Virginia K. Smith

In this new feature, we check in with accomplished longtime New Yorkers and get them to talk about two things locals are obsessed about: real estate and neighborhoods.

Q: My neighbor has broken into my apartment, vandalized my door, issued death threats to me and my family (I have this on video). He screams at me and other neighbors through our walls—the list goes on. He has multiple police reports for harassment from multiple neighbors, but my building just keeps telling me to document incidents (which I have been). What can I do to get him evicted from the co-op? Everyone in my building and board wants him removed and so do the lawyers of my building yet no one will take action against him. Is there anything I can do?

A home on this private island off Connecticut is still cheaper than most Manhattan townhouses (Daily Mail)

How to survive your first few jobless, apartment-less months in the city (NYO, previously)

Honestly, we'd move to Roosevelt Island just for easy access to this technicolor swimming pool (Colossal)

Get your hands dirty this weekend in one of NYC's 10 best community gardens (Gothamist, previously)