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Rent
Yard access and lots of space beguile at this Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone rental
By Mimi OConnor |September 5, 2017 - 10:00AM
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Affordable Housing
NYCHA owns a bunch of brownstones on the Upper West Side—and they're in abysmal condition
By Virginia K. Smith |May 18, 2017 - 3:59PM
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Improve
This loan program could help owners pay for the steep cost of maintaining a historic townhouse
By Virginia K. Smith |March 16, 2017 - 11:59AM
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Troubleshooting
Snow day tips for vertical dwellers: Be nice to the guy with the shovel, and more
By Lucy Cohen Blatter |March 14, 2017 - 9:29AM
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Live
7 facts you probably don't know about NYC's beloved brownstones

… The term brownstone is often used incorrectly to describe any townhouse of a certain age no … horse manure was piled as high as sixty feet It lined city streets like banks of snow In the summer time it stank to …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 1, 2017 - 8:59AM
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Troubleshooting
A reason to always read the fine print: Clinton Hill townhouse owners are stuck paying $1,000 per year for their stoops
By Virginia K. Smith |January 26, 2017 - 3:59PM
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Renovation
7 hidden costs of renovating a brownstone
By Emily Nonko |December 30, 2016 - 4:33PM
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Live
What an inheritance fight over a brownstone reveals about the importance of writing an iron-clad will
By Alanna Schubach |October 26, 2016 - 12:59PM
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Sales Market
Open house weekend (and beyond): Apartments in townhouses ready for your visit
By Brick Underground |August 19, 2016 - 12:30PM