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

… neighborhood in Brooklyn beautiful mansionsized standalone homes with yards quiet pictureperfect streets unique … historian Ron Schweiger It is a misnomer Dont tell a homeowner in Prospect Park South that he lives in Ditmas … Heres a sampling of its rich past … 1 The neighborhoods are home to probably the largest collection of freestanding …

By Georgia Kral |December 2, 2016 - 9:59AM
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 … families who wanted reasonable rents and the benefits of living in an amenityfilled community And it still is Today … are very diverse It even has its own library branchin the Wellington buildingthats also open to the public … 3 …   … …

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 25, 2016 - 8:59AM
A Harlem street with a "quiet Southern town" vibe shines again

… Her team investigated all the details of the structural members and took great care in replicating the original … and community affairs at LPC   The Honorable Lynn Kotler issued a decision on November 4 2015 ordering …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 2016 - 8:59AM
The Upper West Side's Clebourne building is one of the neighborhood's historic crown jewels

… West Side has the largest concentration of distinguished apartment buildings in the world This Upper West Side … was to tear the home down and build in its place a 13 story apartment building the kind of property that was becoming … … 5 Its a celebrity building … Indomitable actress Estelle Parsons who at 88 is opening this spring in a play by Israel …

By Marjorie Cohen |March 23, 2016 - 8:59AM