Virginia K. Smith

The layouts of the city's most confusing subway stations, mercifully mapped (CityLab)

Airbnb embarks on a PR blitz to lure more users to Brooklyn (Crain's)

Even the most nonchalant among us can be caught rubbernecking whenever we pass a film set in this city (particularly one with an unattended craft services table). And if you're like many New Yorkers looking to make a little extra cash, you may have wondered at some point if letting a film crew set up shop in your apartment for a day or two is the answer. But is it as glamorous—and lucrative—as it seems? Sam Rohn, a native New Yorker and longtime location scout and photographer, sets us straight:

An LES man used the Canary security system to film burglars robbing his apartment (Gothamist, previously)

Don't worry, Craigslist is still full of creepy ads, whenever you want to find them (BuzzBuzzHome)

New York City's real estate market being the insanity that it is, renters who would, in any other city, be able to make the leap to home ownership are instead buying vacation homes as their first step onto the property ladder.