In case you missed it

I won a two bedroom in the Bronx for $655 a month in NYC's housing lottery

… tech company When she was 18 her mom told her about NYCs housing lottery After years of applying at age 26 she … also living there And she knew it was a good way to get an affordable nice apartment … How did you find out you were … me to send some information including a photo of my current lease My mom wrote a letter stating that I was living …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |June 26, 2024 - 9:30AM

Live

I never thought I'd see the woodwork from my old apartment again. Then I went into a furniture store

By Tanya Pollard |May 30, 2024 - 1:45PM

The entrance to a garden-floor apartment

Neighborhood Intel

I lived in a Brooklyn Heights garden-floor apartment for nearly 20 years—it's not like living in a basement

By Austin Havens-Bowen |May 14, 2024 - 10:00AM

Renovation

How I turned a storage shed behind my Brooklyn house into an art studio

… into the deed Editors Note Brick Undergrounds Inside Stories features firstperson accounts of dramatic reallife NYC real estate experiences Have a story to share Drop us an email This story previously ran … … Renovation … art … Brooklyn … In case you missed it … Inside Stories … Renovation … How I turned a storage shed …

By Willow Rabinovich |May 7, 2024 - 12:30PM

Affordable Housing

Home sharing with a senior: Roommate matching program makes living in NYC more affordable

By Jennifer White Karp |April 25, 2024 - 4:30PM

The skyline of Manhattan from Park Slope, Brooklyn.

The Search

I found out my apartment used to be rent stabilized. Here’s how I determined if it was legally deregulated

By Celia Young |April 23, 2024 - 11:00AM

Small Projects + DIY

My apartment really needs to be painted. How can I get my landlord to do it?

By Austin Havens-Bowen |January 18, 2024 - 1:30PM

Affordable Housing

How I won a $444 UWS studio in NYC's affordable housing lottery

By Lcee |December 19, 2023 - 12:30PM

Neighbors

I found an envelope of cash and bumped up my building’s holiday tips

… was submitted and approved Editors Note Brick Undergrounds Inside Stories features firstperson accounts of dramatic … the apartment over the summer to a sketchy individual long story did he leave the money behind Had I in fact put the … the Magi The building staff got a tip bump and I got this story to tell Just call me Lady Bountiful Mary Lowengard is …

By Mary Lowengard |November 28, 2023 - 1:30PM

Affordable Housing

For 13 years I asked the landlord to fix the ceiling. Then it rained inside my kitchen (video)

By Anonymous |November 14, 2023 - 1:00PM