Crown Heights housing lottery, room-dividing bookshelf walls, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | July 29, 2022 - 1:30PM

This week readers visited Brick Underground to check out a new housing lottery in Crown Heights, where rents start at $465 a month for a studio in a new building with amenities like a recreation room, gym, business center, and a rooftop terrace. Winning one of these apartments can be life-changing, thanks to automatic lease renewals and capped rent increases.

Also of interest: Many landlords prohibit renters from using temporary walls to divide a space. Consider a bookshelf wall, which is considered furniture, if you need to carve out extra room.

Here are this week's top five posts:

1) A housing lottery opens for 160 apartments in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

2) Temporary bookshelf walls you can live with legally: A guide for NYC renters

3) The best NYC neighborhoods for real estate investors in 2022

4) My neighbor's dripping AC is driving me crazy. What can I do?

5) What to know about buying in Queens Village, Queens, a commuter nabe with a suburban feel

Jennifer White Karp

Managing Editor

Jennifer steers Brick Underground’s editorial coverage of New York City residential real estate and writes articles on market trends and strategies for buyers, sellers, and renters. Jennifer’s 15-year career in New York City real estate journalism includes stints as a writer and editor at The Real Deal and its spinoff publication, Luxury Listings NYC.

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