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

… Flatbush in fact comprises 11 different neighborhoods They are Prospect Park South Ditmas Park Ditmas Park West … Dont tell a homeowner in Prospect Park South that he lives in Ditmas Park Victorian Flatbush is teeming … approached one of the engineers Charles Potts who also lived in the neighborhood Potts proposed placing the tracks …

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?

… included   She and Spady sat down and in the period of two weeks wrote an application to the Six to Celebrate … 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
Discovering Ocean Grove: religious camps, Suffragettes, and so much more

… Cavanaugh executive director of the Ocean Grove Area Chamber of Commerce Here five facts about this seaside … tent city primarily in the summer … Campers back then didnt live in houses and cottages Instead they camped out … as well as singlefamilies and duplexes  Though the Civil Warera tents no longer exist there are 114 made of canvas …

By S. Jhoanna Robledo |June 17, 2016 - 9:59AM
Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical

… area … 1 George Washington really did sleep here and apparently the political arguments raged on … The Jumel mansion … and claimed Mount Morris as his home headquarters That lasted just over a month until the British captured New York … their purchase included almost all of the land stretching between 159th and 174th Street between the Harlem River and …

By Marjorie Cohen |June 6, 2016 - 8:59AM
Inside LeFrak City, a mega-rental community in Queens with affordable apartments

… acres of land its known as  LeFrak City The privatelyowned rental community which stands at the intersection of Corona … by a company owned and run by the LeFrak family and is currently being renovated more on that below LeFrak has also … residential development 1 … LeFrak City was built to be affordable housing and its still rather affordable by New …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 25, 2016 - 8:59AM
Five residential buildings with fascinating past lives

… Scrape away at almost any old building in NYC and youll find layers of history The citys many incarnations are visible in the fading signs on the sides of buildings in … and was home to a prison an asylum and a smallpox hospital The mental hospital known as Blackwells Island …

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

… houses that stand along the south side of West 130th Street between Fifth Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard Not long ago …  lawyers filed a demolition by neglect lawsuit in August last year after the LPC staff spent over two years … on the top floorsbright with efficient spaceand two rentals a onebedroom on the garden floor and a twobedroom on …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 2016 - 8:59AM
Tudor City: The peaceful East 40s enclave that's more than just its architecture

… cabbies and lonely males travelling through Grand Central Rents subsequently fell the jewel of midtown got shabby … UN Secretariat building … 5 The real estates surprisingly affordable for Manhattan … The former love nests once … Frances Shaugnessy principal at Tudor Realty Services they rent for $1700 $1900 per month while a small onebedroom …

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