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Affordable Housing
under a million
Aug. 13, 2024
A West Village One-Bedroom With Exposed Brick for Under a Million
Plus a four-bedroom Colonial house with a big backyard on City Island.
By
Clio Chang
street fights
Aug. 8, 2024
The City Wants to Demolish a West Village Recreation Center
The historic Tony Dapolito center with a Keith Haring mural is landmarked but the city says it’s too expensive to preserve.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
Aug. 6, 2024
A Convertible Two-Bedroom in Prime Clinton Hill for $785K
Plus an UES one-bedroom in a brownstone across from Spence.
By
Kim Velsey
under a million
July 23, 2024
A Park Slope Two-Bedroom Next to Prospect Park for Under a Million
Plus a City Island duplex with a pool.
By
Kim Velsey
housing market
July 16, 2024
Did Biden Just Propose National Rent Stabilization?
The president says he wants to cap increases at 5 percent. There are some catches.
By
Kim Velsey
under a million
July 16, 2024
A Two-Bedroom Bed-Stuy Duplex for Under $1 Million
Plus a Tudor City one-bedroom with a working fireplace and lots of original details in Park Slope.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
July 9, 2024
A Central Park South Studio With a Room of Windows for $770,000
Plus a charming little one-bed with garden views in historic Hudson Heights.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
July 2, 2024
A Two-Bedroom Near the Frick for Just $950,000
And another in Jackson Heights with lots of light and good details.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
June 25, 2024
An Elusive 3-Bedroom Near Prospect Park for $950,000
And a Brooklyn Heights one-bed that could probably fit another.
By
Kim Velsey
under a million
June 11, 2024
A One-Bedroom in Villa Charlotte Brontë for $649,000
And a Chelsea studio so nice you won’t mind having a bed in your living room.
By
Clio Chang
under a million
June 4, 2024
A Two-Bedroom With a Jacuzzi Near Riverside Park
And more actually roomy apartments for under a million in Chelsea, Ditmas Park, and Forest Hills.
By
Kim Velsey
under a million
May 28, 2024
A Boerum Hill One-Bed With a Working Fireplace for $599,000
And a two-bed that makes a good case for life in Midwood.
By
Curbed Staff
unaffordable housing
May 21, 2024
When Making $135,000 Means Roommates
Turns out just a third of Manhattan studios and one-beds are in budget for some of the city’s highest earners.
By
Kim Velsey
under a million
May 7, 2024
A Beachy House in Broad Channel for $449,000
Plus a dramatic Murray Hill studio and 2.5 bedroom in Sunnyside.
By
Kim Velsey
the housing market
May 2, 2024
What Ever Happened to the Three-Bedroom?
How everything became either a chopped-up two-bed or $11,000 a month.
By
Kim Velsey
unaffordable housing
Feb. 20, 2024
New York Landlords Strike Out at the Supreme Court, Again
Rent-stabilized tenants will continue to enjoy their automatic lease renewals.
By
Kim Velsey
affordable housing
Feb. 12, 2024
The Eco-Yogi Slumlord House Is For Sale
But you’ll have to win the city’s notoriously dysfunctional housing lottery first.
By
Bridget Read
developing
Jan. 29, 2024
This Stalled Harlem-Housing Complex Might Not Be Dead After All
A new councilperson and a soon-empty building may mean One45 has a chance of going up.
By
Adriane Quinlan
the city politic
Nov. 11, 2023
How a New York City Councilwoman Lost Her Job for Doing the Right Thing
The surprise election defeat of the Bronx’s Marjorie Velázquez is a bad sign for affordable housing.
By
Errol Louis
developing
Aug. 1, 2023
An Island of Affordable Housing at the World Trade Center
A third of the tower’s residents will have cheap rent and expensive neighbors.
By
Christopher Bonanos
the rent is too damn high
July 14, 2023
Are the Landlords Bluffing?
They say thousands of rent stabilized apartments are too cheap and too far gone to rent. You’ll just have to take their word for it.
By
Clio Chang
street fights
June 29, 2023
McNally Jackson Joins the Elizabeth Street Garden Fray
An appeals court ruled the affordable-housing development could move forward; the bookstore was not pleased.
