Rental MarketBrownstoner
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Greenpoint Row House
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a Bay Ridge co-op, a Prospect Lefferts Gardens row house, and a Park Slope brownstone. Park Slope was popular again this week. The least expensive property for sale on the list is the Bay Ridge co-op at $569,000 and the most expensive&hellip
25d agoby Susan De Vries
GeneralGothamist
NYC's 'Thierry Henry Way' may be rare street naming for a living person
Thierry Henry at a match in December 2024 The soccer legend and former Red Bulls star once sparked international outrage with a controversial handball that helped France to the 2010 World Cup. [ more › ]
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Rental MarketBrownstoner
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Green-Wood Visitor Center Debuts
Brooklyn Heights Prewar With Sunken Living Room, Deco Bath Asks $825K There is an abundance of closet space inside this prewar unit, along with details dating from the building’s Deco-era construction. Features include a sunken living room, a foyer, dining nook, and a bathroom with period tile and f
26d agoby Susan De Vries
GeneralGothamist
Why Paolo Pasco, a Brooklyn crossword champion, thinks the puzzles are blowing up
As the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament moves to a bigger space in Philadelphia, Pasco says the puzzle has never been more popular. [ more › ]
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Rental MarketStreetEasy
NYC open houses for April 18 and 19, 2026
Welcome back to the best part of your week: StreetEasy's NYC open house roundup! This week, we've got outdoor spaces and statement windows galore. And yes, all of these homes come with a price tag of over $1 million — but if you're looking for New York real estate at lower price points, Street
26d agoby Isabel Galupo
GeneralThe City
Mamdani Allies Want Veto for Protest ‘Buffer Zone’ Bill
Labor and other allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani are urging him to veto one of two City Council bills aimed at restricting protests around educational facilities, saying the “radical overreach” of the bill limits free speech and endangers New Yorkers. The two “buffer zone” bills passed March 26 with t
26d agoby Katie Honan
Rental MarketCity Limits
Opinion: Rethinking Immigrant Integration in NYC
“The fiscally responsible move isn’t to strand newcomers in emergency systems; it’s to build low-cost bridges that move people faster from confusion and dead ends into recognized credentials, stable work, and long-term contribution.” A workforce development class for immigrant New Yorker
26d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
GeneralThe City
Doorman Strike Is Off as Union Cuts Deal With Luxury Landlords
The union representing more than 34,000 luxury residential building doormen and porters said it reached a tentative agreement with a prominent landlord group on Friday, averting a strike. The union, 32BJ SEIU, and the Realty Advisory Board, the consortium representing landlords at some of the
26d agoby Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Rental Market6sqft
NYC announces 6 more districts to fully containerize trash by end of 2027
New York City is expanding its trash containerization program, selecting additional districts in all five boroughs to fully adopt containerized trash collection by the end of next year. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday announced that the city’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will deliver at least one
27d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental Market6sqft
72nd Street to get crosstown protected bike lane
The city will install a crosstown protected bike route that runs the entire length of 72nd Street in Manhattan. The Department of Transportation (DOT) this week unveiled plans for a two-way protected bike lane from Riverside Drive to York Avenue, connecting the Upper West Side and Upper East Side th
27d agoby Devin Gannon
Tenant RightsCity Limits
Mayor Mamdani Goes to Housing Court, And What Else Happened This Week
In another signal that he intends to govern for the city’s tenant majority, administration officials stood with advocates calling for more resources to aid tenants in housing court. But they didn’t commit to any specific promises—or extra funding. Mayor Mamdani tours a Housing Court in Brooklyn on M
27d agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
Rental MarketBrownstoner
A Prospect Park South Standalone and More to See, Starting at $875K
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Prospect Park South, Williamsburg, Kensington, and Bay Ridge. They range in price from $875,000 to $4.25 million. 116 Buckingham Road Price: $4.25 million Area: Prospect Park South Broker: Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices (Peter Gumas)
27d agoby Susan De Vries
Rental Market6sqft
Trump will release funds for Second Avenue Subway extension
The Trump administration on Thursday agreed to release nearly $60 million in federal funding for the Second Avenue Subway extension, ending a monthslong dispute that began during October’s government shutdown. According to the New York Times, in a letter filed in Federal Claims Court, a lawyer for t
27d agoby Aaron Ginsburg
Rental Market6sqft
Green-Wood Cemetery opens new welcome center that surrounds Victorian greenhouse
Though some 583,000 people are buried there, the 478-acre Green-Wood Cemetery has always been more than a burial ground. The Brooklyn cemetery served as a verdant 19th-century escape, and it has since been a unique destination for events, nature study, and more. This weekend, the cemetery will offic
27d agoby Michelle Cohen
GeneralGothamist
Free Earth Day events happening around New York City
Open Streets returns to New York City to commemorate Earth Day. Earth Day is Wednesday, April 22. Here are some free events to celebrate the planet. [ more › ]
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GeneralGothamist
Roosevelt Island residents alarmed by emergency demolition of old steam plant
The Roosevelt Island Steam Plant was built in 1939. Some residents said the city wasn't being transparent about the health risks. Others feared a new apartment building. [ more › ]
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Rental MarketBrownstoner
Park Slope’s Puppetworks Hunts for New Home After 35 Years in Theater
by Gabriele Holtermann, Brooklyn Paper The puppets and puppeteers at Puppetworks in Park Slope are preparing to take their final bow at the theater they have called home for the past 35 years. The four-story building on the corner of 6th Avenue and 4th Street that houses the puppet theater has been&
27d agoby Brooklyn Paper
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Daily Links: Brooklyn Pol Pushes to Expand Outdoor Dining
In the News Where Has All of New York City’s Outdoor Dining Gone? [NYT] Tower or Tree-Lined Street? A Brooklynite Weighs Options [NYT] NYC to Spend $4 Billion From Pension Funds on Affordable Homes [NYT] Videos Show Officers… Read More >The post Daily Links: Brooklyn Pol Pushes to Expand O
27d agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
GeneralThe City
Columbia University Will Pay for Elevator at 125th Street Subway Stop
After more than five years of prodding from local residents, elected officials and the MTA, Columbia University will partially pay for accessibility upgrades to the No. 1 line’s towering 125th Street station, THE CITY has learned. The Ivy League school will contribute $33 million for an elevator lin
27d agoby Jose Martinez
GeneralThe City
Home Care Workers Launch Hunger Strike as 24-Hour Work Shifts Persist
Fifteen home health aides started what they called an indefinite hunger strike on Thursday after the City Council failed to advance a bill banning 24-hour shifts, an issue that has roiled the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry and the vulnerable patients who rely on their round
27d agoby Claudia Irizarry Aponte and Lilly Sabella
