Search Results for: Lower East Side

If you are unhappy about the amount you pay for rent, then this article will only arouse jealousy as well.  A number of tenants in the 12-story East Village building known as Jupiter 21 and located at 21 East 1st Street will be paying $10 a month in rent.  Tenants who are paying market prices, … Read More

Ever wonder what New York looked like back in the 1970’s before $3,000 one-bedroom apartments and $20 cocktails?  Click here to view a short video of New York, particularly the Lower East Side!

For those of you who don’t know, Jeremy Lin is basketball’s (and the Knicks’) newest sensation.  He has surely reinvigorated the sport and New Yorkers’ interest in the team.  So what does Harvard grad Jeremy Lin have anything to do with real estate other than the fact that he “spends most nights on a couch … Read More

Remember a time when New Yorkers who were priced-out of apartments in Manhattan were forced to look at neighborhoods across the East River in Brooklyn?  Well, chances are, potential tenants are priced-out of those Brooklyn neighborhoods today.  Many potential Brooklynites who cannot afford neighborhoods like Williamsburg, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Park Slope are looking … Read More

It turns out that today is the 52nd anniversary of the use of the name “East Village” which was apparently monikered by real estate agents in the 1960’s.  The New York Times first mentioned “East Village” in its article entitled “Village Spills Across 3D Ave.”  The article indicates that the destruction of the Third Avenue … Read More

For those of you who live in New York City, or who have looked for apartments in New York City, you know that $600 per month will get you a broom closet in an outerborough with a communal bathroom.  Well, on the upper east side, between 64th and 65th street near York Avenue, residents typically pay $600 per … Read More