The Urban Edge Apartment Living Blog
Musings on living in NYC... oh, and real estate too
There’s no slowing down the demand, the development, nor–most record-breaklingly–the price of Brooklyn rental apartments these days. According to the May Brooklyn rental apartment report released by MNS recently, overall rents were up, on average, a head-spinning 10% from last year… and the average cost of a Park Slope rental apartment rose an astounding 40%. [...]
The Department of City Planning is considering a “Zone Green” amendment to citywide regulations that would offer many more buildings the opportunity to install, especially, wind turbines, but also other energy-saving devices such as rooftop greenhouses, solar panels, and insulation added right on to a structure’s facade.
Anyone who has lived in New York City for an extended period of time–years, decades–knows it’s true: one of the most dominant characteristics of our home is constant, relentless, merciless change. And changing NYC zoning laws try to keep pace with balancing the developer’s desire to maximize the profits of their investments, and the local [...]
