Manhattan Sideways blogger Betsy Polivy spends her days exploring the city's side streets and small businesses, but is happy to call Chelsea home

… city storefronts shutter seemingly every day Betsy Polivys blog Manhattan Sideways aims to shine a light on the … a time And shes not doing it by halves Since starting the blog five years ago Polivy has been working her way through … working her way up through 155th Street Shes currently on 125th As the former owner and operator of a small childrens …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 7, 2017 - 11:59AM
We love NYC: Bloggers share what they adore about their neighborhoods

… Neighborhood bloggers will be the first to tell you what needs changing … hard to just pin it down to one … Ed García Conde  Welcome2TheBronx … Snowy Carroll Park Photo credit Katia Kelly I … Kelly Pardon Me for Asking … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline   … Neighborhood Intel … Confessions of …

By Virginia K. Smith |February 14, 2017 - 1:59PM
Neighborhood blogger Katia Kelly says there's plenty to explore in Carroll Gardens, but don't say you "discovered" it

… from wealthy new residents and an accompanying spike in home prices the story of Carroll Gardens could also stand in … of Brooklyn as a whole On Pardon Me For Asking longtime neighborhood resident Katia Kelly chronicles it all from … built on the site of the former Longshoremens Union Medical Facility  Then there is 100 Luquer Street a tall 11story …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 15, 2016 - 9:59AM
The blogger behind "Welcome 2 the Bronx" dishes on the REAL Little Italy, why the borough shouldn't be "colonized," and more

… and developers attentions turn towards the Bronx Welcome 2 the Bronx has been a welcome reality check about the state … miss For this edition of  Confessions of a Neighborhood Blogger we caught up with the sites founder Ed García Conde … Island is pretty great too   … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline     … Neighborhood Intel … Bronx … …

By Virginia K. Smith |November 15, 2016 - 9:59AM
Why two NYC bloggers have decided to move every month—for a year

… and Felix Zeltnerthe couple behind a new project NYC 12 x 12  the idea starts to seem downright doable As the name … going to be totally spoiled … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline   … Rent … Neighborhood Intel … Escape … Chinatown … moving … neighborhood blogs … short-term rentals … Why two NYC bloggers have …

By Virginia K. Smith |August 16, 2016 - 1:45PM