Inside LeFrak City, a mega-rental community in Queens with affordable apartments

… of red brick buildings you see when driving past Corona Queens With its 20 highrise buildings 5000 apartments and 40 … being renovated more on that below LeFrak has also built Newport on the Jersey City waterfront but this is their … affordable housing and its still rather affordable by New York standards … When the LeFrak City was built in the 1960s …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 25, 2016 - 8:59AM
A hangout of 19th-century high society still stands on 11th Street (and you can live there, too)

… was once home of the undeniably upscale James McCreery Co Store and has been on the pending list of the Landmarks … the McCreery building Apartments are available to buy and rent … Does all this history make you want to move right in … iron columns that stands just inside the kitchen area The monthly rent is $4200 … This building was suggested by a …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 5, 2016 - 8:59AM
The Upper West Side's Clebourne building is one of the neighborhood's historic crown jewels

… Every day in New York City you probably walk past hundreds of buildings Many … sold in January for $475 million  … 4 Its smallest apartments were huge … If you were in the market for a … New Yorker writer live in the building The neocon couple Norman Podhoretz the editor of Commentary for 35 years and …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 23, 2016 - 8:59AM
Tudor City: The peaceful East 40s enclave that's more than just its architecture

… at the time To mitigate the lack of river views French designed buildings that are virtually blind on the First … declared a New York City Historic District in 1988 … 2 The architecture is a marketing move of sorts … Decidedly unhip … which range in size from six to 23 stories and are home to just under 5000 residents According to Mary Frances …

By Claire Wilson |March 16, 2016 - 8:59AM