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

… are pretty hard to find in New York these days A few blocks from the Dekalb Avenue L station just over the … the breweries … Paul Kerzner president of the Ridgewood Property Owners and Civic Association says that most of … many of the owners of these breweries were an enlightened group who encouraged the development of homes that were …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 9:00AM
Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections

… Two short blocks from the justrenovated Bay Ridge Parkway subway stop … buildings for the Finnish Home Building Association a group of Finnish immigrants who pooled their money to create … city of New York has ever undertaken Lacking resources the property became blighted and it was not until 1940 that the …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 26, 2017 - 9:00AM
Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… are still standing many nearly unchanged on Alexander Avenue between 137th and 141st streets Directly off of the … Street 6 stop the strip includes row houses lowrise apartment buildings and two government buildings and is … Dolkart professor of historic preservation at Columbia University The houses between 139th and 140th streets built …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
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
Looking back at Harlem's history as a major Jewish enclave

… Gurock defines as 96th Street and the East River to Fifth Avenue north to the Harlem River the other was Central … redlining and neglect it might as well be Fortnum and Mason To us our Harlem is being remade upgraded and … quotes an ad in a circa1896 ad in a Yiddish newspaper for apartments at 1883 Third Avenue between 97th and 98th …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 25, 2017 - 8:59AM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… set out to attract solid middleclass families to purchase homes in Flatbush explains Andrew Scott Dolkart professor of … in the city Slight hyperbole yes but it was true that prospective residents would have a fairly quick and … called Parkline built just behind Chester Court went on the market last summer Of the 254 units there are only 13 left …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM
Bertine Block : A small street in the Bronx that offers a window into 19th century NYC

… tenements that line the thoroughfare known as the Bertine Block Historic District Its the brick work and architectural … by the Landmarks Preservation Commission is that the four groups of townhouses and two groups of tenements reflect the … Lewis Morris and his brother Captain Richard Morrisbought property from Jonas Bronck the first European to settle in …

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