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Neighborhood Intel

Inside Sniffen Court, Murray Hill's hidden Civil War-era side street

By Virginia K. Smith |March 10, 2016 - 9:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Strivers' Row is one of Harlem's most interesting and historic enclaves. It's pretty, too.

By Marjorie Cohen |March 1, 2016 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Lamartine Place: A small strip of Chelsea where slaves stopped on their way to freedom

… Manhattan grid They dubbed West 29th Lamartine Place In a column in the New York Times architectural historian … in the US According to Off the Grid the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservations blog the draft riots … was the Hebrew Orphan Asylum … In 1860 the Hebrew Orphan Society moved into the fourstory brick house that is now …

By Marjorie Cohen |February 18, 2016 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Happy Presidents' Day!

By The Editors |February 15, 2016 - 10:00AM

Neighborhood Intel

The history behind Grand Concourse, the "Champs-Élysées of the Bronx"

By Emily Nonko |January 5, 2016 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

5 things you didn't know about Jamaica Estates, Trump's former home in suburban Queens

By Emily Nonko |December 8, 2015 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Wallabout: 5 things you probably didn't know about one of Brooklyn's most interesting streets

By Marjorie Cohen |November 12, 2015 - 12:59PM

Neighborhood Intel

Washington Mews: Discover the secrets of Manhattan's most famous private street

By S. Jhoanna Robledo |October 29, 2015 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Pomander Walk: The English country village on the Upper West Side you've probably never heard of

By Marjorie Cohen |October 1, 2015 - 8:59AM

The Market

Ridgewood is still a middle class haven (and is making a return to its boozy roots)

… Werba RealtyPinterest … 1 Its still got a strong middle class community … When people say this is the next Bushwick … parties Its also retained a solid community of middle class New Yorkers while many other New York neighborhoods … Five … neighborhoods … Queens … Ridgewood is still a middle class haven and is making a return to its boozy roots …

By Emily Nonko |September 15, 2015 - 9:59AM