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

… Beverley Square East Beverley Square West Caton Park Fiske Terrace Midwood Park West Midwood South Midwood and … Queen Anne Tudor Greek Revival Colonial Revival Japanese Cottage etc style homes he says Probably its the largest … homes currently for sale are priced over $2 million Apartments can be had for less A threebedroom apartment is …

By Georgia Kral |December 2, 2016 - 9:59AM
A row of 12 houses near Audubon Park has a fascinating history—but do they have a future?

… Like surprises If so take the number 1 train to Washington Heights get off at 157th … 12 homes all built at the very end of the 19th century All were developed designed and built by one man and all stand … and put up a parking lot just like Joni Mitchell said … When the rowhouses were originally built they had front …

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

… The Jumel Terrace Historic District is one the most interesting neighborhoods in upper Manhattan and it happens … That lasted just over a month until the British captured New York city During the seven years that the British … straight from the obituary which refers to some of her more famous alleged suitors and the scores who bent willingly …

By Marjorie Cohen |June 6, 2016 - 8:59AM
Inside LeFrak City, a mega-rental community in Queens with affordable apartments

… waterfront but this is their firstand most famouslargescale residential development 1 … LeFrak City was built to be … other large New York City developments such as the 8755unit Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan and the 6318unit Rochdale Village in …

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

… Scrape away at almost any old building in NYC and youll find … Avenue also known as Rutherford Place is home to 127 luxury duplex and triplex apartments with high ceilings views of … its rooms In the 1960s thenowner Jake Starr resorted to renting out the basement to pay the bills and the first …

By Alanna Schubach |April 25, 2016 - 8:59AM
A Harlem street with a "quiet Southern town" vibe shines again

… front yards and porches seems to belong more in a quiet Southern town than in the middle of Central Harlem says … and Malcolm X Boulevard Not long ago many of these houses were dilapidated and missing their front porches and other … several lots in Harlem at auction in 1844 And he was right When he died the land passed to his two sons and one William …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 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 … are gone when you get to them just sit tight   A twobedroom duplex with two outdoor spaces one a modestsized balcony and …

By Marjorie Cohen |April 5, 2016 - 8:59AM
Tudor City: The peaceful East 40s enclave that's more than just its architecture

… the Tudor Revivalstyle enclave that opened its doors in 1927 in its spot from East 40 th to East 43 rd Street from Second Avenue to the … amassed in Manhattan at the time To mitigate the lack of river views French designed buildings that are virtually …

By Claire Wilson |March 16, 2016 - 8:59AM