Rents sure looked pretty different back then.
Tag: rent
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Openigloo Tracks Renters Receiving Pandemic Relief from Landlords
COVID-19 has upended the lives of both renters and landlords in north Brooklyn and beyond.
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Williamsburg Landlord Mario Salerno Waives Rent for Hundreds of Tenants Due to Coronavirus
Lifelong Williamsburg resident and landlord to hundreds of tenants, Mario Salerno announced on Monday that he will waive April’s rent for all of his residential and commercial tenants. Salerno who […]
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Soup, Subways and a Study — The Hook-up (5/25)
Happy Friday Greenpoint! As per usual, we’re at the top of the list. This time, the list in question is Patch’s “Best New Places to Eat in NYC.” Di An […]
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NYU is in the Pencil Factory, The BQX isn’t in the Budget, and NYC blames Airbnb for Rising Rent — the Hook-up (5/11)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! Say hello to our newest neighbor: NYU School of Medicine. NYU has signed a 15-year lease for nearly 17,000sqft of space at 74 Kent Street, and will […]
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The L train is Clobbering Rents and Riders are Clobbering Each Other — The Hook-up (3/30)
Welcome to the Hook-up. We all know the MTA is a diva. But this time it’s not (all) about the L-pocalypse. In fact, this week, MTA honcho Andy Byford was […]
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Greenpoint on the Map for Rent-Regulation Racket
If you live in Greenpoint, there’s a decent chance that you might be unknowingly sitting on a rent-stabilized goldmine. State and city officials have been doubling down their efforts to […]
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Assembly Passes Series of Tenants’ Rights for Out Of Control Rents in Brooklyn
The rent is too damn high! We hear this phrase as a catch-all these days, ad nauseum, to describe New York City’s hostile housing situation. But cost of living in […]
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Craft Epidemic, Hipster Vet, Levin Loves Girls, $300 Difference, 106 New Bars, Homeless Stabbing – The Hook-Up 9/16
We all know how crafty Greenpointers are, well, now we have a new 1500 square foot classroom in the Pencil Factory studios that will be teaching classes beginning in October. (BB) […]
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GENERAL STRIKE: MAY DAY
You have probably seen the signs around the neighborhood calling for a General Strike today, May 1, 2012. That means, no work, no school, no housework, no banking, no shopping. […]