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:
For one writer, the GlowBowl wasn't all it's cracked up to be
By Kelly Kreth
June 8, 2016 - 09:59 AM
Our writer's experience with GlowBowl was less than glowing.
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True story: I lived above a drug-addled squatter (with my imaginary husband, William)
By Kelly Kreth
March 10, 2016 - 16:09 PM
A New York story of living above a drug-addled squatter.
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This Valentine's Day — and all year long — keep the sex noises down, please
By Kelly Kreth
February 10, 2016 - 14:59 PM
Several Valentine’s Days ago, BrickUnderground published our now infamous noisy neighbor sex survey, finding that although two-thirds of 400 NYC apartment dwellers had overheard a neighbor having sex, more than half wished they hadn't.
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Test Drive: giving a whirl to Tushy, the new clip-on bidet
By Kelly Kreth
December 8, 2015 - 11:30 AM
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The Author of 'St. Marks Is Dead' on the $200 Apartment She Grew Up In and What Made Her Move to Brooklyn Read More
By Kelly Kreth
October 29, 2015 - 09:59 AM
Born and raised on New York City’s iconic St. Marks Place, author Ada Calhoun chronicles the street’s history and evolution in her brand new book St. Marks is Dead: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street.
Go behind the exclusive gates of the Dakota, the city's first luxury apartment building Read More
By Kelly Kreth
October 6, 2015 - 09:59 AM
The Central Park West building made famous by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is the subject of its first full-length history, called The Dakota: A History of the World’s Best-Known Apartment Building. Written by historian Andrew Alpern and to be released later this month, the book takes an in-depth look at the building's beginnings in the 1880s, and its developer, Edward Clark, and architect, Henry J.
