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Neighborhood Intel
With its stately homes and green spaces, Victorian Flatbush has attracted everyone from silent movie stars to current Hollywood A-listers
By Georgia Kral |December 2, 2016 - 9:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
A row of 12 houses near Audubon Park has a fascinating history—but do they have a future?
By Marjorie Cohen |July 28, 2016 - 12:15PM
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Beach
Discovering Ocean Grove: religious camps, Suffragettes, and so much more
By S. Jhoanna Robledo |June 17, 2016 - 9:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical
By Marjorie Cohen |June 6, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Rent
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 … in Manhattan and the 6318unit Rochdale Village in Jamaica Queens Lefrak City was built without direct city or state … comes to retail and entertainment the closest choice is the Queens Center Mall While its got that …

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

… to learn about the coops and condos with fascinating past lives … The Octagon … Before it was Roosevelt Island the … in its façade … The Forward Building … In the Two Bridges neighborhood of the Lower East Side right beside Seward Park … Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline   … Live … Neighborhood Intel … history … Lower East Side … Roosevelt Island … Take …

By Alanna Schubach |April 25, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
A Harlem street with a "quiet Southern town" vibe shines again
By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
A hangout of 19th-century high society still stands on 11th Street (and you can live there, too)
By Marjorie Cohen |April 5, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
The Upper West Side's Clebourne building is one of the neighborhood's historic crown jewels

… wisteria vines and surrounded by an apple orchard chicken coops a barn for cows and goats and according to Untapped … been built with automobiles in mind in anticipation of the future although some horse drawn carriages were still in use … space on Broadway was the home of John Valentis Birdland jazz club room from 1986 to 1996 Apparently its triangle …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 23, 2016 - 8:59AM
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Neighborhood Intel
Tudor City: The peaceful East 40s enclave that's more than just its architecture
By Claire Wilson |March 16, 2016 - 8:59AM