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 … Now things may be turning around Recently the New York Times Travel section chose the neighborhood as number … to the history written not long after the area north of Manhattan including Alexander Avenue separated from …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… Peter J Collins was a man with a housing plan When in the early 20th … set out to attract solid middleclass families to purchase homes in Flatbush explains Andrew Scott Dolkart professor of … Gardens was designated as an official landmark by the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission so the homes will stay …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |January 18, 2017 - 8:59AM