Virginia K. Smith
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Reel Estate: Remember when George Costanza was a broker?
July 1, 2015 - 13:59 PM
Like most people with an Internet connection, we spent the cold, rainy portion of this past weekend mainlining newly available episodes of Seinfeld on Hulu, and found ourselves confronting a long-forgotten reality: Back when Vandelay Industries was just a twinkle in his eye, George used to be a broker.
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Find out if you qualify for Bronx rentals as cheap as $655/month
July 1, 2015 - 12:45 PM
Forty-two affordable apartments in the Bronx start taking applications tomorrow (July 2nd), with rents starting as low as $655/month, according to a listing on NYC Housing Connect.
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How to handle a crush on your neighbor, the world's most expensive chicken desk, and more Read More
July 1, 2015 - 11:30 AM
Admitting your crush to your neighbor: brilliance or madness? (Apartment Therapy)
May we interest you in this $16,000 chicken-shaped desk? (Curbed National)
Insane Manhattan prices are setting a "record number of records" Read More
July 1, 2015 - 10:30 AM
Even for those of us whose eyes tend to glaze over at the constant drum beat of news that Manhattan real estate has gotten preposterously expensive, this latest round of market reports for the borough is a doozy. "This quarter, there are a record number of records," is how Miller Samuel data guru — and author of the 2nd Quarter Manhattan Douglas Elliman report — Jonathan Miller puts it.
'Subway vigilante' Bernie Goetz has an innovative strategy for keeping an illegal pet Read More
June 30, 2015 - 14:59 PM
Most New Yorkers know Bernie Goetz as the infamous 1980's "subway vigilante," or for his headline-generating 2013 arrest for selling weed to an undercover cop.
Hey Ridge: Bay Ridge is only out of the way if you don't live here
June 30, 2015 - 11:59 AM
One of the best ways to get a feel for a place is by reading a neighborhood's blog. In our Confessions of a Neighborhood Blogger series, we spoke to the writers who chronicle the controversies, preoccupations and happenings of their chosen slice of the city.
Given New York's ever-expanding constellation of hyper-local news outlets, it's a sure sign that a neighborhood's profile is on the rise when it gets its very own dedicated blog. So it's no surprise that Southern Brooklyn's increasingly popular (and according to some, increasingly hip) neighborhood Bay Ridge has joined the fray with the launch of Hey Ridge, a site that covers local politics, culture, and more, back in May.
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