Ever wonder how to get an apartment above Fairway?
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Ever wonder how to get an apartment above Fairway?

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Here’s how: you spend $4,700 a month. But holy arched windows, this place is a New York Harbor wet dream. We’re going […]

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Apartment hunt: 5 nice Brooklyn places to check out
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Apartment hunt: 5 nice Brooklyn places to check out

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Today’s edition of awesome, mostly cheap apartments begins in Kensington, described as “trendy” in this listing for a 2BR for $1,650. Maybe […]

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Prime neighborhood apartment roundup: 5 places near the action
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Prime neighborhood apartment roundup: 5 places near the action

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Five apartments in prime neighborhoods that don’t cost a fortune, relative to all the others.

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Are you renting from a slumlord? Here’s how to find out
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Are you renting from a slumlord? Here’s how to find out

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Google Maps are so last year, but terrible landlords are forever. Average the two and you’ve got a pretty handy map of […]

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A Bushwick 1BR for $1,000 (plus 3 other selects from our BK rental steals)
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A Bushwick 1BR for $1,000 (plus 3 other selects from our BK rental steals)

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This may be a first in our real estate listings: a one-bedroom apartment for $1,000. It’s at 48 Eldert St. (friend or […]

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This 4BR brownstone in Bed-Stuy / Bushwick looks pretty damn nice
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This 4BR brownstone in Bed-Stuy / Bushwick looks pretty damn nice

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What day is it today? Friday? Monday? Apartment-hunting day? Why, yes, that it is. In belated honor of July 4, here’s an […]

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Apartment roundup: livin’ in the Heights edition (Crown, Prospect)
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Apartment roundup: livin’ in the Heights edition (Crown, Prospect)

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Many 96-degree days ago, when Mama Brokelyn was a wee lass, she bought a her first Brooklyn apartment: a beaut on Park […]

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Extremely cute apartment roundup: Windsor Terrace edition
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Extremely cute apartment roundup: Windsor Terrace edition

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Windsor Terrace (that neighborhood to the left of the South Slope as you’re on Prospect Park West facing the Verrazano) has two […]

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You might finally use the NYC affordable housing lottery
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You might finally use the NYC affordable housing lottery

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For waaaaaaaayyyy too long, New York City affordable housing lotteries have only been accessible using paper forms and snail mail. This meant […]

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Scumbag-landlord defying Brooklyn lady is your new rent super hero
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Scumbag-landlord defying Brooklyn lady is your new rent super hero

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Gowanus artist Margaret Maugenest hasn’t paid rent on her loft since 2003 because her building was crappy. The state Court of Appeals […]

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