Key Takeaways: September slowest sales month for NYC multifamily, down 51% Y-O-Y Queens doubles September sales volume Bronx prices hit lowest figure in 18 months YTD unit volume down 74% in Brooklyn Y-O-Y sales volume falls 81% in Manhattan City-wide sales volume drops 76% Y-O-Y New York City’s new Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act […]

The historic Kings Theatre in Flatbush opened its doors on February 3 to a new generation of audiences. The lead act—the incomparable Diana Ross—was not the night’s only focus of attention; the theatre itself performed for the first time in decades. Built in 1929 as one of five Loews “Wonder Theatres,” the landmark has been […]

Jeremy Enigk can be a bit reclusive, and Sunny Day Real Estate can be a bit averse to giving the people what they want, so I wasn’t 100% sure what to expect from them at their first NYC show in 13 years, but it only took about 5 seconds into opener “Pillars” to see that […]

Prepare for an enjoyable summer by following these home & safety tips before you begin celebrating. The term ‘safety first’ became popular through the 20th-century movement to reduce workplace hazards and has been used since 1910 in the United States. The concept of ‘safety first’ has been with us since then. And I think it […]

The auction block, that is. After many projected opening dates, the last of which we noted here, we now have word from Raanan Geberer in The Eagle that because of its owner’s default on a mortgage. Thanks to reader Cassie Von Montague for the link to the story. As the Eagle story notes, the building […]

This story was reported by George Joseph of The City and Ben Brachfeld of Brooklyn Paper. At the beginning of 2020, Laurence Girard had big ambitions for his Manhattan-based company, Fruit Street Health. “Our goal is to really prevent hundreds of thousands, or even millions of cases of Type II diabetes,” Girard, just 27 at […]

Governor Kathy Hochul with rendering of redesigned Penn Station (Getty, MTA) State officials have awarded a contract of up to $57.9 million to redesign Penn Station. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a joint venture between FXCollaborative Architects and WSP USA will complete preliminary design and engineering work on the project, which would create a 250,000-square-foot, […]

Key Takeaways:   Hudson Yards holds top spot for second consecutive quarter with $4.35 million median, TriBeCa maintains #2 at $3.35 million median  Overall, transactions in NYC are up 145% Y-o-Y and up 35% over Q3 2019 to 10,268   City median prices climbs 16% Y-o-Y and 16% over 2019 to $755,000  Increasing prices push 35 neighborhoods past the $1 million mark, including five north of $2 million  Manhattan claims seven of the 10 most expensive NYC neighborhoods, Battery Park […]

Palmer Thompson-Moss and Dane Risch purchased what appeared to be a tear-down on Bergen Street and Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights in 2013 and transformed it into King Tai, a sun-filled neighborhood bar that they designed and contracted for themselves. “The building itself brought a lot to the table, kind of ironically,” recalls Thompson-Moss. “Everyone […]

Today Quadrum Global, a global real estate development and investment firm celebrated for the Arlo Hotels, officially unveils The Huron, an iconic two-tower condominium development located at 29 Huron Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by the esteemed Morris Adjmi Architects (MA), The Huron features 171 refined studio to four-bedroom for-sale residences with stunning views of […]

Many wonder if now is a good time to buy a Brooklyn Home. The news reports tell us interest rates are rising, and homes are not selling in a flash as they have been. There is a cooling down in the market. But, this may be the right time for you if you are in […]

The Brooklyn Paper reports that a construction worker, whose name has not been released pending notification to his family, died Friday morning, February 11 after falling several floors at the construction site at 124 Columbia Heights (the address is not given in the Brooklyn Paper story, but is available from the NYC Buildings site, which […]