Marjorie Cohen
Contributing writer
Marjorie Cohen is a New York City-based freelance journalist, editor and author of over seven non-fiction books. Her real estate reporting has appeared in amNewYork, Investopedia, and The West Side Rag. Since moving to New York five decades ago for graduate school at the Teachers College of Columbia University, Marjorie has lived on the Upper West Side, with a brief detour to West 15th Street when she got six months free rent in a new building. Her current apartment is rent-stabilized and she is never, ever, going to willingly leave it.
Posts by Marjorie Cohen:
My review of Kyte, the rental car that gets dropped off and picked up from your NYC building
September 19, 2022 - 15:30 PM
We tested out a new car rental company, Kyte, which brings the car to you and beats the competition on price. Here’s our review.
Read More Chinatown: The insider's guide to living there
July 25, 2022 - 14:30 PM
Gentrification and high rents have made New York’s original Chinatown no longer an affordable settlement point for new immigrants.
Read More Bedford Park, the Bronx: The insider's guide to living there
June 21, 2022 - 14:30 PM
Bedford Park, in the northwest corner of the Bronx, is a quiet, working class, bedroom community near Fordham University, Lehman College, New York Botanical Garden, and lots of parkland. Apartments are cheaper here than in other parts of the city.
Read More ‘The New Kings of New York’ pulls back the curtain on luxury real estate developers
May 24, 2022 - 09:30 AM
Adam Piore’s “Kings of New York: Renegades, Moguls, Gamblers and the Remaking of the World’s Most Famous Skyline” looks at the real estate personalities who have transformed the city into a luxury playground for the 1 percent.
Read More The 7 most common construction defects: A condo buyers guide
April 21, 2022 - 12:30 PM
To avoid buying in a new condo building with construction defects, check out this list of the most common problems.
Read More Hamilton Heights: The insider's guide to living there
October 19, 2021 - 12:30 PM
Thinking of living in Hamilton Heights in northwest Harlem? Here's what locals say about housing, plus what there is to do, where they go to eat, how they get around—and how they were impacted by the pandemic.
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