Take Five

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

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

Beach

Discovering Ocean Grove: religious camps, Suffragettes, and so much more

By S. Jhoanna Robledo |June 17, 2016 - 9:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Jumel Terrace: A neighborhood with a connection to Hamilton—the man and the musical

By Marjorie Cohen |June 6, 2016 - 8:59AM

Rent

Inside LeFrak City, a mega-rental community in Queens with affordable apartments

By Lucy Cohen Blatter |May 25, 2016 - 8:59AM

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 … The area was where the city sent its undesirables and was home to a prison an asylum and a smallpox hospital The … it once served as a maternity hospital Built in 1902 the facility was a gift to the city from JP Morgan and designed …

By Alanna Schubach |April 25, 2016 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

A Harlem street with a "quiet Southern town" vibe shines again

By Marjorie Cohen |April 19, 2016 - 8:59AM

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

Neighborhood Intel

The Upper West Side's Clebourne building is one of the neighborhood's historic crown jewels

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

Neighborhood Intel

Tudor City: The peaceful East 40s enclave that's more than just its architecture

… neon Tudor City sign long dark yet still visible like a beacon from several blocks West on 42 nd Street but nothing about the Tudor Revivalstyle enclave that … landmarked facades and casement windows remain intact Some apartments are notoriously small and have woefully …

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