Tenant RightsCity Limits
Opinion: It’s Time for a New Era of Public Art for NYCHA
“Public housing residents deserve art that honors their history and tells the stories of their communities, and the tools to make that happen already exist.” An art installation at NYCHA’s Kingsborough Houses.(Photo by Tameek Williams) Beginning in the latter half of the 20th centu
3d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
GeneralGothamist
Manhattan DA expands deadly Inwood fire investigation to landlord’s company
The fire in Inwood killed three people and injured 14 others, including a firefighter. Smoker who lived at the building faces homicide charge, but prosecutors say corporate liability is also under review. [ more › ]
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Data & InsightsThe City
Testing the Water: Meet the Team Who Checks NYC’s Beaches For Sewage
This story is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here.Jessica Bonamusa’s mind is in the water, and where the gutter meets the shore. Bonamusa, a research scientist at New York City’s Department of
3d agoby Katie Honan
Rental Market6sqft
Mott Haven affordable development approved after just 90 days, thanks to new expedited review
An affordable housing project that would have taken seven months of review before being approved got the green light from the New York City Council this week after just 90 days. Thanks to the new Expedited Land Use Review Procedure (ELURP), a ballot measure approved by voters last November, 351 Powe
3d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GeneralGothamist
Staying in NYC for Memorial Day Weekend? Mind these parade street closures.
Spectators watch the Staten Island Memorial Day Parade on May 27, 2024. Summer is nearly upon us, as are a variety of outdoor events around the city. [ more › ]
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Tenant RightsCity Limits
Latinos más vulnerables a estafas de notarios, en medio de represión federal, advierten autoridades
Los estafadores se están aprovechando del caos a nivel federal, sacando partido de las personas que buscan ayuda desesperadamente para sus casos de inmigración, y estas infracciones son más habituales en barrios latinos como Sunset Park y Jackson Heights. “Estos proveedores de servicios para inmigra
4d agoby Daniel Parra
GeneralGothamist
An interview with the forefather of New York City graffiti
TAKI 183 used to write his tag more than 50 times a day around New York City. [ more › ]
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Rental Market6sqft
7,000-square-foot ‘wellness loft’ in the West Village asks $25.8M, working phone booth included
Listed as the “largest two-bed in Manhattan,” this 7,000-square-foot loft condo at 345 West 13th Street in the historic Astor House is big enough to get lost in. Asking $25,750,000, the home offers the strictly 21st-century perk of a dedicated wellness wing with a private spa suite fitte
4d agoby Michelle Cohen
Rental Market6sqft
NYC residents can enter lottery for $50 World Cup tickets
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday announced that his administration had secured 1,000 World Cup tickets, which will be made available to New Yorkers for $50 through a lottery system. As first reported by The Athletic, 150 tickets will be distributed for each of the five group stage matches and two kn
4d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental Market6sqft
‘Summer House’ set designer kept it ‘classy’ for highly anticipated reunion
About two decades ago, Scott Sicari was approached to design a reunion set for a show called “Manhattan Moms.” “We set up in the Russian Tea Room with some guy that nobody knew named Andy Cohen,” he said. The show, rebranded as “The Real Housewives of New York City,” would become a
4d agoby Lidia Ryan
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Greenpoint Railroad Apartment With Mantel, Wood Floors Asks $3K a Month
On the third floor of an 1890s tenement building, this Greenpoint apartment for rent has a mantel, a built-in, and picture rails. The railroad layout, without a hallway and with each room providing access to the next, will require a creative configuration, but the unit does have a large eat-in&helli
4d agoby Susan De Vries
Rental MarketStreetEasy
How StreetEasy Performance Pulse helps agents evaluate listings in today's market
Key takeaways: Nearly 1 in 2 homes listed for sale in New York City in 2025 remain unsold, highlighting the challenge of selling. As their listings languish on the market, many sellers may eventually give up, but this is nothing new: nearly 2 in 5 homes that entered the market between 2022 and 2024
4d agoby Kenny Lee
Rental MarketBrownstoner
The Insider: Vibrant Color, Bauhaus Ideas Inform PLG Townhouse Update
Now for something a bit different: the adventurous redesign of a three-story limestone row house with custom furniture, unique decorative details, and color-saturated bathrooms, for a couple with a fondness for Bauhaus design and abstract art. Except for bathrooms in dire need of updating, the early
4d agoby Cara Greenberg
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Brooklyn Beaches Kick Off Summer This Memorial Day Weekend
by Kirstyn Brendlen & Erica Price, Brooklyn Paper Summer weather has arrived in New York City ahead of schedule, and the cool relief of a swim in the Atlantic Ocean is just a few days away. Brooklyn’s beaches will officially reopen for the season on Saturday, May 23 at 10 a.m., just… Read
4d agoby Brooklyn Paper
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Daily Links: City Eyes Rezoning Coney and McDonald Avenues to Spur Housing
In the News DSNY Unveils Trucks of Art Winners, Including Brooklyn Natives [Eagle] Bar Susanne Is a New Winner on Williamsburg Waterfront [BK Mag] Skincare Brand Launches Free Bus from ‘Burg to Prospect Park[Greenpointers] Brooklyn Is Obsessed With Black-Owned Vegan Focaccia Café [Veg News] Two Tree
4d agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
GeneralThe City
Manhattan DA Probe Targets Inwood Fatal Fire Corporate Landlord
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has opened an investigation into whether the corporate landlord of an Inwood apartment building where multiple tenants died in a fatal May 4 fire is criminally liable for conditions that possibly played a role in the deadly conflagration, THE CITY has learned.
4d agoby Greg B. Smith
Rental Market6sqft
Penn Station redesign moves forward with selection of master developer
Penn Station’s overhaul took a big step forward on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Transportation and Amtrak announced the selection of Penn Transformation Partners, a joint venture made up of Halmar International and Skanska, as the master developer of the project following a bidding proces
4d agoby Devin Gannon
GeneralThe City
Council Speaker Tries New ‘Buffer Bill’ After Mamdani Rebuff
City Council Speaker Julie Menin is preparing to re-introduce a limited version of a controversial bill that would establish anti-protest “buffer zones” around schools, opting not to try an override of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s veto of an earlier bill. Menin’s new bill would direct the NYPD to plan pro
4d agoby Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Katie Honan
Rental MarketStreetEasy
Most popular rentals of the week May 20, 2026
The temps are soaring and tons of apartment hunters are eager to land a new place to enjoy a New York summer. Why not check out what other StreetEasy users themselves love? Here are five of the most popular rentals of the week, including a Greenwich Village 1-bedroom right by Washington Square Park
4d agoby Adrienne Gaffney
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Axel Hedman-Designed PLG Limestone With Parquet, Mantels Asks $2.65 Million
Part of a distinctive row with colorful tile roofs, this Prospect Lefferts Gardens single-family has architectural cachet and period details as well as room for a new owner to make their own style statement. Wood floors, mantels, and wainscoting remain on the interior of 166 Maple Street, but the pa
4d agoby Susan De Vries
