Rental market trends, pricing, and housing supply updates
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Dyker Heights house, a Bay Ridge row house, and a Park Slope brownstone. Bay Ridge listings were popular this week, with other listings spread around the borough. The least expensive property for sale on the list is a row house in…
Rite Aid-Replacing Tower Coming to Corner of Smith and President? A big change is coming to the corner of Smith and President streets in Carroll Gardens, right across from Carroll Park and at the F train stop. The entire block front on the west side of Smith Street from Union to… Read More &g
Welcome to the most exciting part of your week: StreetEasy's open house roundup, where we bring you the latest and greatest in NYC real estate. This week we've got an eclectic mix of 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms, with a rare Queens offering mixed in with our Manhattan and Brooklyn usuals. Take your time bro
Hermès is set to open any day now on the corner of North 6th and Berry Street in Williamsburg. Signage is up in the windows, and the storied French luxury brand recently advertised for a general manager ahead of its long-promised fall opening of the permanent Brooklyn flagship at 111… Read Mo
The New York City Council passed a package of bills Thursday that take aim at the proliferation of dog poop on city sidewalks and parks. Among them is a measure that would create a composting program that turns dog droppings into compost rather than ending up in landfills. The Safe and Clean Outdoor
Starting next month, 39,000 bus riders in the Bronx will have a faster daily commute. The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) this week officially started construction on the Tremont Avenue Busway, a mile-long, car-free lane designated for the Bx36 bus from Third Avenue to Southern Boule
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Midwood, Sunset Park, Bed Stuy, and Windsor Terrace. They range in price from $1.498 million to $2.1 million. 1534 East 14th Street Price: $2.1 million Area: Midwood Broker: Twelve Stories (Shaya Rosenberg) Sunday August 16, 12-3 p.m.,
by Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn Paper A new musical about Emily Warren Roebling, “the woman who saved the Brooklyn Bridge,” has arrived in Fort Greene. “Brooklyn’s Bridge,” playing at The Space at Irondale through August 23, chronicles the 11 years Emily spent as the de facto leader of the project aft
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The city financed the creation and preservation of 12,491 affordable homes in the first six months of the year, the lowest since 2022. But housing experts cautioned against drawing conclusions from just six months of data. “It’s really the long term trends that matter.” Mayor Mamda
Mayor Eric Adams and Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro have defended a plan to preserve the Elizabeth Street Garden and kill an affordable housing complex on the site. Developers have dropped their lawsuit against the city for changing course on a relatively small housing proposal that came to symbolize a l
Year-round outdoor dining is coming back to the five boroughs. The New York City Council on Thursday passed legislation that allows restaurants to offer roadway dining in the winter, reviving a program that first launched as a way to keep businesses afloat during the start of the pandemic when indoo
New York will fund legal services for approximately 1,400 unaccompanied immigrant children who are facing active removal proceedings, including the more than 250 young people who are currently detained, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday. The $7.25 million in funding will help vulnerable child
The days are numbered for an impressive Romanesque Revival church that has commanded the corner of Schermerhorn Street and 3rd Avenue in Boerum Hill since the late 1800s. Brooklyn developer Tankhouse is in contract to buy the site for $28.25 million and plans to tear down the fire-damaged structure,
Living in the city that never sleeps has obvious advantages (like partying in the streets when the Knicks won). However, life moves pretty quickly, and despite your best efforts, there aren’t enough hours in the day for everything on your to-do list. But whether the city sleeps or not, we’ve found s
Though it’s in the historic Cotton Exchange building, there’s nothing old-fashioned about this loft co-op at 3 Hanover Square, asking $1,675,000. With a shiny modern renovation in place, the two-bedroom Financial District co-op still has loft perks like 18-foot ceilings on the lower leve
In an attractive Art Deco apartment building in Midwood, this one-bedroom retains gracious vintage details, including a foyer, arches, and a dining nook. It's on the third floor of 1820 Avenue N, a six-story, 46-unit elevator building. It was designed in 1935 by noted apartment building architects K
by Kirstyn Brendlen, Brooklyn Paper Battery company NineDot plans to break ground on a 4.9 megawatt battery energy storage facility in Bushwick later this year. Expected to come online in 2027, the facility — located at 421 Bushwick Avenue, across from Bushwick Houses — will store enough electricity
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July 2026 NYC housing market report Key takeaways: NYC rental market Families in NYC have been navigating high rent burdens for more than a decade, with 53.4% of families with children spending more than 30% of their annual income on rent in 2024, compared to 55.2% in 2007 and 52.6% in 2019. Recentl
