The evolution from postindustrial to residential chic is ongoing, as evidenced by massive construction along Water Street and signs advertising new rentals and loft apartments in old factory and warehouse buildings.

The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to start the designation process for two new historic districts

The blog at RDNY.com seldom posts about commercial real estate. Quite frankly, we’re not all that interested in the ups and downs of the commercial market, only the residential rental market. But this post, we felt, was a public service to you, our readers. After all, when you shop at a high end store like Victoria’s Secret or Abercrombie & Fitch, or work for book publisher Hachette Book Group or advertising firm Euro RSCG Worldwide, you don’t expect to bring bugs home to infest your apartment.

Perfect 1 BR in the best part of Brooklyn Heights – steps from the Promenade on Pierrepont Street. $2,100 per month.

Even if you are the one doing the suing, you could still lose on a technicality because you don’t know what you are doing, and end up getting your credit trashed by having a judgment on it.

Living in Queens places you in neighborhoods that are close to Manhattan. Three of the most popular neighborhoods in western Queens for those commuting to Manhattan are Astoria, Long Island City and Jackson Heights.

Quite possible the best block in Park Slope, steps to the park, around the corner from Grand Army Plaza, a 1 BR with a garden, grape vine, and antique tin ceilings for $1,875/month. Unit: 334734

“Our motto used to be: Manhattan’s Newest Village,” says David Kramer, a principal at Hudson. “But we realized people considering living here didn’t want urban. They wanted open space, water views, something more peaceful.

Eight Irish students were scammed out of thousands of dollars after being told a luxurious loft apartment was available to them for summer rental in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The Manhattan residential rental market showed modest improvement over the last month, with inventory declining and rents climbing…

This small section of Brooklyn bordering Flatbush and Brownsville is battling rising crime and living costs with genuine kindness that crosses ethnic boundaries.

Tenant leaders are pushing for the passage of a series of pro-tenant bills, including a full repeal of vacancy decontrol…

A provision in the bill would give prospective renters access to a free copy of the credit score that a landlord or broker used to evaluate their application…

A heartbroken upper West Side couple has slapped a dog-walking service with a $1 million lawsuit, charging its employee left their beloved pooch to die of heat exhaustion.

I’ve made a checklist of things you should bring with you when you are viewing apartments in New York City..

Administrators in some co-op and condo buildings have attempted to ban smoking not just in common areas, but in private apartments as well.

This apartment is unlike any other I’ve seen before — thanks to Randal’s vast and rotating antiques collection, he has covered every available surface with works of art that are personal and dear to him.

“What can I do with my rental apartment to give it a face lift? If you’re lucky enough to be able to paint, the answer, once again, is color.

Apparently, it’s better to be a pothead than a cigarette smoker in a NYC co-op or condo these days.

by Openthedoor-man Monday, July 12, 2010 As recently as a year and a half ago, I used to get a lot of complaints about hallways that smelled like ashtrays, or cigarette butts tossed onto another resident’s window sill below. Maybe because a lot fewer people smoke cigarettes nowadays (or they’re just not doing it inside [...]