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May 20, 2025

Related drops casino from Hudson Yards plan, but keeps proposal for 4,000 new homes

Related Companies is dropping the casino from its project proposed for the undeveloped section of Hudson Yards, the developer announced Monday. In partnership with Wynn Resorts, Related previously pitched a $12 billion mixed-use development anchored by a casino, dubbed "Hudson Yards West," as part of its bid for one of the state's three downstate gaming licenses. Due to opposition from the community and local elected officials, Related and Wynn announced they would no longer pursue a gaming license. However, the developer plans to move forward with a plan to build 4,000 apartments, nearly 50 percent of which will be affordable under a tentative agreement with the Adams administration.
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May 19, 2025

NJ Transit strike ends, service to resume Tuesday

NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) reached a tentative agreement on Sunday, ending the first strike at the agency in 42 years. Regular weekday train service will resume on Tuesday, May 20, giving workers a day to inspect and prepare tracks and rail cars. The strike began on Friday when 450 unionized workers walked off the job over engineers' wages. While details of the agreement have not been released, Gov. Phil Murphy called the contract settlement "fair and fiscally responsible" with a "generous wage increase" for union members.
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May 16, 2025

If you buy this $19.85M West Village penthouse, you won’t need a yacht

The penthouse condo atop a historic converted hotel at The Keller at 150 Barrow Street gives the impression of living surrounded by water, sunset and city views included. Asking $19,850,000, this 4,287-square-foot corner duplex, reimagined by interior design pros frenchCALIFORNIA, sits along the Hudson River. A wrap-around terrace of nearly 2,000 square feet makes waterfront entertaining on a grand scale a daily possibility.
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May 15, 2025

NYC’s earliest concrete building in Gowanus back on market for $3M

The Coignet Stone Building, the earliest known concrete building in New York City, is back on the market for $2,995,000. Located at 360 3rd Avenue in Gowanus, the landmarked structure was built in 1873 as both a showroom and a physical advertisement for Francois Coignet's concrete construction company, marking the first documented use of concrete for a building in the city. Whole Foods purchased the property in 2005 and completed a $1.3 million restoration in 2016 before listing it for $6 million. The building returned to the market in 2019 as a proposed residential townhouse, asking $6.5 million.
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May 15, 2025

MTA proposes 684-unit development above future Second Avenue Subway terminus in East Harlem

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to rezone a block in East Harlem to allow for a nearly 700-unit residential building above the future terminus of the Second Avenue Subway. The MTA filed plans on Tuesday to rezone the south side of East 125th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues, where the station for the last stop on the Q line will eventually open as part of the Second Avenue Subway extension. As first reported by Crain's, the MTA plans to partner with a private developer to build an apartment tower with up to 684 units on the block's west side, an MTA-owned property.
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May 14, 2025

NJ Transit strike: The best travel alternatives for getting to NYC

NJ Transit engineers are now on strike for the first time in more than 40 years, impacting commutes for hundreds of thousands of residents. According to the New York Times, about 450 unionized workers went on strike on Friday as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and NJ Transit failed to reach a long-delayed contract agreement. The engineers' demands include pay parity with engineers at nearby commuter railroads. With no train service as of Friday morning, here’s how you can still get to New York City from the Garden State.
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May 14, 2025

Historic Flatbush megamansion with a dazzling renovation gets a mini price cut to $12.5M

In 2022, 6sqft covered this impossibly grand free-standing mansion at 1305 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South, listed for a whopping $12,950,000. The historic neighborhood had already attracted plenty of buzz when actress Michelle Williams purchased a house down the street. But this landmarked manse, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, raised the bar for drama, with 22 rooms and more than 11,000 square feet, including a huge ballroom. It was purchased for $3 million in 2016, snapped up after only three days on the market. An inside-and-out renovation clearly spared no expense; the ballroom was enhanced to include a suite of luxury bedrooms, a vintage bar, and an entertainment space. But a $13 million ask may be too rich even for a Brooklyn estate the size of a small city; the Flatbush jewel has been relisted at $12,495,000. Still stunning–and still for sale–for $455,000 less.
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May 12, 2025

Writer Michelle Young designed her Crown Heights home for work and play, with space for culture and community included

Michelle Young is an author, journalist, and founder of Untapped New York, an online publication that unearths New York City's many secrets and hidden treasures. She's also the author of the new non-fiction book, "The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland." Her Brooklyn townhouse, which she shares with her husband, Augustin Pasquet, and two young daughters, is an enviable oasis of great design with an additional dimension: On some enchanted evenings, it becomes a candlelit literary salon, hosting award-winning authors and chamber music performances. The directive for its recent renovation, a collaboration with architect Côme Ménage of re-A.D, was to create a home that combines life with small children, work, and hosting cultural events that include the larger community.
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May 12, 2025

