Virginia K. Smith

New York's fire escapes are slowly going extinct (NYP)

Lower Manhattan's rare affordable apartments, mapped (DNAinfo)

If your rent-stabilized apartment is destroyed, do you get another one? Maybe (NYT)

An all-pink-everything bathroom doesn't have to be hopelessly retro (Design*Sponge)

For $3,500/month, rent an entire Bay Ridge house (Brownstoner)

Ranking some of the city's unfortunately numerous apartment scams (The Awl)

If you've been hearing a weird, loud sobbing sound coming from Williamsburg's general direction, there's a good reason: Next weekend marks the beginning of a five-weekend-long L train shutdown, in which the North Brooklyn lifeline will be closed for planned work on the weekends from April 18th through May 18th.

Support East Village businesses at this weekend's Small Biz Crawl (Facebook via Gothamist)

Your mid-century furniture fetish, explained (Curbed)

Take heart: Your loud upstairs neighbors aren't, in fact, oblivious to your comfort and very existence. They're actually super aware of you, and go above and beyond every single day to keep their noise at the high levels to which you've become accustomed. They're not just making noise haphazardly, they're curating the sounds you're hearing. They've even given up their quiet, happy sex life in lieu of loud, screaming, simulated sex, all for your benefit! Think about that next time you act like you're the only one in the building who has it rough.