Category: Community Living

When it comes to tax revenue, New York City has 20.4 billion reasons to thank the real estate industry. According to trade association Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), the city's real estate industry generated about $20.4 billi…

Like empty tables in a restaurant, parts of your building may be costing you money instead of paying for themselves or making a profit. Roofs are a perfect example. But how could a co-op or condo make money from their roof? This is wher…

Stars, of course, are just like us. Or so magazines would have us believe because, say, Ryan Gosling once wore a polo shirt. In reality, however, famous people bring with them a cultural cachet and a renown that objectively sets them ap…

In movie industry parlance, New York City’s Second Avenue subway line was in ‘development hell’ for almost 100 years —as many Upper East Siders who ride the very crowded Lexington Avenue subway train daily know first hand. Plans for the …

The day-to-day operation of a residential condo or co-op can certainly be a handful for its board of trusted volunteers. But not to add insult to injury, communal living doesn't happen in a vacuum, and there are likely to be outside activit…

In the spring of 2013, the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) began its curbside organic waste collection program in eight pilot neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Bronx. Since its inception, the NYC Organi…

Whether it's for Christmas, Hanukkah or any other occasion during the holiday season, festive decorative lighting is a traditional staple at residences. From real trees draped in blinking multicolored lights, to menorahs left burning on the…

For the last decade or so, newly-constructed residential buildings have featured all kinds of new amenities, from the opulent to the simple, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. This leaves older buildings sparser amenities in a lu…

There's a long-standing assumption that the big city is a center for both hustle and bustle, a fast-paced place designed for the benefit of fast-paced folks--while on the other hand the suburbs are a mecca for those more easy and breezy; a …

In looking at Manhattan residential sales trends this year so far, you could interpret the data as looking at the glass either half-full or half-empty According to the recent  Corcoran Report for third quarter 2016, the median price …