Pink bought a yellow Greenwich Village townhouse. The pop star paid $21.5 million for the historic six-story home at 125 West 11th Street, as the Wall Street Journal first reported. Built in 1849, the cheerfully painted Greek Revival mansion has served as a haven for artists for over a century, most
Nearly unchanged for more than a decade, a prominent but long inactive site in Gowanus is moving forward after a change of owners and plans. The new design by starchitect Bjarke Ingels Group, or BIG, for a much bigger and taller building will dramatically change the corner of 3rd Avenue… Read
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Every week, we share the most popular sale listing of the week in NYC, as selected by you, our StreetEasy users. The most popular sale for April 13 is this loft-like West Village 1-bedroom with prewar details and a private storage unit. West Village 1-bedroom with in-unit laundry asks $2M Location:
by Daisy Gil, Brooklyn Paper In a city as large and diverse as New York, access to books is not always equal. Brooklyn Book Bodega is working to change that by making sure more children and families have books in their homes. Founded in 2018 by Rebecca Cohen and Seema Aghera, the… Read More &
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The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Windsor Terrace rental, a Bay Ridge co-op, and a Clinton Hill brownstone. Park Slope was popular again this week with other listings scattered from Bay Ridge to Greenpoint. The least expensive property for sale on the list is the Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge Three-Bedroom With Foyer, Seven Closets Asks $569K This Bay Ridge apartment has a roomy layout that includes three bedrooms and seven closets. The postwar building at 6665 Colonial Road doesn’t have a lot of architectural flourishes, but there is the opportunity for a new owner to put thei
The cherry blossoms are blooming and New York has never looked better, making it a great time to head to the many open houses happening this weekend and find your perfect home. Just to give you a sense of things, here are two that caught our eye: a Park Slope 1-bedroom in Brooklyn's famous Chiclet M
An affordable housing lottery launched this week for 75 mixed-income apartments at a 38-story residential tower in the Financial District. Developed by the Moinian Group, Aria 7 Platt at 7 Platt Street offers light-filled luxury residences and a range of indoor and outdoor amenities. New Yorkers ear
A Jersey City icon will reopen its doors this year. Loew’s Jersey Theatre announced this week that the historic venue will return this fall, following a $130 million restoration. New renderings provide an updated look at the 1929 theater’s transformation into a year-round entertainment d
A report released Thursday is calling for reforms to New York City’s leasing process, finding that some affordable housing buildings can take up to 14 months to reach full occupancy due to delays. Published by Enterprise, the report highlights how even amid the city’s housing crisis, newly built aff
Mariah Carey is selling her triplex atop 90 Franklin Street, which was featured in Architectural Digest and “MTV Cribs” and exemplifies the rarified experience of penthouse living. Asking $27 million, the three-floor, 12,700-square-foot home has 1,100 square feet of outdoor space, wrappe
A last ditch attempt by the public to save the butter yellow Italianate manse on Fort Greene’s South Oxford Street through landmarking appears futile. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has determined, for a second time in its history, that the eye-catching wood frame house at 158 South Ox
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Park Slope, Clinton Hill, Ditmas Park, and Fort Greene. They range in price from $3.5 million to $5.495 million. 27 7th Avenue Price: $5.495 million Area: Park Slope Broker: Compass (Lindsay Barrett) Sunday April 12, 1-2:30 p.m. See it
The city Department of Transportation will restart construction on another long-gestating street redesign in the last week of April by continuing to install bus lanes down Flatbush Avenue. The project, which was first floated by former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration in 2022, encompasses painting c
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While New Yorkers feel the crush of a housing crisis, newly built affordable apartments in New York City can remain empty for more than a year. That’s according to a new report released Friday by Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit that helps build affordable housing, which analyzed its portf
Two of celebrated street artist Keith Haring’s iconic art cars will be rolling into New York City for the first time. Opening on Friday, the exhibition “Keith Haring: In the Street” will display the artist’s 1963 Buick Special and a Land Rover Series III from the 1983 Montreu
