GeneralThe City
Never Mind Mamdani: Wall Street Doubles Down on NYC
Earlier this month, real estate giant RXR and its partner TF Cornerstone filed for a permit to tear down the Grand Hyatt Hotel famously built by Donald Trump and replace it with a 95-story office building that will cost $6.5 billion to construct. The project won City Council approval back in 2021, b
1mo agoby Greg David
Tenant RightsCity Limits
PODCAST: ¿Cómo han detenido y deportado a padres de hijos estadounidenses?
Desde el retorno al poder del presidente Donald Trump en 2025, las autoridades de inmigración han detenido a los padres de más de 11.000 niños con ciudadanía estadounidense. (Foto del DHS por Tia Dufour) Desde el retorno al poder del presidente Donald Trump en 2025, las autoridades de inmigración ha
1mo agoby Daniel Parra
Rental MarketThe City
NYCHA Offers New Carrot to 24 Seniors Blocking $1.2 Billion Manhattan Project
The city housing authority offered a new concession to 24 elderly tenants who are holding up a contentious $1.2 billion plan to raze and rebuild several dilapidated Manhattan public housing developments, giving the holdouts the option of transferring to senior housing similar to their current home.&
1mo agoby Greg B. Smith
GeneralThe City
New Cooling Tower Testing Rules Aim to Quell Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks
New York City property owners with working cooling towers — the cylinder rooftop structures spiking the city’s skyline — will soon be required to step up their testing for the Legionella bacterium. It’s the city’s latest effort to prevent outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, which killed at least sev
1mo agoby Trenton Daniel, Healthbeat
Rental Market6sqft
NYC trivia returns to Queens Museum for 15th ‘Panorama’ Challenge
The World Series of New York City trivia returns to the Queens Museum for its 15th anniversary this Friday. Hosted by the City Reliquary, the Panorama Challenge uses the museum’s iconic Panorama of the City of New York, a huge scale model of the five boroughs created for the 1964-65 World̵
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GeneralGothamist
Can Columbus, Ohio teach the NYPD about crowd control? Mamdani wants to find out.
Police are adopting new approaches to protests after the violence and chaos of 2020. After the chaotic protests of 2020, Columbus and NYC are adopting new ways to approach big crowds. [ more › ]
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Rental Market6sqft
For $3.35M, this 40-acre upstate retreat embodies the spirit of modernist architecture
High on a Columbia County hilltop overlooking the Taconic and Helderberg mountain ranges, this secluded 40-acre property at 411 Texas Hill Road is a modernist’s dream. The seller, Mark McDonald, known as “Mr. Modernism,” has been instrumental in creating a market for 20th-century m
1mo agoby Michelle Cohen
Rental Market6sqft
NYC to connect Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park with car-free pedestrian space
New York City wants to close a chaotic street between Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Park, connecting the plaza to the 585-acre green space with a new car-free pedestrian space. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced a proposal to remove the four-way crossing next to the Soldiers’ and Sailors
1mo agoby Aaron Ginsburg
GeneralGothamist
Woman dies in custody on drug charges at Brooklyn Central Booking, police say
An NYPD officer wears the department's badge. Emergency medical workers declared the 33-year-old dead on the scene, after she was taken to the hospital twice over the weekend, according to the NYPD. [ more › ]
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Rental MarketCity Limits
NYC Housing Calendar, April 13-20
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. The Rent Guidelines Board at a hearing in Manhattan in 2024. The new members of the mayoral-appointed board will meet Thursday as they deliberate potentia
1mo agoby Jeanmarie Evelly
Rental MarketBrownstoner
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 fixtures. Likely on the fourth floor, the one-bedroom apartment is in T
1mo agoby Susan De Vries
Rental Market6sqft
Pink buys historic yellow Greenwich Village townhouse for $21.5M
Pink bought a yellow Greenwich Village townhouse. The pop star paid $21.5 million for the historic six-story home at 125 West 11th Street, as the Wall Street Journal first reported. Built in 1849, the cheerfully painted Greek Revival mansion has served as a haven for artists for over a century, most
1mo agoby Devin Gannon
GeneralGothamist
Spring may finally be here? We hope? Here's what NYC is looking forward to most.
Walter Alarcone, 44, after finishing up a tennis session at the Fort Greene Park courts. We’ve been iced out and faked out. We demand fun. [ more › ]
1mo agoby {"#text":"Catalina Gonella, David Giambusso","$_xmlns:dc":"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"}
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Towering Bjarke Ingels-Designed Gowanus Complex Preps for Foundation Work
Nearly unchanged for more than a decade, a prominent but long inactive site in Gowanus is moving forward after a change of owners and plans. The new design by starchitect Bjarke Ingels Group, or BIG, for a much bigger and taller building will dramatically change the corner of 3rd Avenue… Read
1mo agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Daily Links: Alloy to Build Public Plaza as Part of Major Boerum Hill Development
In the News A Mermaid, a Ballplayer: This Mural Salutes Coney Island [NYT] Woman’s Body Found Floating Off Red Hook [NYP] Toddlers at Red Hook School Locked Out of Garden [NYP] Salt Marsh Nature Center Celebrates a Quarter Century [Eagle] Borough Park Fire Displaces Families [News12] Placard Abuse I
1mo agoby Anna Bradley-Smith
Rental MarketStreetEasy
Most popular sale of the week April 13, 2026
Every week, we share the most popular sale listing of the week in NYC, as selected by you, our StreetEasy users. The most popular sale for April 13 is this loft-like West Village 1-bedroom with prewar details and a private storage unit. West Village 1-bedroom with in-unit laundry asks $2M Location:
1mo agoby Ameena Walker
Rental MarketBrownstoner
Volunteers Help Brooklyn Book Bodega Give Books to Kids
by Daisy Gil, Brooklyn Paper In a city as large and diverse as New York, access to books is not always equal. Brooklyn Book Bodega is working to change that by making sure more children and families have books in their homes. Founded in 2018 by Rebecca Cohen and Seema Aghera, the… Read More &
1mo agoby Brooklyn Paper
Rental MarketStreetEasy
StreetEasy's new comps tool: Price faster while powering your pitch
Winning a listing starts with your pitch. StreetEasy’s new, customizable comps tool gives you a leg up on the competition and the best chance of success. For NYC agents, presenting a recommended price is intricate. Unique factors like renovation status, floor height and views, building nuances
1mo agoby StreetEasy Team
Rental MarketStreetEasy
Enhanced Listing Insights for agents: Sell smarter and guide sellers confidently
When selling a home, agents have three goals in mind: selling fast, getting the highest possible price, and making a great impression - all while saving time and effort. That's exactly what the enhanced Listing Insights tool, available in the premium StreetEasy Signature℠ tier of StreetEasy Agent Ad
1mo agoby StreetEasy Team
GeneralGothamist
He’s known for representing mob suspects in court. Now prosecutors say he is one.
Television cameras are placed around the federal courthouse in New York City as the police stand guard outside. Attorney Joseph Corozzo has made a living defending clients who prosecutors say have ties to organized crime. [ more › ]
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