The Trust for Public Land gave the Big Apple 4.5 out of 5 “park benches” in its annual ParkScore index. Although New York came in behind Minneapolis, the nonprofit gave the city high marks for the parks’ proximity to residents and for overall investment in its public spaces.
The trust used three factors to determine its score: the percentage of residents living within a 10-minute walk from the park, median park size and the amount spent on park creation and ...

With record-high rents and extra-tight inventory, fewer Manhattan property owners are dangling incentives to lure renters and brokers to their buildings. But the practice persists in certain neighborhoods where competition to fill rental units is fierce; landlords are paying brokers’ commissions to fill rental units in these cases.
Even as Douglas Elliman data shows overall average monthly rents hitting a five-year high of $3,247 in April, brokers said that owner-paid commissions, or OPs, linger in select locations. OPs, of course, ...

Given the positive trend of New York City real estate over the last few years, many areas have been improving and prices rising, in some cases at a very healthy pace. Manhattan is the core of NYC real estate and of course everyone and his mom want a piece of it; Brooklyn has become another household name all over the world; Queens has gained traction with the development of areas like Long Island City and Astoria; but relatively few people ...