$4.75M Sag Harbor Craftsman-style home has an Old Hollywood vibe

Even after a renovation by AD100 designer Neal Beckstedt and the influence of design pioneer Joe D'Urso, the house at 12 North Haven Way in Sag Harbor has the air of an early 20th-century estate in the Hollywood Hills. Draped in moss and designed in the Modern Craftsman style, the house sits on four wooded acres, surrounded by manicured hedges, and accessorized by a gunite pool. Asking $4,750,000, it's as true to its spare but aesthetically rich style inside as out.
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May 9, 2025

Updated plan for Broadway Junction redevelopment adds 1,000 affordable homes

A plan to redevelop a two-acre site around the Broadway Junction transit hub has been revised to increase the number of affordable homes from 600 to 1,000. After nearly 100 public meetings, developer Totem on Thursday released an updated version of its proposal to rezone the East New York site into Herkimer-Williams, a mixed-use project with four buildings along four blocks, containing housing, retail, community space, and open space. The revisions include more affordable housing, community-led retail, reduced building heights, and less office space.
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May 8, 2025

Real estate icon Barbara Corcoran lists Upper East Side penthouse for $12M

Real estate whiz and investor Barbara Corcoran is parting ways with her penthouse overlooking Central Park on the Upper East Side. Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group and star of "Shark Tank," paid $10 million in 2015 for the 11-room duplex co-op at 1158 Fifth Avenue. The home, which has a glass solarium dining room, custom-designed library, and landscaped terrace, is now on the market for $12,000,000.
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May 7, 2025

72-story tower with 1,200 apartments proposed to replace Downtown Brooklyn ‘eyesore’

New York City wants to redevelop an outdated office building in Downtown Brooklyn to make way for a 72-story mixed-use tower with over 1,000 units. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) is looking to rezone the commercial building at 395 Flatbush Avenue Extension to allow for a new skyscraper with 1,263 apartments, as first reported by The Real Deal. The existing 350,000-square-foot building—a Verizon call center—was called "one of the biggest eyesores in Downtown Brooklyn" by Brownstoner for its homely architecture. The proposed tower will be the second-tallest in the borough, after The Brooklyn Tower.
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May 6, 2025

$6.5M Cobble Hill townhouse has renovated interiors that follow the original layout, with a dumbwaiter between floors

The four-story townhouse at 146 Baltic Street in Cobble Hill gets contemporary design points for stylish, renovated interiors designed by the award-winning architecture firm of Baxt / Ingui in 2017. But the layout of the 1852 home retains the configuration of the day, with the kitchen as the lower-level engine of the home, from which hard-working staff would ferry dinner and dishware up to the formal dining room above via dumbwaiter. Asking $6,495,000, the home is filled with modern comforts, including a newly-installed dumbwaiter on the lower three floors.
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May 1, 2025

Once a coffee warehouse, this $11M Tribeca townhouse is a three-level condo with a hot tub in the back

From the outside, this townhouse condo at 62 Beach Street looks to be every bit the historic loft building. Built in 1860, the former coffee, tea, and spice warehouse known as the Fischer Mills Building is right at home on the cobblestoned Tribeca street. Within, the classic restored warehouse conceals a 4,600-square-foot triplex that brings the loft aesthetic into the 21st century for a $10,995,000 buyer. Loft bones frame luxuries like a home gym, and the whole package includes a private garden with a hot tub.
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May 1, 2025

Moving Day: When all New Yorkers moved on May 1

From colonial times up until World War II, May 1 was Moving Day, the one day a year when people in New York City moved. It's said the tradition came from the Dutch, who set out for Manhattan on May 1 and therefore celebrated each year by swapping homes on this day. Later, landlords had to notify tenants of rent increases on February 1, which would take effect three months later at 9 a.m. Tenants waited until May 1 to move, and the streets would be filled with "moving vans," Long Island farmers' wagons led by horses, clogging up the city streets and creating complete pandemonium.
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April 30, 2025

40-story Downtown Brooklyn tower opens lottery for 69 apartments, from $2,950/month

A new residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn launched a housing lottery this week for 69 middle-income apartments. Located at 111 Willoughby Street, the 40-story Maxwell Downtown Brooklyn development offers impressive skyline views and amenities like a landscaped roof deck and top-floor lounge. New Yorkers earning 130 percent of the area median income can apply for the units, priced at $2,950/month studios, $3,300/month one-bedrooms, and $4,347/month two-bedrooms.
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April 28, 2025

