brownstones
A chic loft in the NYC building that birthed The Velvet Underground lists for $1.79M
June 11, 2024 | 1:38pmWelsh musician John Cale, now 82, once called this building his home for $25 a month -- and it's where he joined forces with Lou Reed to form the group.
NPR's new CEO, who was called out by whistleblower over pervasive left-wing bias, recently purchases $2.7M NYC townhouse
April 17, 2024 | 2:42pmMaher, who took the reins of the news organization in January, bought a townhouse in Brooklyn several months prior with her husband.
Iconic $4.2M East Village home covered in vines that have survived the cold, Sean Penn and angry insurers faces its most daunting threat yet
March 29, 2024 | 12:29pmThe iconic wisteria vines that trace their way up the facade of a Civil War-era brownstone on Stuyvesant Street have awakened yet again this spring — and they could be...
Prolific architect Morris Adjmi buys $3.3M Brooklyn townhouse
March 6, 2024 | 4:27pmThe two-family, neo-Grec spread on South Elliott Place in Fort Greene dates to the 1880s and last traded for $1.6 million in 2011.
Artist's Brooklyn brownstone lowers asking price to $5.4 million
November 16, 2023 | 7:34amThe former six-bedroom home of late New Orleans-born painter Kendall Shaw is now back on the market, down from its $6.25 million ask in 2020.
Hairstylist to the stars Harry Josh lists 'dream' NYC home for $4.25M
August 24, 2023 | 5:05pmThe three-bedroom walk-up at 139 W. 13th St. had its own close-up in Architectural Digest showing how Josh created his "dream country house" in NYC.
Client of Gilgo Beach murders suspect details 'bone-chilling' encounter driving him home
July 17, 2023 | 5:42pmHeuermann, an architect, had worked with a Brooklyn homeowner on a project -- and while she drove him home one evening, she says he made an eerie comment.
Landmarked Fort Greene brownstone lists for the first time in 45 years
July 17, 2023 | 11:55amIn Fort Greene, a multi-family brownstone at 15 S. Portland Ave. is looking for a new generation of owners -- for $6.1 million.
I have 10 kids and live with them in an NYC 'apartment'
April 12, 2023 | 5:42pmA prolific mom has gone viral on TikTok for this inside look at the brownstone unit she shares with her husband -- and 10 children.
Walter Cronkite's former NYC townhouse quietly sold for $7.25M
December 9, 2022 | 5:02pmThe most trusted man in news lived in this Upper East Side townhouse, at 519 E. 84th St., for decades -- and it's now in the hands of new ownership.
'Crooklyn' brownstone back on the market for $4.5 million
September 12, 2022 | 6:34pmThe historic 20-foot-wide, 4,500-square-foot Brooklyn building at 7 Arlington Place was featured as the family home for Spike Lee's semi-autobiographical film.
You can buy a condo inside the theater that launched Meryl Streep
June 2, 2022 | 2:23pmA Hell's Kitchen loft inside a former theater where a young Meryl Streep once performed is on the market for $2.39 million.
Iconic gay inn in Chelsea lists as swank home for $10M
December 16, 2021 | 12:18pmAn iconic turn-of-the-century Chelsea inn with deep ties to the city's gay community is hitting the market for $9.95 million.
Uptown funk: How a real estate conman gained control of a $2 million brownstone
September 18, 2021 | 11:28amConvicted fraudster Joseph Makhani allegedly hatched a plan to steal a $2.2 million Harlem brownstone in 2012.
You can buy Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka's Harlem brownstone for $7.3M
August 20, 2021 | 3:03pmHarris, 48, purchased the 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom, 2-powder-room home in 2013 for almost $3.6 million after a very public search.
Convicted conman swipes 2 Harlem brownstones worth over $4 million
July 8, 2021 | 2:51pmJoseph Makhani was arrested and hit with a seven-count indictment accusing him of stealing the properties in a "systematic and ongoing" scheme.
Reality TV pioneer Judy McGrath listing her own luxury NYC crib
June 30, 2021 | 6:48pmEx-MTV exec Judy McGrath stops being polite, starts listing real estate.
Final stop: MTA bus is removed from Brooklyn brownstone
June 11, 2021 | 4:28pmThe MTA bus that crashed into a Brooklyn brownstone on June 7, 2021, was finally removed after four days of drawing gawkers to the oddball attraction.
Record exec lists triplex Harlem home for $2.6M
April 19, 2021 | 2:18pmBrett Alperowitz is the new A&R exec vice president at Republic Records — home to Ariana Grande, Drake, The Weeknd, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift and Zendaya, to name a few.
Former home of TV's Natalie Morales sells in Hoboken for $3M
April 8, 2021 | 12:28pmA four-story Hoboken brownstone home once owned by TV newswoman Natalie Morales and her spouse, Joseph Rhodes, is in contract after being on the market for a mere five days.