The Urban Edge Apartment Living Blog
Musings on living in NYC... oh, and real estate too
Talk to 5 different people, and you may get 5 different opinions on living in Harlem. However, most of the negative opinions probably come from people who have never been to Harlem, or haven’t been there in quite some time. And while it’s not the bargain it once was, the cost of living in Harlem [...]
Lower Manhattan neighborhoods (not to be confused with downtown Manhattan, which includes areas south of 14th Street, such as the West Village, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Tribeca, etc.) are now the site of some of the hottest markets for Manhattan rental apartments in the city. And with that comes more restaurants and services for [...]
Long Island City kids… perhaps not the first thing you think of when the topic of LIC comes up. And while it’s true that Long Island City continues to be an exciting place to live for artists and other creative types, as well as for young professionals, increasingly families, young kids in tow are settling [...]
The Upper East Side, or UES, is actually composed of several sub-neighborhoods, including Yorkville, Carnegie Hill, Gracie Point, Lenox Hill and, believe it or not, Roosevelt Island. Many Yorkville apartments are definitely a bit out of the way–it’s a looooong walk from the eastern side of the nabe, to Lexington Ave and the subway–but then, [...]
New York City real estate groupies never tire of inventing new Manhattan neighborhoods (and to a lesser extent in the outerboroughs) whenever a few blocks of an existing community start to take on a new character, no matter how long or firmly the area has already been established in the city’s collective conscious.
