Virginia K. Smith

Tiny security cams, and more of the year's best new devices for the home (Paste Magazine)

The best YouTube accounts for all your DIY-inspiration needs (Design Sponge)

Murphy beds, and other apartment "quirks" only New Yorkers put up with (Thrillist)

Just on the heels of a map tracking gun violence across the city, here's another upsetting entry into the NYC data map canon: a new map from the New York Daily News using NYPD data to track which gangs are active in different NYC neighborhoods.

A total of 29 affordable apartments at seven buildings around Bed-Stuy and Bushwick are currently accepting applications for apartments as cheap as $788/month, per a new listing on NYC Housing Connect.

Did you Manhattan has an "ice cream district"? And more reasons to love NYC (NY Mag)

If history's a guide, low interest rates might be here to stay (The Upshot)

Q: My Upper East Side co-op building is considering adding a pool to the basement, at a cost of roughly $500,000. Realistically, how much value will this really add to our shares?

A building pool will add value to everyone's shares, but your board should do some careful research before taking the plunge, say our experts.