REAL ESTATE
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The Dead Rabbit to debut new sports bar pop-up at Rooftop at Pier 17 this week
The Dead Rabbit, one of New York City’s most iconic Irish pubs, is kicking off the new year with an all-new concept in the South Street Seaport. Starting January 10, the celebrated bar will transform the Rooftop at Pier 17 into “Joxer’s,” a winter sports bar concept that combines the Dead Rabbit’s Irish charm with a unique menu, striking decor,…
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Andy Warhol’s 1960s Upper East Side home is for rent asking $22K a month
Photo courtesy of Essential Real Estate New York LLC The Upper East Side townhouse at 1342 Lexington Avenue that was home to iconic pop artist Andy Warhol from 1960 until 1972 is now on the rental market for $22,550 per month. The renovated 3,072-square-foot home, built in the 1880s, was updated for a new century with contemporary interiors that complement…
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City-owned garage on Staten Island’s North Shore to become 232 affordable homes
Renderings courtesy of Purpose by Design Architects A city-owned sanitation garage on Staten Island’s North Shore will be transformed into 232 affordable homes. The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on Monday revealed the development team and plans for Hillside Grove, which will convert an unsightly garage at 539 Jersey City into a mixed-use affordable housing complex with…
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This $3M co-op is like a European loft in the West Village
Photo credit: Celeste Godoy for The Corcoran Group This one-bedroom-plus-office co-op at 72 Horatio Street feels like a sunny Scandinavian apartment, with impossibly high ceilings and windows everywhere. Within a converted stable, historic details like exposed brick walls retain the loft vibe, and new renovations add up-to-the minute style. Asking $2,998,000, new updates are both cozy and luxurious, including wide-plank…
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For $2.5M, this laid-back Ditmas Park home is historic, lovely and livable
Photo credit: Chris Austin A sprawling front porch is the first welcome gesture you’ll see at the townhouse at 465 Argyle Road—and there are many more to come. Set among the historic homes in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park neighborhood, the spacious residence has kept its early 20th century charm while adding 21st-century livability and modern comforts with many years of considered…
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NYC welcomes 65 million tourists in 2024, second-highest in city history
New York City welcomed nearly 65 million visitors this year, the second highest total in its history. Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Tourism + Conventions President and CEO Julie Coker on Friday announced a new end-of-year tourism forecast, revealing a 3.5 percent increase in visitors from 2023 and projecting a return to pre-pandemic levels in 2025. NYC remains the most-visited…
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$7.2M penthouse is most expensive sponsor sale in Williamsburg
Renderings courtesy of Naftali Group A penthouse went into contract at the “urban resort-style” One Williamsburg Wharf this week, marking a possible new record for sponsor sales in the neighborhood. Penthouse A is a three-bedroom, three-bath home with an expansive private terrace, fireplace, and sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline and East River. The apartment, which entered contract on Wednesday…
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See inside $19.5M Dumbo penthouse, Brooklyn’s most expensive condo for sale
Photo credit: Pavel Bendov for Olympia DUMBO New photos released this week provide a first look inside the most expensive condo currently for sale in Brooklyn. On the market for $19,500,000, Penthouse B takes up the entire 32nd floor of Olympia Dumbo, a new 33-story luxury development at 30 Front Street with a sail-inspired design. The residence, which first hit…
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Brooklyn Public Library exhibit features rare photographs of James Baldwin flourishing in Turkey
Baldwin sitting in a Triumph Herald on the Bosphorus Ferry © Sedat Pakay The Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating the centennial of civil rights activist and writer James Baldwin’s birth with a special exhibition of never-before-seen photographs. Called “Turkey Saved My Life – Baldwin in Istanbul, 1961-1971,” the installation features photographs by Turkish photographer Sedat Pakay that shed light on a…
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$4M gets you the whole renovated Boerum Hill townhouse package, with a bi-level backyard
Photo credit: Hayley Ellen Day Brooklyn townhouse living is long past being a well-kept secret, so when you find a ready-to-move-in home in a neighborhood like Boerum Hill, you can expect it won’t be a bargain. But having a charming, renovated single-family home like the one at 363 Warren Street, ready from day one, might just be worth the $3,995,000…
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