Virginia K. Smith

Steal tricks from these first-time Brooklyn renovators who hit it out of the park (Design Sponge)

After-life real estate at Greenwood Cemetery will cost you a minimum of $320,000 (DNAinfo)

DUMBO, Nolita, Stuyshwick, Stuy Heights, East Bushwick—it seems with every new day the city's neighborhoods are getting chopped up into increasingly specific new territories, usually with hybrid names in tow. And it may be time to add one more to the pile: "West Bedford." 

Whether it's a less-than-stable roommate or a long, cold walk to the train, sacrificing comfort in exchange for relatively cheap rent is a time-honored NYC tradition. But there are limits—or at least there should be—which we'd always assumed included taking on an apartment without its own bathroom. Not so!

Wear your neighborhood pride on your literal sleeve with custom map-print clothes (City Lab)

Eke out extra storage space in even the smallest of kitchens (Apartment Therapy)

Gramercy Park is one of the most elite, inaccessible outdoor spaces in the city—you need to live on its perimeter to get a key—but previously verboten photos of the interior are now public, courtesy of one tech-savvy (and rule-breaking) Airbnb renter.