Brooklyn New Development and it’s Effect on Rent
Brooklyn new development: a building boom is underway that is transforming some neighborhoods. So if you’re interested in a brand new Brooklyn rental apartment, either today or sometime in the next,...
View ArticleCheap Apartments in Queens
Looking for cheap apartments in Queens? First, what is your definition of cheap? If you’re coming from another part of the country, the rent in Queens may not seem inexpensive at first. However, in...
View ArticleManhattan Rental Prices Again Setting New Records, Brooklyn Not Far Behind
Manhattan rental prices continue to rise, which should come as no surprise to anyone who has been looking for an apartment to rent recently. According to a Citi-Habitats report issued last month, the...
View ArticleGreenwood Park: A Beer and Burger Paradise Grows in Brooklyn
Park Slope residents, your neighborhood just got a whole lot more beery. A few weeks ago, in the southern end of Park Slope, right next door to the lovely Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn native Ted Mann...
View ArticleBklyn Beast, NYC’s First Parkour Training Facility, Now Open in Bushwick
Here’s another first for Brooklyn residents in Williamsburg, East Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint, Bed Stuy: Bklyn Beast, the city’s first and only training center for those urban...
View ArticleBrooklyn Neighborhood News and Notes
As has been widely reported–and, as anyone searching for a Brooklyn rental apartment already knows–the cost of renting in the great Borough of Kings went through the roof in 2012. In fact, in such...
View ArticleMama Joy’s, a Dive-y Bushwick Joint, Serves Up Excellent Takes on Southern...
The first thing you notice as you enter Mama Joy’s is the big hole in the wall, chunks of plaster scattered on the floor below, as if you just missed some of sort of chair-throwing bar brawl moments...
View ArticleCan Bushwick 5 Points Replace the Legendary LIC Street Art Mecca 5Pointz?
We’ve known for a while that the days are numbered for Long Island City’s fantastic street-art mecca, 5Pointz. Called the “Aerosol Art Center” by current curator Meres One, this massive old warehouse...
View ArticleTips for First Time NYC Apartment Seekers
We’re heading into some of the hottest months of the year for the NYC rental apartment market (figuratively and literally), as recent college graduates from all over planet try their hand at life in...
View ArticleBrooklyn’s King Noodle Brings the Crazy to Some Excellent Eats
In Bushwick it’s not terribly unusual to be a little bonkers in your professional presentation–see any of the nutso promo videos put out by the great Roberta’s… or, better yet, go to their awesome...
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