A slew of city agencies and elected officials are asking Bushwick residents for direct input on how best to handle the rapid change that’s consuming the neighborhood. “We’re here to make…
Thousand Dollar Listing Guy Gets Hired By Million Dollar Listing Guy
Take Million Dollar Listing New York, add some Lonely Island-esque musical comedy, subtract a few zeros, and you’ve got Thousand Dollar Listing. Created by and starring 30-year-old struggling apartment…
The Gentrification Art Show That Inspires ‘Intentional Awkwardness’
In New York dingy, overpriced studio apartments manage to command bidding wars, while longtime city-dwellers with sweet rent-regulated deals have come to expect landlord harassment. Meanwhile, archaic affordable-housing…
Fat Radish Had their Building Sold, But Ain’t Growing Nowhere
This morning, real-estate brokerage firm Eastern Consolidated announced that the retail condo at 17 Orchard Street– otherwise known as homebase of The Fat Radish– was sold. The 2,500…
How an Apartment Guru Saved My Tiny Home from the Clutches of Clutter
Some people can work wonders in small quarters. (Remember that beautifully organized, itty-bitty kitchen-shower apartment?) I am not one of those people. I’ve lived in a 350-square-foot Lower…
Owner of Bowery Bank Building to Pay $7 Million for Art Tax Evasion
Aby J. Rosen, owner of the gloriously graffitied Germania Bank building at 190 Bowery (soon to be outfitted as a high-end office building for fashion agencies…
Not Here, Kitty Kitty! Development Threatens Greenpoint Cat Colony
As a work-resident of Greenpoint, the soundtrack to my daytime life is a near constant wash of brutal jackhammer vibrato and diesel-spewing growls emitted from a…
In About-Face, Bushwick Could Accept Towers For More Affordable Housing
Bushwick council member Antonio Reynoso was among the many who challenged Mayor de Blasio’s affordable housing plan last week, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready to shoot…
‘The Good Old Days Are Gone’: Gallery Vercon Leaves the EV After 29 Years
After 29 years firmly planted on East Village’s fashion row, Gallery Vercon boutique is closing its doors on January 15. In the meantime all the…
Tenants Marched to City Hall to Boost Bills Aimed at Fighting Harassment
Tenants and activists who are part of the Stand for Tenant Safety Coalition (STS) rallied outside of 90 Elizabeth Street this morning before marching to City…