With its stately homes and green spaces, Victorian Flatbush has attracted everyone from silent movie stars to current Hollywood A-listers

Youve likely heard of the Ditmas Park neighborhood in Brooklyn beautiful mansionsized standalone homes with yards quiet … Flatbush in fact comprises 11 different neighborhoods They are Prospect Park South Ditmas Park Ditmas Park West …

By Georgia Kral |December 2, 2016 - 9:59AM
A row of 12 houses near Audubon Park has a fascinating history—but do they have a future?

… in New York and are architecturally very different from more common and predictable brownstones In fact the Historic … their land sell lots and build houses for sale or lease No more orchards fields animals and forests Italianate … currently for sale or rent within the 12 houses you can buy   a 2300squarefoot apartment made up of  two units …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 28, 2016 - 12:15PM
Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical

… Miranda chose the MorrisJumel Mansion for which the area is named as a setting in which to write parts of his … Washington and Roger Morris Park within its borders Its significance is enhanced by the fact that the homes there today … founding fathers met the founding brothers Here five facts you need to know about the area … 1 George Washington really …

By Marjorie Cohen |June 6, 2016 - 8:59AM
Five residential buildings with fascinating past lives

… buildings began as something else entirelyread on to learn about the coops and condos with fascinating past lives … Built in 1902 the facility was a gift to the city from JP Morgan and designed by famed American architect Robert …

By Alanna Schubach |April 25, 2016 - 8:59AM
A Harlem street with a "quiet Southern town" vibe shines again

… houses with front yards and porches seems to belong more in a quiet Southern town than in the middle of Central … further and further north the fashionable folks began to buy homes in the area according to the Landmarks … cooperatives four apartments in each home for lowincome buyers Ansis oversaw the restoration initiative for the …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 2016 - 8:59AM
A hangout of 19th-century high society still stands on 11th Street (and you can live there, too)

… pending list of the Landmarks Preservation Commission for more than 50 years In the mid1800s when cast iron came into … the emporiums copywriter invites the attention of outoftown buyers as well as local ones to its large attractive stock … live in the McCreery building Apartments are available to buy and rent … Does all this history make you want to move …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 5, 2016 - 8:59AM