Queens author Joe DiStefano on where New Yorkers can go to be a tourist in their own city

… New York native Joe DiStefano is an authority on Queens diverse culinary scene On his blog  … … Long Island City … Queens … restaurants … Queens author Joe DiStefano on where New Yorkers can go to be a …

By Alanna Schubach |February 8, 2018 - 2:00PM
"I see racism in the market": Brokers get candid on race in a new study

… at where real estate brokers have offices how they steer home buyers overtly and otherwise based on the racial makeup … New York state Asian neighborhoods have an average of 199 registered real estate agents per census tract and white … The Hasids in Williamsburg and the Russians in Brighton Beach and even little old Italian women in Cobble Hill they …

By Nathan Tempey |October 16, 2017 - 12:00PM
Why does infrastructure lag so far behind gentrification?

… for a long time 4th Avenue in Brooklyn wasnt zoned for any retail and neither was Long Island City when new … on a spreadsheet If youre a real estate manager for a major retail operation youre not necessarily driving around … Regional Plan Association Community boards and neighborhood groups have to do it and also neighborhood officials Its …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 30, 2016 - 10:07AM
Can "self-gentrification" help communities stay ahead of predatory development?

… in areas like BedStuy where community groups have started actively encouraging longtime residents to hang onto their …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 6, 2016 - 12:59PM
Talking gentrification, and why "New York City is a real estate story," with the director of HBO's "Class Divide"

… The story of gentrification has been told many times over as development … rapidly transforms New York City But the new HBO documentary  Class Divide  takes an indepth and personal and … buddy found our 4500squarefoot industrial loft space which rented for about $400month at the time There was no heat on …

By Kelly Kreth |October 31, 2016 - 9:59AM