Virginia K. Smith

Normally, we only run our Take It Or Leave It column once a week, but when a listing like the de Blasio house hits the market, we're inclined to make an exception. The first family's Park Slope townhouse is now available as a rental for $4,975 a month, and is billed as a three-bedroom (convertible to four).

There are a lot of options for apartments around NYC if you've got $3,700 a month to spend, from posh Manhattan one-bedrooms (some of them with private outdoor space!) to brand new outer-borough duplexes fit for a family (or a pack of roommates). To make the hunt that much easier, we've looked through the listings for options in this price range in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

One major perk of moving to Downtown Flushing: the food (NYT)

For the more advanced DIY-ers, a guide to painting a tile backsplash (Design*Sponge)

A NYU student's mantras for a sanity-saving apartment hunt (NYULocal)

The Rockaways has gotten more popular than ever in the past few years (and have spawned many a tone-deaf New York Times trend piece to prove it

Fall may be the time we can finally stop swatting away mosquitos, but it's also the season when New York's furrier pests start trying to move inside. So how best to protect your apartment before you acquire unwanted roommates?