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who's buying

The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Mansion’s Not-So-Secret Buyer

City records haven’t posted yet, but that hasn’t stopped brokers from talking. By Kim Velsey

urban fauna

What We Know About the ‘Mystery’ Dog Illness That’s Spreading

So far, vets aren’t too worried about the respiratory illness circulating among dogs. By Lane Brown

neighborhood news

The SUV That Tried to Take the Subway

A mishap in Washington Heights highlights a bad year for traffic accidents. By Paula Aceves

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getting around

The Beginning of the End of the Turnstile
who's buying

The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Mansion’s Not-So-Secret Buyer
neighborhood news

The SUV That Tried to Take the Subway
urban fauna

What We Know About the ‘Mystery’ Dog Illness That’s Spreading
housing

The Landlords Are Merging

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getting around The Beginning of the End of the Turnstile A visit with the MTA’s new anti-fare evasion gates in Queens. By Clio Chang

housing The Landlords Are Merging Two organizations representing owners of rent-stabilized buildings across the city may be teaming up because one of them is going broke. By Clio Chang

great rooms The Photographer Who Taught Herself How to Renovate Her Own Apartment After living in this apartment for nearly 18 years, Amanda Weil wanted a change, but first she fired her architect. By Wendy Goodman

street fights One of New York’s Most Secretive Real-Estate Families Goes Succession A lawsuit reveals squabbling and allegations of mismanagement among the heirs to Solil Management’s billion-dollar portfolio By Kim Velsey

getting around The Beginning of the End of the Turnstile A visit with the MTA’s new anti-fare evasion gates in Queens. By Clio Chang

housing The Landlords Are Merging Two organizations representing owners of rent-stabilized buildings across the city may be teaming up because one of them is going broke. By Clio Chang

On The Market

listings edit This Week’s Worth-It New York City Listings

a truly terrific new york listing Stephen Sondheim’s Turtle Bay Townhouse Is for Sale

on the market A Duplex is For Sale in the Coveted Villa Charlotte Brontë

on the market The Wing’s Office (and Furniture) Is for Sale

Best of New York

Cityscape

reasons to love new york The Boys Who Got Lost Under Staten Island A sixth-grade adventure. By Alexandra Kleeman
reasons to love new york Reasons to Love New York Right Now Maybe because the year was so challenging, our 37 reasons to love New York this year feel even dearer. By The Editors
reasons to love new york We Took New York’s TikTokers to Lunch The people who tell the world about dating, dining, and celebrity apartments met up at Bad Roman (where else?).
reasons to love new york Good-bye, Beautiful Trash Cans We’re ditching you for something better. By Christopher Bonanos
reasons to love new york How This Lost Dog Got Found It’s Waylon, and he’s a good boy. By Emily Gould

look book Did you go alone? My grandma drove up with me because she wanted to visit. The whole day, I felt comfortable, like I could really be myself. In Akron, I don’t express myself as much. I’m not as eccentric as I want to be. Being here gave me a feeling I will always cherish. The Look Book Goes to an Anime Convention

Design Hunting

great rooms TM Davy’s Fairy-, Satyr-, and Plant-Filled East Williamsburg Loft “I don’t really know that there are many places left like this.” By Wendy Goodman
great rooms A Student of Corbu’s in Nutley Glenn Mariconda and Asaka Midorikawa’s house was designed by Edward T. Bowser Jr., who had worked with Le Corbusier. By Wendy Goodman
on set Leave the World Behind’s Apocalyptic Airbnb A modern farmhouse in Old Westbury, Long Island, was just what the design team wanted for the collapse of civilization. By Stephanie Krikorian
great rooms A California Artist Lives His Mexico City Dream Brian Thoreen’s studio and home has a tree growing in the middle of it. By Wendy Goodman

The Real Estate

who’s buying The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Mansion’s Not-So-Secret Buyer City records haven’t posted yet, but that hasn’t stopped brokers from talking. By Kim Velsey
reasons to love new york They’ll Never Leave This 5,800-Square-Foot Loft No matter how much money you throw at them. By Lane Brown
landlords and tenants Landlords Are Tanking Their Tenants’ Credit Scores An increasingly popular tactic to pressure tenants to pay rent on time. By Clio Chang
the royals Landlord King Charles Has Shady Methods He’s been secretly upgrading his portfolio with money from his dead subjects. By Clio Chang
housing The ‘Airbnb Alternative’ Black Market New York’s Airbnb crackdown has driven hosts and visitors back to Craigslist and neighborhood listserves. By Kim Velsey