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:
Talking armored car robbery, Upper West Side nostalgia, and more with author Dan Wakin
January 5, 2018 - 12:30 PM
The New York Times higher-up has been moonlighting as a neighborhood historian.
Read More Insider tips for selling or renting out your NYC apartment during the winter slow season
November 17, 2017 - 10:00 AM
Here's how to make sure your apartment doesn't just sit on the market—this time of year, or anytime really.
Read More Pirates, glue factories, and mob graves: Blissville is Queens's dumping ground
November 14, 2017 - 09:00 AM
Cut off by the LIE, Newtown Creek, and Calvary Cemetery, the neighborhood is an oft-forgotten slice of Long Island City.
Read More Senator Street in Bay Ridge: A historic block without landmark protections
October 26, 2017 - 09:00 AM
Get to know a Brooklyn gem, before it's gone.
Read More Jackson Heights is home to a growing Nepali community
October 19, 2017 - 09:00 AM
Head to Queens to try yak, celebrate Diwali, and get some momo to go.
Read More Alexander Avenue in the South Bronx is home to the borough's oldest townhouses
October 3, 2017 - 15:00 PM
Landmarked and full of history, this strip in the Bronx is not catching the attention of developers.
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