Apartment Rentals in New York City – what you need to know.
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…The transformation of the Financial District into New York City’s newest housing area. I can personally attest to the fact that the area is being transformed more and more by the day. For the first time, there are even some people on the streets at night.
Lovely and recently renovated studio on tree lined block between Third Avenue and Second Avenue in the East 80s.
Crain’s New York business created a lovely slide show of the newly expanded High Line park. What has this got to do with renting an apartment in Manhattan? Well, for one, it has opened the far West Side to new residents who would never have considered living that far West before. For another, it has made the entire “Hudson Yards” area an attractive place to rent.
In contrast to the boxy towers clad in murky glass that have defaced New York\’s skyline, Gehry has produced a gawky beauty that captures the energy of the city.
But now some backers of the law, which makes it illegal to rent out most residential rooms and apartments for less than 30 days, are wondering if they have opened a Pandora’s box.
On the semi-independent Roosevelt Island, however, momentum is building to launch a small bike-sharing system with or without the rest of New York.
A wonderful 3 BR in a wonderful location. On East 22nd Street, between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue, this is a terrific prewar – but fully modernized apartment. Elevetor? check. Exposed brick walls? check. Stainless steel appliances? check. Recessed lighting? check. Laundry in the building? check.
Newly listed on 8/8/10. This one\’s a bargain. Air conditioned, washer/dryer in the apartment, and a private back yard. One short block from Carl Shurz Park and Gracie Mansion.
One of the last places with lots of undeveloped land in Manhattan, the area west of Ninth Ave. from 33rd to 42nd Sts., will undergo more radical change than any other neighborhood in the city over the next five years.
If were were going to write a new guide to Harlem, this is the guide we\’d try to write. But the good folks at DesignSpongeonline.com have done if for us.
Lower Manhattan is one of the city’s fastest-growing neighborhoods. The Alliance estimated that 55,000 people live south of Chambers Street, compared to 44,000 in 2007.
Chelsea apartment renters can enjoy the piers’ new attractions; a carousel with 33 colorful, hand-carved wooden figures representing animals of the Hudson River Valley.
For those lucky enough to live there, 51st St. between Third Ave. and the East River is a tiny bastion of
hidden corners, relaxation, elegant Manhattan and budding nightlife. The dead end above the FDR Drive is as pretty as any street stopping point in the city.
First, little by little and now much more quickly, Harlem has become a magnet for young, hip New Yorkers looking for a great rental.
Crime has dropped to new lows and apartments are being renovated everywhere you look. There is a new Harlem Renaissance underway. Do a free search of Harlem apartment rental listings by clicking here.
THIRTY years ago, Broadway north of 96th Street was a vibrant but shabby area, its Hispanic groceries and Chinese restaurants mixed with declining Edwardian apartment houses and S.R.O. hotels. Now most of this stretch has turned over a gold-plated leaf.
Recent Los Angeles transplant Gabe Nies talks about raw, soul food restaurants, his fun building and the music on the streets of Harlem.
Need an egg cream and Belgian fries at 3 a.m.? Then we need to keep stores like Ray\’s Candy Store in the East Village open, in spite of the bad economy.
It\’s in an 1837 landmark townhouse on Washington Square North and it\’s a rental. The current tenant has been there 35 years. Oh, the problems some tenants have.
The NEW Broadway, the Broadway with chairs and tables in the street, is here to stay!
The Shake Shack is coming to the Upper East Side in a nifty little plaza on East. 86th Street.
I love the NYC subway system. You pay one fare to go anywhere in the city, unlike Philadelphia or London (the only other cities whose public transportation I know about) which charges you based on how long you ride. Here\’s a fascinating story by Andy Newman in the Aug 22, 2008 New York Times called The Curious World of the…
This is from The Sun on Aug 7, 2008: First Time Renters are leaving Uptown in Droves by Candaces Taylor I\’ve extracted the best parts for you but you can read the full story by clicking here. And of course, RDNY.com has listings for all the buildings mentioned in the article. Move over, Normandie Court. The new go-to building for…
(photo from the realestsblogspot.com) Gay Street in Greenwich Village is the city\’s shortest street — it\’s one block long and kind of private, snug between Christopher St and Waverly Place. Little did I know until I read the July 1, 2008 New York Times that Gay Street is the place to go to build up an appetite. I\’ve been to…
Kevin, my co-worker in the RDNY.com Listings Dept, watches NY1 TV all the time and saw a TV report today (June 25, 2008) that said that Brooklyn has the city\’s largest gay community and the 4th largest in the whole country. This is from the NY1 website: According to the borough president\’s office [Marty Markowitz], Brooklyn now has the largest…
McMansions have come to Manhattan. Alistair and Catherine Economakis and their two children need a 5 story apartment building (which had 15 rent-stabilized apartments when they bought the building) in order to live comfortably in Manhattan. Click here to see the diagram in full. The photo is by Ruby Washington and the illustration is by Frank O\’Connell. While I think…
Mark, my co-worker in the Listings Dept at RDNY.com, gave me the rest of the story about Manhattan\’s Mount Vernon. The building was originally constructed in 1799 as a carriage house for a 23-acre estate named Mount Vernon in honor of the home of the Father of Our Country. In 1826 and the carriage house was converted into the Mount…
Mark (the fellow who still hasn\’t explained to me what Mount Vernon is doing in the Upper East Side) sent me a link to another old house in Manhattan: The Dyckman Farm House in Inwood. Here\’s what the house looks like on their website: Wow. It looks like it\’s on a cliff, looming high above Inwood. I wondered how the…