Virginia K. Smith

Here's a (possibly depressing) tool to calculate what kind of down payment you'll need in different NYC neighborhoods (StreetEasy)

Yes, please: de Blasio's throwing his weight behind a plan for a Brooklyn-Queens streetcar (NYT)

Seize the rare opportunity to buy a house on Sylvan Terrace (Curbed NY, previously)

Hidden New York attractions even locals might not know about (Business Insider)

Need-to-know information: a guide to BYOB restaurants by NYC neighborhood (Thrillist)

It's a truth universally acknowledged that hiring movers is one of those things that's absolutely, definitively, without question Worth. The. Money. Every single time. (Personally, I've got a long, checkered history of U-Haul-related injuries, broken belongings, parking tickets, and damage overcharges to prove it.)