Follow the yellow brick: Tracing Ridgewood's history through a single picturesque block

… Though they were once common brickpaved streets are pretty hard to find in New York these … explains until the late 1960s the church had a Brooklyn zip code but it is certainly in Queens now … It all started …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
Pirates, glue factories, and mob graves: Blissville is Queens's dumping ground

… is a popular movie and television location Bruce Waynes parents and Spidermans Uncle Ben are buried there and it is … when he drove through the neighborhood and saw a For Rent sign He parked found the owner of the place negotiated the rent and moved in For the rest of us we may be luckier with …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… according to income The marketrate apartments are fully rented out with prices ranging from  $1735 for some  studios … is now a gated community of  luxury duplex apartment rentals  with units starting at $1475 a month  … This 1920 Mediterraneanstyle villa in Forest Hill is currently on the market for $799000   … You Might Also Like … …

By Lana Bortolot |August 10, 2017 - 2:14PM
Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… the mix on the block was professional in the singlefamily homes and working class in the tenements An LPC repor t … the 1800s the area was bustling with lumber yards saw mills stone yards and several piano factories   … 2 Its most … the Bronx       … 5 … Modern day Bertines are building new apartments and attracting new residents to a changing Mott …

By Marjorie Cohen |December 22, 2016 - 9:12AM