From Elmhurst to Woodside: Swapping Queens neighborhoods to get away from crime

… landed in Woodside where she found a bigger apartment Her rent is now $600 higher and food is more expensive but she … threestory house where I lived on the first floor The $1500 rent was reasonable but the place had its drawbacks There … that would also be closer to Manhattan for work I scanned StreetEasy and saw at least 20 apartments in person Often …

By Kelly Kreth |August 20, 2021 - 12:30PM
Smile! Sellers may be watching that open house on their nanny cam

… watched up close was nervewracking for this prospective buyer I was acutely selfconscious she tells Brick … do anything that might make her look bad In retrospect the buyer she said she was so concerned about how she looked … secure as a result of Covid rules   Heres a look at whats happening on the other side of the lensor listening …

By Jennifer White Karp |March 2, 2021 - 2:30PM
My rules of the road: How I keep a car in Manhattan without losing my mind

… Manhattan but take it from mehere are my three leading deterrents Its expensive Its redundant Its ecologically obnoxious … in the East 60s where I parked one morning in late April legally having cruised south on Second Avenue for 40 blocks … block that sirens call of New Jersey gas prices Its always free to leave New York but to return for free you will have …

By Mary Lowengard |February 10, 2021 - 2:30PM
I lived above a chicken restaurant. The noise was bad but the vermin were worse

… When the Yorkville store selling video porn downstairs from a New Yorker … hire my own exterminator and withhold the cost from my rent I did just that but the landlord tried to evict me Next …

By Kelly Kreth |October 7, 2020 - 9:30AM