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Sales are way up in Ridgewood. (John Rambow/flickr)
Sep 24

Ridgewood, Queens, a.k.a. ‘Quooklyn,’ Sees Surge in Property Sales

Ridgewood, Queens, that neighborhood that the city has been watching ceaselessly for signs that it is, indeed, the next hot neighborhood, has seen a flurry of commercial real estate sales. In fact, in the first eight months of 2014, Ridgewood's 11385 zipcode was the most active one for commercial property sales in the city, according to an Actovia analysis of Department of Finance records.
By Kim Velsey
Lee's Market, or what remains of it. (Photo by Matthew Kassel)
Jun 12

Korean Deli Where ‘Seinfeld’ Was Conceived Has Closed

The classic Korean deli shuts its doors on the 25th anniversary of the 'show about nothing.'
By Matthew Kassel
Mar 31

A Coffee House Catering to Construction Workers and Budding Novelists Opens in Bed Stuy

In the popular imagination, the mechanisms of gentrification generally follow a rough pattern. We tend to assume that fair-trade coffee
By Chris Pomorski

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