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

… Pratt Institute and before designing most of Ridgewood apprenticed at the renowned Beaux Arts firm Carrere Hastings … brokers will kill to get a listing If youre looking for a rental theres one nearby at 253 Stockholm St which although … in a sixunit building and you can bring your pets … Asking rent … $2500   … You Might Also Like … …

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

… Blissville a slice of Long Island City bordered by Calvary Cemetery the Long Island Expressway and Newtown Creek is a roughhewn mostly forgotten outpost of New … in 1905 it now functions as both a hotel and a homeless shelter Once the home of PS 80 and the most imposing …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 2017 - 9:00AM
Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses

… known   More than 100 years later  some of those houses are still standing many nearly unchanged on Alexander Avenue … Board of Trade a group of businessmen and professionals who lived in the area and promoted it with vigor set up shop at … and its bridge were named in honor of Edward Willis who lived at 280 Alexander Ave Willis was a real estate …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
MacDougal Alley: A small downtown mews filled with NYC art history

… McDougallwhich is how he spelled itcame to the US from a small island off the coast of Scotland when he was just … of New York Not only did he not get a hit musical written about him but his name is misspelled on the street and alley … … From 1949 to 1950 Jackson Pollock lived at number 9 a home borrowed from his friend and benefactor Alfonso Ossorio …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 14, 2017 - 2:59PM
5 secrets of Harlem's Sugar Hill

… of Sugar Hill are often debated and it makes sense What uptown resident wouldnt want to stake their claim on … down through the generations Whether or not you fully buy into the back story hey it cant hurt to buy local … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 24, 2017 - 12:59PM
Chester Court: A cul-de-sac in Brooklyn that feels like the U.K.'s Cotswolds

… building the Brooklyn Bridge was up railroad access to the area had been established and Prospect Park had been created … chef of the Norm Restaurant at the Brooklyn Museum has lived for 10 years on Chester Court an 18minute walk from … 2016 National Book Awardwinning novel Underground Railroad  lived on Chester Court from 2003 to 2005 Here are five more …

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