September 1, 2009

A look at the new rules in a market where renters are firmly in control September 01, 2009 Candace Taylor The rental market has changed dramatically since Lehman Brothers collapsed a year ago this month. In the second quarter of

The Halloween edition of our weekly mug shot review begins with a trio of arrestees who appear to have been spooked.

Yesterday saw some promising economic numbers, and a technical end to the recession, but the country is far from full recovery. Diane Brady of Business Week explains what the numbers do and do not tell us.What do you think? When

Democratic Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson has made term limits a central issue in the mayoral election. Oliver Koppell, NYC council member (), and Wayne Barrett, senior editor at the Village Voice and veteran political reporter, discuss the term limits issue

It's Halloween weekend, and time for some scary radio stories. Foley artist Muttt Le Dogg and artistic director Andy Donald are with the Naked Angels theater company. They share some of the stories (and sounds!) from the dramas.

A spike in sex crimes victims coming forward in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish community is seen a positive first step for law enforcement. Charles Hynes, and Rhonnie Jaus, chief of the District Attorney's sex crime bureau, discuss their efforts to encourage

With his new film Labor Day opening in theaters today, filmmaker Glenn Silber explains how labor unions can change elections. Dan Cantor, executive director of the , and Mike Fishman, president of , a union of building service workers, talk

Five notable New Yorkers are inductees into the City Lore . They join us as part of a week-long series.Today: Inductee Gerald Menditto manager of Coney Island's Cyclone, talks about his 30 years running NYC's most famous roller coaster.

To say that vendors were energized by Martha's visit last Sunday would be an understatement, so there's lots of momentum and enthusiasm heading into this weekend. In addition to all the usual flea market-y goodness, there are several cool new

The ridiculously out-of-context tower rising at 122 Adelphi Street has now reached the six-story mark, putting it safely over the 50-percent-mark. Back of the envelope calculations suggest it's taking them about a month per floor, which suggests the 11-story building

Although it was filed over a year ago, the DOB application for work in the retail space at 723 Fulton Street in Fort Greene was only approved a month ago. The application references a new restaurant for the space. Anyone

Park SlopeWarren LewisSunday 1-3$1,900,00 Bedford Stuyvesant CorcoranSunday 2-3:30$1,275,000> Crown Heights Kathryn Lilly (solo?!)Sunday 2-4$750,000 Greenwood Heights Brown Harris StevensSunday 2:30-4$699,000

Comment: Nothing too inspiring but not terrible either. [Brownstoner] [Brownstoner]

Earlier this week Lost City stopped by the Arby's at 372 Fulton Street on the Fulton Mall in Downtown Brooklyn. Since finally gaining approval from LPC in June for the interior renovation, the franchisee has been working steadily on the

How sweet would this be? Yesterday Curbed picked up on an unusual listing that just hit the market in Greenpoint. A former church and adjacent Sunday School building at 145-147 Kent Street just hit the market for a cool $3,700,000.

An eagle-eyed reader snapped this photo of some action at the mattress factory at 1901 8th Avenue. Why is this notable? It's the same building that the Brookyn CoHousing group spent much of the last year planning to buy and

In a move bound to shake up the real estate scene in Carroll Gardens, relative upstart Realty Collective has bought old-time Frank Manzione. The new was buried reported deep in a glowing profile sponsored post of the young firm on

Small multi-family buildings in lower-income neighborhoods of Brooklyn have been particularly hard hit by the housing crisis, according to a new report from TerraCrg Commercial Realty Group. As reported in The Real Deal, 80 percent of foreclosure filings in Brooklyn