Take Five

… Youve likely heard of the Ditmas Park neighborhood in Brooklyn beautiful … railroad literally in their back yards he says One resident Louis Pounds approached one of the engineers Charles Potts … homes currently for sale are priced over $2 million Apartments can be had for less A threebedroom apartment is …

…  Lacking any zoning ordinances they agreed on a series of covenants and restrictions that specified exactly what they … and the rest of the row If it is not a high rise might replace some or all of what is there now See below for more on … was covered with weeds It was a childs delight a perfect place to play with my GI Joes and firetrucks he tells Brick …

… past Corona Queens With its 20 highrise buildings 5000 apartments and 40 acres of land its known as  LeFrak City … on the summer a mosque a Baptist church and a Jewish center the residents are very diverse It even has its … New York City developments such as the 8755unit Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan and the 6318unit Rochdale Village in …

… Today the LEED certified  apartment complex is home to 500 rentals with floortoceiling views of the Manhattan skyline … … boom in the area but it began its life as something very different the home of a newspaper Though its hard to imagine a …

… houses that stand along the south side of West 130th Street between Fifth Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard Not long … city How and why the Row was built how it became a magnet first for upper and middleclass whites and then … destination of fashionable New Yorkers who would travel north to picnic and enjoy the bucolic atmosphere As New York …

… you may have noticed a large rather regallooking castiron building Known as 801807 Broadway or 67 East 11th Street it … to demolish the shell and erect a what else highrise apartment in its stead The community protested vehemently … one a modestsized balcony and the other a 15footby21foot terrace This duplex apartment is 1150 square feet has white …