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

… Abraham and Andrew who owned farmland nearby in the mid19th century The boundaries between Bushwick Brooklyn and … apartment per floor and an unfinished basement Firstfloor apartments had five rooms and second floor units had six the … for sale appears to be on the second floor and have two bedrooms a living room and a sitting room and a den or more …

By Marjorie Cohen |January 26, 2018 - 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 … to the history written not long after the area north of Manhattan including Alexander Avenue separated from … to New York from Tuscany in 1887 they found work in Manhattan setting up their own studio on West 39th Street …

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

… chef of the Norm Restaurant at the Brooklyn Museum has lived for 10 years on Chester Court an 18minute walk from … the only American who has felt that way about the town  Not long ago Chester was voted the fifth prettiest city in … 1878 as a way to deliver beachgoers to the shores of Coney Island and it didnt connect with Manhattan until 1896 The …

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