Midwood, Brooklyn to Washington Heights: Higher rent and a friendlier Orthodox community

… mostly of midsized buildings built close to one another To find our apartment we used all resources available We got a … store Convenience with a heavy dose of noise …   … Find an agent with BrickUndergrounds Agent Referral Service … Buy … Sales Market … Rent … The Market … …

By Josh M. |January 6, 2012 - 8:02AM
East Williamsburg to Hell's Kitchen: From hosting the party to living above it

… I loved it A decade later I still love it but I dont want to live there In October I signed a lease with two roommates … with patrons roaming the streets at all hours Thats sort of how our building was in Bushwick so Im used to it but Im … in Manhattan whether its 5 blocks away or 30 It makes the rent seem a bit more reasonable Just about everything else …

By V. L. Hendrickson |December 23, 2011 - 7:52AM
Astoria, Queens to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn: More space, inside and out

… outside of our bedrooms I had lived in a 1bedroom in Astoria for 13 years and slept next to my writing desk the … an office and theres a guest room Since were splitting the rent neither of us had to pay more but the place is more … houses like that    Before the move I struggled a lot with how I was going to get by in another neighborhood Id become …

By Lee Houck |December 9, 2011 - 1:56PM
Transitions: East Village to Midtown East

… a roommate to a true onebedroom at First Avenue and East 55 th Street which my boyfriend owns Its been a bit tough to … more light than my old place The neighborhood is very different from the East Village Its very familyoriented Finding … In my new building a coop there are set ways of doing things and the neighbors many of whom have lived there for …

By Laura Sinberg, |November 4, 2011 - 10:54AM