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Products + Test-drives Shop Amazon Prime Day for gadgets to make living with roommates easier
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   June 17, 2021 - 2:30PM
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Improve 8 stylish products to hide your cat's litter box in a NYC apartment
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   May 25, 2021 - 1:30PM
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Live Why sheltering in NYC is unlike anywhere else: An essay
By Jennifer White Karp   |   August 14, 2020 - 1:30PM
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Improve Does artificial turf last? An update on our backyard after two years with fake grass
By Emily Myers   |   May 3, 2021 - 12:30PM
Products + Test-drives Multi-use cookware and electrics to maximize your small NYC kitchen
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   March 2, 2021 - 9:30AM
Products + Test-drives Here are 5 smart hubs for your NYC apartment from Google, Amazon Echo, Apple, and more
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   February 18, 2021 - 1:30PM
Improve 5 smart-home security systems that will work in any NYC apartment
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   January 21, 2021 - 1:30PM
Products + Test-drives Need a last-minute holiday gift? Here are Brick Underground's top quarantine picks
By Brick Underground   |   December 17, 2020 - 12:30PM
Products + Test-drives 8 home products to upgrade your NYC apartment that are discounted for Amazon’s Prime Day
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   October 13, 2020 - 11:35AM
Products + Test-drives The apps you need when you live in NYC (especially in the Covid era)
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   October 12, 2020 - 2:30PM
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Testing out FreshDirect's new Brooklyn-centric "sister" service, FoodKick
By Virginia K. Smith   |   July 20, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Products + Test-drives 6 heaters to warm your outdoor space through fall
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   September 28, 2020 - 2:30PM
Improve 14 lighting picks to brighten up your outdoor space
By Emily Myers   |   June 29, 2020 - 12:30PM
Products + Test-drives NYC delivery apps adapt to help you maintain social distancing
By Austin Havens-Bowen   |   March 27, 2020 - 4:30PM
Products + Test-drives Have a rat problem? This electrified trap could zap it away
By Mimi O'Connor   |   December 6, 2018 - 12:00PM
Improve Feeling blue? You're right on trend according to Behr's color of the year
By Mimi O'Connor   |   August 24, 2018 - 10:00AM
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For one writer, the GlowBowl wasn't all it's cracked up to be
By Kelly Kreth   |   June 8, 2016 - 9:59AM
Our writer's experience with GlowBowl was less than glowing. [ Read More... ]
 
Improve How to tell if your electrical outlets are a fire hazard
By Virginia K. Smith   |   September 28, 2017 - 1:00PM
Products + Test-drives Can Amazon's Alexa be the butler you always wanted?
By Lucy Cohen Blatter   |   August 29, 2017 - 3:00PM
Improve Faking it: 6 artificial plants that will truly green your apartment
By S. Jhoanna Robledo   |   January 24, 2017 - 8:59AM
Products + Test-drives 5 stylish space heaters that will get you through the rest of winter
By Lucy Cohen Blatter   |   January 18, 2017 - 3:59PM
Improve College futons begone: 6 fashionable sofabeds for NYC apartments
By S. Jhoanna Robledo   |   January 11, 2017 - 9:59AM
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Here are the coolest home goods coming to a store near you
By Mayra David   |   March 1, 2016 - 2:59PM

Last month, we checked out  wholesale home good and lifestyle product trade show NY NOW.  The twice-annual event takes place on four floors of the Javits Center,&nb

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Products + Test-drives Uber, Lyft, Gett, Juno, and Via: Which of these 5 NYC taxi alternatives is right for you?
By The Editors   |   December 28, 2016 - 12:51PM
Improve Ho-ho-home damage: Steer clear of the season's biggest apartment hazards
By Virginia K. Smith   |   December 22, 2016 - 11:59AM
Products + Test-drives The best practical gifts for NYC apartment-dwellers
By S. Jhoanna Robledo   |   December 14, 2016 - 2:59PM
Products + Test-drives A newcomer tours NYC through Pokémon Go—and lives to tell the tale
By Isabel Navarrete   |   July 21, 2016 - 2:58PM
Products + Test-drives Bye-bye, Metrocard? The MTA is considering alternatives for fare payment
By Alanna Schubach   |   July 20, 2016 - 10:15AM