Kelly Kreth
Contributing writer
Contributing writer Kelly Kreth has been a freelance journalist, essayist, and columnist for more than two decades. Her real estate articles have appeared in The Real Deal, Luxury Listings, Our Town, and amNewYork. A long-time New York City renter who loves a good deal, Kreth currently lives in a coveted rent-stabilized apartment in a luxury building on the Upper East Side.
Posts by Kelly Kreth:
I live next to a trendy restaurant: The free appetizers make up for idling black Suburbans and the paparazzi
By Kelly Kreth
January 27, 2020 - 13:00 PM
When a trio of Georgetown graduates takes a three-bedroom apartment sight unseen next door to Carbone, a buzzy restaurant in Greenwich Village, it takes a little getting used to the black Suburbans ferrying A-list celebs and the paparazzi that wait outside, and of course, the noise. Here’s what it’s like to live next to a hot destination.
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In Awkwafina's ‘Nora From Queens,' the jokes wobble but the real estate is on point
By Kelly Kreth
January 24, 2020 - 13:30 PM
Comedy Central's "Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” focuses on a slacker who spends her days vaping, getting high, and getting fired from jobs while she tries to find her purpose.
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I lived above an 80 year old who had a barbershop in his apartment. His death felt like the end of old Astoria
By Kelly Kreth
January 22, 2020 - 12:00 PM
Helly Schtevie landed a bedroom in a cheap apartment in Astoria owned by a Greek octogenarian who ran a one-chair barber shop out of his apartment. He was a charming busybody who looked out for her, and her roommates, or "the girls," as he called them.
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From the UWS to Riverdale: Finding a patch of suburban life in the city
By Kelly Kreth
January 21, 2020 - 13:00 PM
Danny loved living in the UWS in his 20s for its easy access to the rest of the city, but once he got married and needed more financial security, he traded the neighborhood for Riverdale, where he has more space and even gets to play tennis regularly. Here's his story.
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From UWS to UES: Exchanging brownstones for high-rises, and embracing life as a family of renters
By Kelly Kreth
January 15, 2020 - 15:00 PM
Non-New Yorkers might not understand why a family would choose to be permanent renters, but this Upper East Sider explains why it works for her family, and how her Yorkville neighborhood compares to the Upper West Side.
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I moved next to Domino Park to improve my dog's health, and ended up improving my life too
By Kelly Kreth
January 14, 2020 - 12:00 PM
A New Yorker who left the East Village for Williamsburg for his dog's health ended up becoming healthier, and happier, himself.
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