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

… past Corona Queens With its 20 highrise buildings 5000 apartments and 40 acres of land its known as  LeFrak City … community which stands at the intersection of Corona Rego Park and Elmhurst was built in the 1960s by a company owned … Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan and the 6318unit Rochdale Village in Jamaica Queens Lefrak City was built without …

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

… any old building in NYC and youll find layers of history The citys many incarnations are visible in the fading signs … Side right beside Seward Park sits the Forward Building a condominium property with a Beaux Arts façade When it was … the building was converted to 425 apartments offering a wide range of floor plans and layouts today a condo there is …

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 … novel all attest to the creativity and resilience of New Yorkers 1 T … he story begins with William Astor … In the … of two Astor Foundation grants that eventually totaled $17 million to jumpstart the restoration of homes on the row …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 2016 - 8:59AM