So my current roommate and I have been having discussions on what to do when our lease ends in July and whether or not we will be staying in our apartment. We currently live in a three bedroom, with another roommate, for $2150 a month in East Harlem. The area is actually pretty decent and the apartment honestly is a pretty good deal, that is ( Read more... )

Take a look at Harlem on google maps.

What is "Classon Point." Why is the area where Harlem is labeled "Classon Point" when you zoom out?


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I've lived in NYC for almost five years now and in that time I've been mugged at least four times.  I never really thought it was a big deal because they never got away with anything of real value and thankfully I've never gotten really hurt.  Two of these times have happened where I live in Bushwick, and my boyfriend twice as well since moving to ( Read more... )

i am moving to woodside in july and would love to hear about things to do in the neigbhorhood. seriously, anything. i've already tasted the majesty of sripraphai, and i was also a fan of brunch at la flor. feel free to recommend stuff in nearby hoods like JH and sunnyside too!! thanks. :-)

 Green Thumb's Summer Solstice 2008!

http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/ for more information about this program.

At the Community Garden of West 146th Street (between Frederick Douglass and Adam C. Powell Boulevards)

Saturday, June 21st
10 am to 4 pm

Music, food, activities for kids, greenery, cool space on a mid-summer's day.

I just got a 1 bedroom in Bay Ridge for $975. It has an eat-in kitchen, is close to every kind of store and restaurant and is only a couple blocks from the train-- plus, it's really not a bad commute to the city. And the neighborhood is beautiful. It's my first "roommate-less" apartment and I'm pretty excited. Plus, it'll be nice to have a good ( Read more... )

So the college student who was subletting my roommate's room for the summer decided she really didn't want to be a investment banker after all and so she's going back home. I can hardly blame her for this, especially since she was very nice, but it does leave me floundering to find someone to take her place ( Read more... )

I'm posting on behalf of a friend who is seeking a roommate to share a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom luxury apartment in the Lincoln Center area.  See Facebook listing:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2216815573#/event.php?eid=19141751254

Upper West Side-- Spacious fully furnished bedroom in a new 2-br apartment in a luxury doorman-elevator building ( Read more... )

I work near Bowling Green and I'm looking to move somewhere thats about an hour commute to there or less ( Read more... )

I am obsessed with them. My newest favorite is Malba/Whitestone, Queens. Has anyone been/lived there? Apparently it's one of the most wealthy places in the solar system, sayeth Wikipedia.


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