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 … explains until the late 1960s the church had a Brooklyn zip code but it is certainly in Queens now … It all started with … interior light and air and had bathrooms in each individual apartment None of these features were a given at the time …

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

19th century its location on the banks of Newtown Creek is what made Blissville a place to know By the 1850s the creeks … places Linhart says Its also about looking at places that you drive through and you dont think anything of In the film … youd like to live not too far from Blissville you can buy a onebedroom onebath condo with a balcony a washerdryer …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 14, 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 Third Avenue138th Street 6 stop the strip includes row houses … a pair of public housing developments   Alexander Avenue is lined with the most distinguished row houses in …

By Marjorie Cohen |October 3, 2017 - 3:00PM
Explore Newark's unsung historic districts

… Historic Districts include Forest Hill Four Corners James Street Commons Lincoln Park Military Park Commons North Broad Street and Weequahic Park Forest Hill is the … fall with pricing scaled according to income The marketrate apartments are fully rented out with prices ranging from  …

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

… youll likely find yourself intrigued by the striking row of townhouses and tenements that line the thoroughfare known as … Haven in general is steady and growing  Either prospective renters and buyers know and love the area for what it is …

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