Subway delays dominate rush hour, hiding houses in NYC, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | January 14, 2019 - 11:00AM

Transit organization Riders Alliance says a new analysis of MTA alert data shows that subway signal problems caused delays during 92 percent of morning rush hours in 2018 (press release)

Hidden houses are one of NYC’s best-kept secrets (New York Post)

A penthouse at luxury building 520 Park Ave. sold for $32.4 million—a nearly $10 million discount off the asking price (The Real Deal)

A rally in support of a bill to shore up NYC’s Loft Law will be held 6 p.m. January 17th at the San Damiano Mission in Brooklyn (press release)

A caretaker is accused of stealing a deed to an 85-year-old man’s East New York house, and trying to sell the property (Gothamist)

One-bedroom condos above the new Brooklyn Heights Library will start at more than $1 million (Brooklyn Paper)

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