From Chelsea to Murray Hill: I left ‘druggy corner’ for a quiet spot of my own

… Living with roommates in Chelsea with a reduced rent meant Ada Hsieh could eventually save enough money to … male roommates We shared a spacious threebedroom twobath rentstabilized apartment in a doorman building in Chelsea … me to save money Editors Note Brick Undergrounds series  Transitions  features firstperson accounts of what its like …

By Kelly Kreth |January 28, 2022 - 9:30AM
From Elmhurst to Woodside: Swapping Queens neighborhoods to get away from crime

… born in Haiti and moved to the US when I was 12 I came to New York in 2008 for college and a new beginning I am now an … one bedroom in a brownstone The apartment is bigger than my old one It has high ceilings and a dishwasher and modern …

By Kelly Kreth |August 20, 2021 - 12:30PM
My rules of the road: How I keep a car in Manhattan without losing my mind

… New York City Perhaps the NYPD will establish a knucklehead category to differentiate this going forward For at least a … is illegal dangerous and annoyingly noisy Turns out I live just blocks from a popular hotspot for this activity I … onions sparing you the $65 parking  ticket Dont forget you live in Jungleland  Never park over a street grate in winter …

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 named … a lawsuit in Housing Court Heres Roberts story Years ago I lived in a firstfloor apartment in a walkup building on … moved in There were other sketchy stores We were two doors down from a bodega that we figured had to be a front …

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