Getting to know Crown Heights, handling an absentee super, and more

By Virginia K. Smith | June 23, 2014 - 10:59AM

Curious about Crown Heights? Brooklyn Based put together a handy, comprehensive neighborhood guide (Brooklyn Based)

How to handle your building's absentee super (NYT)

Developers have heard your cries (or someone's cries, anyway), and are building more apartments in Nolita (NYDN)

It is possible to completely re-vamp your kitchen for $1,500 or less (Apartment Therapy)

Upscale vacationers, take note: North Fork is stealing the Hamptons' thunder (and getting a whole lot more expensive, natch) (Financial Times via The Real Deal)

Would you move into an apartment that looked like a crime scene? (Curbed NY)

In exchange for offering affordable apartments, Penn South co-ops got a 50-year break on property taxes (DNAinfo)

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