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Buying an Old Staten Island Ferry Is a Terrible Idea

Pete Davidson and Colin Jost are the latest in a long line of excited ferry buyers, many of whom have crunched right into rusty reality soon after. By James D. Walsh

getting around

Here’s the MTA’s Guide to Stuffing Your Dog Into a Backpack Properly

With some help from Maxine, an internet-famous corgi. By Caroline Spivack

a truly terrific new york listing

A Sprawling Prewar Apartment in Brooklyn Heights on the Market After 30 Years

The ceilings are high, the rooms are big, and the layout just makes sense. By Jenny Xie

The Latest

the shipping news

Buying an Old Staten Island Ferry Is a Terrible Idea
a truly terrific new york listing

A Sprawling Prewar Apartment in Brooklyn Heights on the Market After 30 Years
getting around

Here’s the MTA’s Guide to Stuffing Your Dog Into a Backpack Properly
pandemic life

Biden’s Free-Masks-and-Tests Plan Ignores How People in Cities Really Live
street view

The Battery Maritime Building Is Beautiful, But It’s No Longer Ours

See All See All See All

disaster All the Legislation Being Considered in the Wake of the Bronx Fire Lawmakers are looking at fire doors, heat sensors, space heaters, and more. By Caroline Spivack

street view The Battery Maritime Building Is Beautiful, But It’s No Longer Ours A gracious public structure taken mostly private. By Justin Davidson

furniture The ‘Fantasy Furniture’ of a Feminist Icon Kate Millett at Salon 94 Design shows the subversive power of pleasurable furniture. By Diana Budds

listings edit We Unearthed 7 Actually Excellent Rentals in NYC Right Now This week’s picks include a $2,450 one-bedroom with a wood-burning fireplace in Brooklyn Heights and a $1,650 brownstone spot in Harlem. By Jenny Xie

disaster All the Legislation Being Considered in the Wake of the Bronx Fire Lawmakers are looking at fire doors, heat sensors, space heaters, and more. By Caroline Spivack

street view The Battery Maritime Building Is Beautiful, But It’s No Longer Ours A gracious public structure taken mostly private. By Justin Davidson

furniture The ‘Fantasy Furniture’ of a Feminist Icon Kate Millett at Salon 94 Design shows the subversive power of pleasurable furniture. By Diana Budds

On The Market

a truly terrific new york listing A Sprawling Prewar Apartment in Brooklyn Heights on the Market After 30 Years

listings edit We Unearthed 7 Actually Excellent Rentals in NYC Right Now

under a million A $249K Forest Hills Alcove Studio and a Beekman Prewar One-Bedroom

castles A Newly Renovated Connecticut Castle on 275 Acres

Cityscape

street view The Battery Maritime Building Is Beautiful, But It’s No Longer Ours A gracious public structure taken mostly private. By Justin Davidson
look book The Look Book Goes to a Staten Island Shipping Dock Longshoremen of the ILA Local 920 union took a break from 18-hour shifts to tell us about the supply chain and winter accidents. By Louis Cheslaw and Daniel Varghese
streets New York City Is Finally Getting Raised Crosswalks They serve the dual purpose of slowing down drivers and making pedestrians more visible. By Caroline Spivack
disaster All the Legislation Being Considered in the Wake of the Bronx Fire Lawmakers are looking at fire doors, heat sensors, space heaters, and more. By Caroline Spivack
climate change New York’s Storm Chasers Don’t Have to Go to Kansas Anymore A small community of weather enthusiasts has plenty to document close to home. By Clara McMichael

look book “I’ve sewed on 18 of my old season passes. I’ve been coming to the rink about 45 times a season for 26 years. So, I’m kind of hard-core. The vest’s a conversation starter — that’s why I wear it.”

The Look Book Goes to the rink at Rockefeller Center

Design Hunting

furniture The ‘Fantasy Furniture’ of a Feminist Icon Kate Millett at Salon 94 Design shows the subversive power of pleasurable furniture. By Diana Budds
great rooms Then-and-Now Photos: Staying Put In the Same One-Bedroom for 60 Years Architectural historian Andrew Alpern bought his one-bedroom Chelsea apartment in 1962 with no intention to ever leave. And he hasn’t. By Wendy Goodman
great rooms Meet the Residents of a New Low-Income Building by Robert A.M. Stern Architects In Brownsville, Brooklyn, not on Billionaires’ Row. By Wendy Goodman
design edit Lunar New Year Ceramics, ’80s Hip-Hop Flyers, and Other Things I Liked This Week Plus reissued postmodern Bodum glassware from MoMA Design Store By Diana Budds

The Real Estate

the real estate Kushner and Kloss Have Klosed on Puck Building Penthouse They bought it (at a nice discount) from Kushner’s own family business. By Kim Velsey
under a million A $520K East Village One-Bedroom and an Inwood Three-Bedroom Duplex Plus a Brooklyn Heights one-bedroom with original stained glass and a gut-renovated kitchen . By Jenny Xie
gone upstate One of the Most Popular Upstate Airbnbs Is Now on the Market The Barn at Tivoli has a woodburning stove that has been called “a real treat.” By Jenny Xie
rich people And Just Like That, Peloton CEO Buys Big East Hampton Estate It’s worth about a dozen times as much as the place he’s selling. By Kim Velsey
crypto So Far, Almost No One Wants the Rockefeller Christmas Tree NFT The NFT offered by Tishman Speyer has just one anonymous bidder. By Kevin T. Dugan