By
Clio Chang
great rooms
Jan. 10, 2023
The Entirely Affordable, Cheerfully Modernist El Borinquen in the Bronx
Nonprofit developer Comunilife teamed up with Alexander Gorlin Architects.
By
Wendy Goodman
affordable housing
Jan. 6, 2023
The Saga of One45: From Massive Apartment Complex to Truck Depot
Developer Bruce Teitelbaum seems to be making good on his threat to use the 145th Street site as a giant parking lot.
By
Adriane Quinlan
hotels
Dec. 22, 2022
Did New York Miss Its Moment To Turn Hotels Into Housing?
“It’s hard to look at the timing of these programs and say that it was treated as an emergency.”
By
Bridget Read
the hamptons
Oct. 21, 2022
Sag Harbor Worried About Becoming Port Jefferson
And a group of residents is suing over an affordable-housing development.
By
Clio Chang
street fights
Oct. 19, 2022
13 Years, 3 Mayors, Countless Community Board Meetings, and Just One Building
The tortured saga of turning a Hell’s Kitchen parking lot into 112 affordable apartment units.
By
Bridget Read
housing
July 26, 2022
The Regulars Rooting for a Crash at Brooklyn’s Foreclosure Auctions
Hope springs eternal for the small-time hustler.
By
Molly Osberg
curbed glossary
May 19, 2022
Cuck Money Is the New Key Money
Get ready to raise your own rent.
By
Bridget Read
the housing market
May 17, 2022
New York Now Has More Airbnb Listings Than Apartments for Rent
Even though Airbnb’s listings count has dipped this year.
By
Kim Velsey
design edit
Apr. 29, 2022
An Olmsted Index, Archive of Nakagin Capsule Tower Images, and More Finds
Plus ideas for a 100 percent affordable-housing skyscraper at the World Trade Center.
By
Diana Budds
housing
Apr. 1, 2022
The Cruel Theater of Encampment Sweeps
Adams’s task force cleared hundreds of sites. Five people accepted a bed.
By
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
housing
Mar. 24, 2022
How Airbnb Reinvented Itself As the World’s Crisis-Housing Provider
In times of disaster, from war in Ukraine to wildfires in California, the platform is hoping to become something closer to critical infrastructure.
By
Molly Osberg
homelessness
Mar. 23, 2022
The Oakland Tiny-Home Fire Raises Bigger Questions About Homeless Housing
Advocates and residents are asking about the safety and long-term feasibility of these unconventional shelters.
By
Alissa Walker
college towns
Mar. 18, 2022
UCLA’s Guaranteed Student Housing Plan Is Fast, Comprehensive, and Worth Copying
The city should take note.
By
Alissa Walker
the rent is too damn high
Mar. 1, 2022
Battery Park City Residents Seek Relief From Upper-Middle-Class Poverty
Battery Park City residents say condos should remain affordable. The only problem? They’re not.
By
Kim Velsey
great rooms
Jan. 10, 2022
Meet the Residents of a New Low-Income Building by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
In Brownsville, Brooklyn, not on Billionaires’ Row.
By
Wendy Goodman
developing
Dec. 14, 2021
The Site Chosen by Elizabeth Street Garden Supporters Gets Affordable Housing
But that doesn’t mean the garden will stay.
By
Kim Velsey
architecture
Dec. 6, 2021
What Would It Take to Build This ‘Lost’ Eames House?
The Eames Office believes a 1950s prefab would be right at home in the 21st century.
By
Diana Budds
bureaucracy
Nov. 16, 2021
It Takes How Long to Fill NYC Affordable Apartments Through the Lottery?
We now know just how slow the process is.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
street fights
Sept. 30, 2021
It’s Time to Let the Elizabeth Street Garden Go
It may be a pretty oasis, but we as a city are desperate for affordable housing.
By
Kim Velsey
street view
June 30, 2021
La Central May Be the Best Affordable Housing Your Taxes Can Buy
And that’s a problem.
By
Justin Davidson
granny flats
Apr. 13, 2021
No, 3-D Printing the Suburbs Is Not the Future of Housing
But the process is certainly mesmerizing to watch.
By
Alissa Walker