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More stations to get elevators, $3M for an Inwood lot with a giant rock, & more

Austin Havens-Bowen
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By Austin Havens-Bowen  |
September 23, 2019 - 11:00AM

The MTA says 48 subway stations will get elevators and accessibility upgrades: 12 in Manhattan, 21 in Brooklyn, and six each in Queens and the Bronx (am New York)

A vacant lot in Inwood on the market for $3 million comes with a very big catch: a 30-foot pile of bedrock (The New York Times)

Want a famous neighbor? This $12.95 million Upper West Side duplex is in a building where Robert DeNiro and Paul Simon live (press release) 

After 18 months of construction, the waterfront esplanade at Flushing Creek Waterfront Park opened to the public on Friday (QNS.com)

Scam alert: New Yorkers who lend their phone to strangers might end up with an empty bank account (West Side Rag) 

Co-living company WeLive is one of WeWork's faltering side businesses (The Real Deal via the Wall Street Journal)

 

 

 

Austin Havens-Bowen

Austin Havens-Bowen

Writer

Austin Havens-Bowen is a writer and reporter. He previously covered local news for the Queens Ledger and The Hunts Point Express in the Bronx. He graduated from Hunter College with a BA in media studies. He rents a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria with his boyfriend and their two cats.

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