StreetNoise

Life in a luxury Bushwick building, the cost of redoing your floors, and more

By Virginia K. Smith | June 27, 2014 - 10:59AM 

What's it really like inside Bushwick's oft-maligned luxury building, Colony 1209, anyway? (Bushwick Daily via Brownstoner)

Exactly how much it'll cost--and how long it'll take--to redo your floors (Sweeten)

Where can you still find a two-bedroom co-op for under $200,000? Good ol' Inwood (NYT)

Rockaway residents may be losing their ability to commute by ferry (Brownstoner Queens)

You should probably ask yourself these questions before deciding to buy a home (Zillow)

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