Kelly Kreth

When the pandemic struck, Janine, a real estate agent, realized she was paying for a bunch of fancy amenities in her luxury Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, rental that she could no longer use. The pandemic became a catalyst for a move to a more private residence in nearby Windsor Terrace. Here’s how the two neighborhoods compare.

After Ivan found his dog training and t-shirt design businesses impacted by Covid-19, he decided to move out of New York City. He traded the hyper Bushwick art and music scene for the more scenic and relaxed Rockland County area and discovered it’s easier to stay out of trouble being surrounded by nature instead of hipsters. Here’s his take on how the two areas compare.

When Ruth Shin and her husband moved to Brooklyn 20 years ago, their budget was pretty tight. So, when they were shown a huge, spacious loft that matched their price, they didn’t give their East Williamsburg environs much scrutiny. Turns out, they were signing a lease in an industrial neighborhood. Here’s Ruth’s story.

A New Yorker named Lauren, who is in media relations, decided to take a leap and move from a roommate share in Harlem to an apartment with her boyfriend in Astoria. Now, not only is she saving money each month, but she is indulging her adventurous tastes in cuisine, thanks to her new neighborhood’s diverse food scene. Here’s her take on how the neighborhoods compare.

Two weeks before NYC was shut down, communications and PR pro Deniz Sonmez-Alpan ditched her one bedroom on the fifth floor of a walkup building on the Upper West Side in the hopes of lowering her monthly expenses, shortening her commute, and gaining more space. She found all of that and more on the Upper East Side, but sadly for her, the “more” includes even more stairs. Here’s how she compares the two neighborhoods.

Yorkville—especially by the spacious park—tends to be fairly quiet and empty even at the height of summer. But as the protests started this summer, the crowds came, most from outside the Upper East Side, congregating on my block outside the mayor’s home.