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

… discovered in writing the book and where hed recommend both longtime New Yorkers and total newcomers visit in the … Ive been living in Queens since 1998 so going on 20 years I live in Rego Park right by the border of Forest Hills … What … I would say start with Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City There are great views of the water and lots of …

By Alanna Schubach |February 8, 2018 - 2:00PM
Redlining: How one racist, Depression-era policy still shapes New York real estate

If youve recently walked down a block of Park Slope you … away with this image leafy trees clean streets pristine townhouses Its one of the most desired neighborhoods in Brooklyn … sparking conversations of how this exclusionary housing policy still affects cities today  In 2014 writer TaNehisi

By Emily Nonko |December 29, 2016 - 9:36AM