Even With Its Rent Hikes, New York is the country's most "livable" city

… the country according to data from Vocativs 2014 Livability Index We also unseated last years most livable honoree …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 10, 2014 - 12:59PM
The Insider's Guide to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

… Sleepy stately Ditmas Park grabbed headlines in recent months for a series of … Lounge  and a new Pilates studio are bringing a decidedly Park Slope flare to the area much to neighbors chagrin So … part isnt there anymore   Sabita owns a onebedroom coop Sprawling porches are common in Ditmas Park where …

By Leigh Kamping-Carder |December 10, 2014 - 8:59AM
Harlem in 2014: LGBT-friendly and still without a 24-hour diner

… preoccupations and happenings of their chosen slice of the city Now were checking in again to see whats changed whats … the story dominating every street corner  If theres one Manhattan neighborhood emblematic of the frenzied pace of … any developer do that … What is Harlem missing … A 24hour diner Theres none nearby And IHOP does not count … What …

By Julie Inzanti |December 9, 2014 - 12:59PM
New York's most—and least—affordable areas, mapped in 3D

… Data maps are getting to be nearly as much of a New York pastime as complaining about the cost of housing and a new …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 9, 2014 - 11:59AM