommates (each paying $600/month) share the space. What do you think--is it worth it? (VillageVoice.com)

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Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she covered New York City real estate for the The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri holds a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University.