Inside Stories

Real-life tales of real-life NYC real estate experiences

Rent
October 17, 2019 - 12:30PM

I won a $908 studio in Long Island City in NYC's housing lottery, but I didn't count on the culture shock

By Austin Havens-Bowen
Live
October 3, 2019 - 3:30PM

Nightmare in Park Slope: My ‘luxury’ basement apartment flooded three times in two months

By Anonymous
Rent
September 18, 2019 - 12:30PM

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

By Austin Havens-Bowen
Rent
August 8, 2019 - 1:30PM

I went to the opening of a co-living space in Williamsburg and felt 'hella old'

By Mimi O'Connor
Buy
August 1, 2019 - 2:00PM

Brick Underground’s best advice from New Yorkers who lived through real estate drama

By Emily Myers
Live
July 1, 2019 - 3:30PM

I live in a five-floor NYC townhouse with a private elevator

By Mimi O'Connor
Improve
June 27, 2019 - 9:00AM

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

By Willow Rabinovich
Buy
June 25, 2019 - 4:15PM

The outrageously priced Brooklyn condo that I thank god we didn't end up buying

By Mimi O'Connor
Live
June 3, 2019 - 4:00PM

I lived in an extended-stay hotel with my daughter for 4 years after our NYC co-op flooded

By Nikki M. Mascali
Rent
May 16, 2019 - 12:00PM

I'm a rent-stabilized tenant and I got a MCI increase lowered by $159,000 for my building

By Nikki M. Mascali