Easy Escapes: NYC apartments with rooftop cabanas under $2 million
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Many outdoor pools in New York residential buildings are surrounded by cabanas, but this structure has increasingly become a fixture on roof decks without any water features.
What to know about buying a New York City apartment for an adult child
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Getting a gift from a parent to help come up with a down payment for a first home is a longstanding practice. While generally a great idea, there are a few things that parents and adult children should consider first.
Habibi Festival at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
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Habibi Festival aims to take listeners on a journey of the sounds wafting through the airwaves and living rooms of cities spanning Marrakech to Baghdad.
2024 America’s Best Cities
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NYC has topped America’s Best Cities since our inaugural ranking. In 2024, it is U.S. urban recovery writ large, with a dizzying roster of new shows, hotels and parks—and record real estate prices.
Neighborhood To Watch: Midtown Manhattan, New York City
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The Midtown Manhattan neighborhood finds itself in the midst of what can be described as a ‘renaissance.’ A hub in the center of Manhattan, Midtown is drawing crowds away from traditional neighborhoods in order to call the iconic Fifth Avenue corridor home.
28 Best Museums in New York City
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While New York City’s abundance of museums and cultural institutions is by no means an embarrassment, it’s certainly true that too much of a good thing can scramble the eggs of one’s brain once it comes time to narrow choices down.
Fed’s Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts may be nearing
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The Federal Reserve faces a cooling job market as well as persistently high prices, Chair Jerome Powell said in testimony to Congress, a shift in emphasis away from the Fed’s single-minded fight against inflation of the past two years that suggests it is moving closer to cutting interest rates
The best non-touristy things to do in NYC
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Visitors to New York flock to well-known attractions to find equally impressive views, natural beauty, art galleries, and colorful photo ops.
Manhattan is now a ‘buyer’s market’ as home prices fall with more than 8,000 apartments still available
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Manhattan inventory has currently more than 8,000 apartments for sale, a 4.2% spike from 2023 — the first increase in more than a year, according to the report, first cited by CNBC.
One of NYC’s best burger spots is doing a Catskills residency this summer
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Virginia, the intimate East Village bistro that’s home to one hell of a burger, is doing what most New Yorkers do in the summer: getting the hell out of the sweaty and sweltering concrete jungle and heading for cooler pastures of upstate.