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:
Inside Sunset Park, the city's largest (and growing) Chinatown
May 17, 2017 - 08:59 AM
This bustling part of Brooklyn is home to many Chinese immigrants who come for the relatively inexpensive real estate and the culture.
Read More Brick Underground's 5-step guide to renting an NYC apartment with roommates
May 12, 2017 - 13:45 PM
Here's how to find the right apartment for you and your pals.
Read More Manhattanville's renamed "Factory District" is changing the face of upper Manhattan—here's what to expect
May 2, 2017 - 08:59 AM
The neighborhood is industrial and commercial, but real estate changes are likely.
Read More Woodside's Little Manila offers a piece of the Philippines in Queens
April 13, 2017 - 08:59 AM
This Queens enclave faces rising rents and home prices.
Read More Little Senegal on Harlem's 116th Street shrinks as gentrification takes hold
March 22, 2017 - 08:59 AM
Senegalese food and shops can still be found, though there aren't as many.
Read More MacDougal Alley: A small downtown mews filled with NYC art history
March 14, 2017 - 14:59 PM
This downtown street is named for a Revolutionary War hero and friend of Alexander Hamilton's.
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