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Affordable Housing
I won a $908 studio in Long Island City in NYC's housing lottery, but I didn't count on the culture shock
By Austin Havens-Bowen |July 23, 2024 - 1:00PM
Brooklyn apartment buildings
The Search
What does 'net effective rent' mean? Here's how to calculate your real monthly rent
By Jennifer White Karp |July 16, 2024 - 9:30AM
NYC seen from the water
Rent
Brick Underground’s best advice from New Yorkers who lived through real estate drama
By Brick Underground |July 3, 2024 - 2:30PM
New South Bronx apartment building
Rent
I won a two bedroom in the Bronx for $655 a month in NYC's housing lottery

… up Coincidentally her sister also won an apartment just one block away  Katherine shares her story with  Austin … first I didnt believe they were legitimate apartments so I applied to the wrong ones without even considering the … We now live one block away from each other and are only two stops away from our moms apartment … What would you tell New …

By Austin Havens-Bowen |June 26, 2024 - 9:30AM
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Small Projects + DIY
My attempt to grow a lawn from seed in my tiny front yard in NYC
By Mimi OConnor |June 5, 2024 - 10:30AM
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Live
I never thought I'd see the woodwork from my old apartment again. Then I went into a furniture store
By Tanya Pollard |May 30, 2024 - 1:45PM
View from the High Line Park to the Buildings of 10th Ave Manhattan
Buy
Mansion or not, you may not escape the so-called mansion tax
By Jennifer White Karp |May 21, 2024 - 10:30AM
The entrance to a garden-floor apartment
Neighborhood Intel
I lived in a Brooklyn Heights garden-floor apartment for nearly 20 years—it's not like living in a basement
By Austin Havens-Bowen |May 14, 2024 - 10:00AM
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Renovation
How I turned a storage shed behind my Brooklyn house into an art studio
By Willow Rabinovich |May 7, 2024 - 12:30PM
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Affordable Housing
Home sharing with a senior: Roommate matching program makes living in NYC more affordable
By Jennifer White Karp |April 25, 2024 - 4:30PM