Emily Myers
Senior Writer/Podcast Producer
Emily Myers is a real estate writer and podcast host. As the former host of the Brick Underground podcast, she earned four silver awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Emily studied journalism at the University of the Arts, London, earned an MA Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh and lived for a decade in California. In spite of her itinerant background, she has been living in the same Brooklyn rental since 2016.
Posts by Emily Myers:
Eviction linked to tragedy, tenant screening errors, & more
By Emily Myers
September 13, 2022 - 10:30 AM
And, Harlem's One45 site, once intended for apartments, will instead have a truck depot.
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I live in a walk-up with no bike room. What options do I have for storing my bike?
By Emily Myers
September 13, 2022 - 09:30 AM
If you're a cyclist and your building lacks a bike room, your options include lobbying your landlord to create a storage space, finding a parking garage with spots for bikes, asking the city to install a rack on your street, or storing your wheels in your apartment.
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Buyer sues over virtual doorman, tenants accused of illegal Airbnbs, & more
By Emily Myers
September 8, 2022 - 10:30 AM
And, a look at the role the pandemic has played in the deepening affordable housing crisis across the U.S.
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An affordable housing lottery launches for 43 apartments in the Bronx
By Emily Myers
September 8, 2022 - 09:30 AM
Rents for housing lottery apartments at 2 Mount Hope Pl. start at $545. Eligible applicants must earn from $21,738 to $215,150, depending on the size of the household.
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Squatters made our life hell so we're fixing our building and kicking our landlord out
By Emily Myers
September 7, 2022 - 09:30 AM
Squatters, leaks, collapsed ceilings, destroyed mailboxes, a faulty elevator, and a broken intercom—these are some of the problems that have prompted tenants at 331 East 14th St.to try and kick out their landlord. Tenants Jillian Heft and Michael Shanahan spoke to Brick about their experience living in the building and their hopes for the future.
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Reconsidering 'first rent,' arsenic in NYCHA water, & more
By Emily Myers
September 6, 2022 - 10:30 AM
And, after arsenic is found in the water at a Lower East Side NYCHA complex, a federal monitor orders the preservation of papers related to the discovery
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