Neighborhoods of Brooklyn
Last Stop on the Line
Sunday, August 24th, 2008I love the NYC subway system. You pay one fare to go anywhere in the city, unlike Philadelphia or London (the only other cities whose public transportation I know about) which charges you based on how long you ride.
Here’s a fascinating story by Andy Newman in the Aug 22, 2008 New York Times called The […]
Brooklyn: More on Williamsburg
Saturday, July 5th, 2008I visited my artist friend Robert in Williamsburg a few days ago and I took my camera. It was a beautiful summer day and I wanted to update my Brooklyn portfolio. He lives a few blocks from the 7’s Graham Ave station. This is the corner of Graham and Metropolitan.
And this is further down […]
Olivia Thirlby Covets Bushwick Rents
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Yeah, I never heard of her either but she snagged a 2-page spread in New York Magazine (June 29-July 7, 2008). Of course, I saw “Juno” but I don’t remember her too much. Anyway, she’s living in Greenwhich Village and regretting it:
“I probably shouldn’t discuss my finances,” she says, “but I’m poor!” On the list […]
Gay Pride Week in New York
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Kevin, my co-worker in the RDNY.com Listings Dept, watches NY1 TV all the time and saw a TV report today (June 25, 2008) that said that Brooklyn has the city’s largest gay community and the 4th largest in the whole country.
This is from the NY1 website:
According to the borough president’s office [Marty Markowitz], Brooklyn now […]
Brooklyn: Red Hook’s Largest Landowner
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008The New York Observer has an interesting profile of someone I never heard of: Greg O’Connell. He owns 1,000,000 square feet of Red Hook but seems to be a developer with a social agenda — can a New York City developer with lot of waterfront property truly be benign? Here are a few excerpts from […]
Brooklyn: The Shwick
Friday, June 20th, 2008Ian, who is originally from Wisconsin [UPDATE: Ian is from Michigan. I always get Michigan and Wisconsin mixed up.], the but now has a home in Brooklyn, joined the RDNY.com Listings Dept yesterday (June 19, 2008). When I found out that he lives in Bushwick, I immediately asked him to tell me all about his […]
Nadine’s Book Nook: Sweet and Low
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008I was away for a few days in Florida, and here’s a tip for anyone planning a summer trip to FLA: be sure to have something to read for the inevitable delay at the airport. I had to sit for 7 hours in the Fort Lauderdale Airport yesterday (June 16, 2008) while the storms cleared […]
Welcome to Brooklyn
Saturday, June 7th, 2008In the summer of 2005, I started working in the Listings Dept at RDNY.com and on weekends I’d get on the subways and buses of the city and take photos of the neighborhoods I was writing listings about. The bosses at RDNY.com used many of my snaps for their eBooks. Here are some of my […]
Brooklyn: A Coney Island of the Mind
Saturday, May 31st, 2008 (Photo from Wikipedia)
I borrowed the title of my post today from Lawrence Ferlinghetti. I always thought that was a great title for a book. I grew up mostly in the West, and I thought Coney Island must be amazingly liberating for a hip San Fransisco poet to use it as his main metaphor for […]
My New Hero: Michael Perlman
Saturday, April 26th, 2008I think the New York Observer has the most fun info about what’s happening real estate-wise of any news source in the city. I’m not a buyer so I ignore most of the sales news, but I enjoy the stories about what else is happening. The April 28, 2008 edition has a story about a […]
Fort Greene: Brooklyn’s Newest Flea Market
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Bryan, one of the wizards on the tech team at RDNY.com, let me know about the inaugural Brooklyn Flea Market held on Sunday, April 6 in Fort Greene:
The Brooklyn Flea Market that the Brownstoner started last weekend was BIG. My girlfriend did more business selling her custom jewelry in 7 hours than she usually does […]
The People Behind the Traffic Report
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008When I listen to the traffic reports, I always hear the same names: Major Deegan, Van Wike, the Kozkewsko, etc. I’ve always wondered who those people were and how people get big things named after them. I found out that knowing someone helps (no surprise there), and sometimes it helps to be a hero.
Major […]
Brooklyn: Williamsburg’s Many Sides
Friday, March 21st, 2008I think this is a funny video. Funny for real estate, anyway: The Users Guide to Williamsburg. There’s one drug mention and two uses of f******, so please don’t watch it if you’re sensitive that way.
I like hearing feedback from RDNY.com’s members who have been out to Williamsburg for the first time. They […]