Wall Street Higher, Despite Worries About Housing
In addition, stocks rose as President Obama signed landmark health care legislation into law, removing some of the uncertainty about the future of health care…
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The Market
Manhattan Rent Rings Up a Little Higher, But So Do Vacancies
It’s time for the Manhattan rental market’s monthly weigh-in from the folks at The Real Estate Group New York. Recent months have seen rents on the way up and a few concessions vanishing, with only mixed success…
Mount Vernon, one of the county’s poorer cities, was hard hit by the subprime mortgage crisis and has plenty of such homes. It is where Maria Andrews-David has bought her first house, a bank-owned…
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Our Neighborhood
The Little Town That Prices (Almost) Forgot
The Brooklyn waterfront, once upon a time, was seen as a place where artists and artisans lived and worked, basking in cheap rents, old architecture and a sweet sense of isolation. But lately that reality…
Inanimate Object Speaks Out Against Atlantic Yards
Electronic road sign hacking, all the rage in March ’09, has made an anniversary comeback on Flatbush and St. Marks Avenue in Prospect Heights this morning. And so personal! But you have to admit…
NYU Has Building Plans in Metrotech
As part of a 20-year plan that would see the university add six million square feet to its portfolio, New York University wants to build one million additional square feet for its engineering school at Metrotech. The foundation for the Brooklyn…
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Food
The Latest Contender in the Barbecue Game
First, take a moment to compose yourself and bask in the sauce-slathered glory of your previous BBQ conquests—the pork, the ribs, the sausage, the meat coma. Now take what …
Crumbs Bakery Coming to Montague Street
As Brooklyn Heights Blog noted on Friday, the tony nabe is getting a new bakery. A poster is now in the window…
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