Related modifies Hudson Yards casino proposal to include 4,000 housing units

Related Companies is more than doubling the number of housing units in its $12 billion Hudson Yards casino proposal ahead of an important City Council vote. After feedback from the community, the developer announced plans to replace a 1,400-foot-tall office tower with two residential buildings, which would increase the projected housing from 1,500 units to 4,000 total units on the site. As reported by Crain's, the change seeks to address critics of Related's efforts to modify the terms of a 2009 rezoning, which originally called for over 5,000 new homes on the site.
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April 23, 2025

Take in 65,000 colorful tulips, and pick your own, at Queens Farm

While cherry blossoms usually steal the spotlight every spring, tulips provide some of the most vibrant signs of the season. The Queens County Farm Museum is once again turning into a tulip wonderland, with a display of over 65,000 flowers in full bloom. As part of "Blooms at Queens Farm," visitors can pick their own flowers to bring home on Saturdays and Sundays through May 4.
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April 16, 2025

Jessica Chastain’s Osborne co-op returns to market with nearly $1M discount

Actress Jessica Chastain's stunning home in The Osborne is back on the market for nearly $1 million less than the original asking price. Last year, the sprawling four-bedroom apartment at 205 West 57th Street in Midtown West, which once belonged to Leonard Bernstein, was listed for $7,450,000. Nearly a year later, the apartment has been relisted for $6,499,000.
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April 15, 2025

Tompkins Square Park’s infamous bathrooms reopen after $5.6M renovation

You no longer have to hold your nose when using the bathroom at Tompkins Square Park—at least for now. On Monday, the city’s Parks Department reopened the East Village park’s field house following a two-year, $5.6 million renovation, finally restoring the restrooms after years of being known as some of the filthiest facilities in the five boroughs. The project included a full overhaul of the four bathrooms, with upgrades to the building’s electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems, as well as improvements to accessibility and the building’s exterior.
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April 11, 2025

NYPD to launch unit targeting ‘quality-of-life’ issues

A new NYPD division focused on quality-of-life issues like illegal parking, noise complaints, and homeless encampments will begin work across New York City next week. Starting Monday, the new units, called "Q Teams," will begin work in five precincts and a public housing development, covering neighborhoods like the South Bronx, Far Rockaway, Coney Island, Union Square, and East New York. Officers will respond to a growing number of 311 complaints, even as major crime declines. Some New Yorkers fear the units will unfairly target low-income communities, drawing comparisons to Giuliani-era street crime squads that harassed Black and Latino men, as the New York Times reported.
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April 11, 2025

Saks Fifth Avenue drops casino proposal

Saks Fifth Avenue has folded its bid for a gaming license, ending the company's plan of adding a casino atop its Midtown flagship store. As first reported by Crain's, the department store withdrew its bid for one of three coveted downstate gaming licenses expected to be awarded by the end of the year, with a Saks spokesperson saying the company is now "focused on other strategic priorities." In recent months, minimal communication between Saks’ parent company, Saks Global, and those involved in the casino process had suggested that the retailer was abandoning its proposal.
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April 9, 2025

NYPL’s World Literature & Arts Festival returns

A celebration of storytelling across the world's diverse cultures and languages is returning to the New York Public Library (NYPL) next week. Running from April 14 through 30, the fifth annual World Literature & Arts Festival is a library system-wide event series highlighting New York City's vibrant immigrant communities across Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island in honor of Immigrant Heritage Week. The festival spotlights the city's diversity through engaging author talks, performances, culinary experiences, writing workshops, and more.
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April 8, 2025

New rental tower on Gowanus Canal opens lottery for 45 mixed-income apartments, from $874/month

A new residential development on the Gowanus Canal has launched a housing lottery for 45 mixed-income apartments. Society Brooklyn consists of two 21-story towers with more than 500 apartments and a waterfront esplanade. New Yorkers earning 40, 60, 100, and 130 percent of the area median income can apply for the available units at 504 Sackett Street, priced from $874/month one-bedrooms.
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April 7, 2025

NYC metro area could lose 80,000 homes to flooding by 2040

More than 80,000 homes in New York City’s low-lying neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs are at risk of being lost to flooding in the next 15 years, according to a new report. Released Monday by the Regional Plan Association (RPA), the report warns that the region's housing shortage could reach 1.2 million homes by 2040, as heightened flood risks render large portions of land across the five boroughs undevelopable. While Long Island is projected to face the most significant impact overall, waterfront neighborhoods in southeast Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island are among the most vulnerable.
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