Confessions of a Neighborhood Blogger

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 Intel

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

Neighborhood Intel

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

Neighborhood Intel

Ridgewood is in the midst of a boom, but it's most definitely not "the next Bushwick"

By Virginia K. Smith |May 25, 2016 - 1:30PM

Neighborhood Intel

Long Island City is a haven for families and "BYOF" bars

… full of glassy towers and well that its in Queens LICtalk blogger Andrew Kleinberg is aiming to change that and after … run We caught up with the writer behind the threeyearold blog about the biggest real estate changes at work in the … there is no better place to raise your kids in the 21st century than Long Island City The obvious reason is …

By Virginia K. Smith |January 28, 2016 - 11:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Hey Ridge: Bay Ridge is only out of the way if you don't live here

… city Given New Yorks everexpanding constellation of hyperlocal news outlets its a sure sign that a neighborhoods … the fray with the launch of Hey Ridge a site that covers local politics culture and more back in May The catalyst was a political …

By Virginia K. Smith |June 30, 2015 - 11:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

The Bed-Stuy Blog: Why the neighborhood needs better bagels, but will never be "the next Williamsburg"

By Virginia K. Smith |April 21, 2015 - 11:59AM

Troubleshooting

Come to the Rockaways for affordable apartments and hyper-local eateries, but beware of free-floating sand

By Virginia K. Smith |March 25, 2015 - 8:59AM

Neighborhood Intel

Bushwick Daily: locals love free beer and cheap tacos, but don't call them "settlers"

By Virginia K. Smith |December 29, 2014 - 9:59AM

Improve

Harlem in 2014: LGBT-friendly and still without a 24-hour diner

… to get a feel for a place is by reading a neighborhoods blog In our Confessions of a Neighborhood Blogger series we spoke to the writers who chronicle the … the blog of the same name who moved to the neighborhood in 2006 Two years later she launched the site posting regularly …

By Julie Inzanti |December 9, 2014 - 12:59PM