A row of 12 houses near Audubon Park has a fascinating history—but do they have a future?

… On the south side of the street standing in a neat little row are 12 homes all built at the very end of the 19th … vandalism and lack of funds and was torn down in 1931 by an apartment developer According to the Times it was moved … row of homes even though they are older than the apartment buildings that are included   She and Spady sat down and in …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 28, 2016 - 12:15PM
Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical

… why LinManuel Miranda chose the MorrisJumel Mansion for which the area is named as a setting in which to write … area … 1 George Washington really did sleep here and apparently the political arguments raged on … The Jumel mansion … in their home on West 160th Street They rent a garden apartment900 square feet with room for 46 people to sleepfor

By Marjorie Cohen |June 6, 2016 - 8:59AM
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 … in an amenityfilled community And it still is Today the apartments are nofee and many are rentstabilized those that … Town in Manhattan and the 6318unit Rochdale Village in Jamaica Queens Lefrak City was built without direct city or …

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)

… If youve every walked by the corner of Broadway and 11th Street you may have noticed a large rather … Emigrant Savings Bank  In an 1894 article in the New York Times McCreery is described as being in the front rank of … a 15footby21foot terrace This duplex apartment is 1150 square feet has white oak floors and on the second level a …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 5, 2016 - 8:59AM