Chinatown
NYC’s Lunar New Year Parade: routes and street closures
Everything you need to know about Sunday’s Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade.
What $1M buys in NYC right now
See what $1 million buys in NYC neighborhoods like Harlem, Flatbush, and Upper East Side.
What $2,900 rents in NYC right now
See what $2,900 rents in NYC neighborhoods like Flatbush, Murray Hill, and Windsor Terrace.
What $3,000 rents in NYC right now
See what $3,000/month rents in NYC neighborhoods like Dumbo, Chelsea, and Astoria
Meet Chatham Towers, the architect aerie of Lower Manhattan
The Brutalist beacon was built in 1965 as design-forward housing for middle-class residents
City mulls ways to shrink Rikers-replacing Manhattan jail
The city aims to shrink the blueprint of the 495-foot jail proposed for Lower Manhattan
Stanford White’s Bowery Savings Bank building will head to auction
It’s not a distressed sale—instead, brokers are trying something new to lure buyers.
Chinatown residents come out against 40-story Rikers-replacing jail
Hundreds of residents railed against the city’s plans at a town hall-style meeting on Wednesday night
Airbnb listings cost renters an additional $616M in 2016
A new report says that Airbnb is responsible for rising rents in some Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods.
A renter’s guide to Chinatown
Everything you need to know about renting in one of Manhattan’s most famous neighborhoods.
L train shutdown mitigation plan prompts suit from lower Manhattan residents
The lawsuit calls for an environmental review and the installation of A.D.A.-accessible elevators at L train stations.
Everything you need to know about Chinatown’s Lunar New Year Parade
The parade takes place this Sunday in Manhattan’s Chinatown.
Bad landlords will foot temporary tenant relocation costs under proposed legislation
"Tenants who pay their rent every month should not have to pay for the consequences of negligence by irresponsible landlords," says Council Member Margaret Chin, who introduced the legislation.
For $595K, a tiny Chinatown condo with lots of storage space
Be warned: this apartment is small, measuring just 371 square feet but if you’re a minimalist at heart, this could be the space for you.
Lower East Side community deliberates impacts of proposed waterfront towers
Council member Margaret Chin spoke out vehemently against the developments.
Lower East Side waterfront towers’ community impacts weighed
A community board subcommittee gets to the nitty-gritty of how these developments will affect their neighborhood.
Here’s your chance to design new entryway markers for Chinatown
The new markers will will function as a public space that honors the history and rich culture of Chinatown and Little Italy.
In Chinatown, a police horse stable-turned-industrial chic condo seeks $3.45M
The one-bedroom is flooded with light and swimming in luxe details
Sustainable upgrades will help Chinatown rental remain affordable
The building at 81 Madison Street will receive energy efficient features to the heating, electric, and plumbing systems and remain income-restricted for the next 40 years.
Chinatown rezoning talks met with both outrage and applause
While some neighborhood activists were happy to see the city finally moving forward with the 8-year long discussion to rezone Chinatown, others feel that the city is actually working to tear the community apart.
A Tiny Chinatown Studio Becomes a Busy Publicist's Personal Oasis
"I like to say it's like a little boutique hotel home," says Helen Zhang while standing in her petite Chinatown studio. But the publicist's Pell Street apartment is her own personal oasis, and her spare, yet well-articulated, decor speaks to that.
Developer Tries to Boot Tenants from Chinatown Buildings
He had ordered them evicted, but now he’s suing to get them out.
Chinatown Buildings Coming Down for Mixed-Use Development
The Bowery is a hotbed of construction activity these days, and there'll soon be another development rising on the thoroughfare. Three tenement buildings got the go-ahead for demolition to make way for a new mixed-use building.
Chinatown's Sad Kitchen Shower Apartment Is No Longer Sad
This $1,795/month apartment ignited the internet with its quirky layout a few months ago when it hit the rental market. Now take a look inside the apartment, where the "sad kitchen shower" no longer looks so sad.
Best of the Curbed Photo Pool
These are the seven best photos from the past week of our Flickr pool.
Tenants To Get Thousands After Being Tossed from Rent Freeze Program
Ten plaintiffs sued after their heads of household died.
