neighborhoods

… One day my boyfriend came home and noticed that the peephole of our door was covered with ink At first he thought it was the … by ducttaping an iPad to the inside of our door with the camera pointing through the peephole We pressed record and …

… Kebab recently closed and the Turkish restaurant around the corner or grabbing a quick slice from Stellas Pizza right … places like my gym Trader Joes and my favorite neighborhood bar Intermezzo now closed Anything further away was a super … West Side Highway down to the World Trade Center and then back  Add to all that exercise Our stairs Those werent as …

… New Yorkers who are priced out of Manhattan Brooklyn and parts of Queens are … midrise apartment buildings and prewar coops and postwar condos Theres l ots of new developments are going up in the … projects as well as marketrate and luxury condos and rentals  Case in point  Bankside  in Mott Havena …

… Helly Schtevie was thrilled to score an affordable Astoria apartmentwith great roommates to boot But the building … He was always warning me to be careful I wondered if he had scandalous theories about how I was paying for my rent …