NYC unexpectedly banned broker fees for renters which can often be up to 15% of the annual lease! On an apartment of $2,500 per month that’s $4,500 you could owe the broker upfront not including a one or two months’ rent for a security deposit, which will now be regulated. Brokers are less common in…
NYC during the holidays is a magical, but also crowded and cold so you I recommend that you take breaks between shopping and sight seeing to visit one of these beautiful holiday themed bars. While I just shared my top three restaurants and bars to visit for the holidays year after year, there are a…
As the temperature drops around the holidays in NYC, the number of visitors peak and there are endless activities to get you in the spirit. Read on for my top three favorite NYC restaurants and bars to eat, drink and be merry this holiday season. In case you spent too much of your holiday budget…
When you picture the cool side of NYC you see in movies, you’re picturing the Lower East Side full of a myriad of restaurants, vibrant street art, shopping and a bustling nightlife. If you want to stay in a “hip” luxury hotel with rotating art installations, where you don’t even have to leave to go…
Hotel Indigo Williamsburg Brooklyn is an upscale boutique hotel nestled in the less touristy local heart of Williamsburg. You are less than a block from two subway lines that can deliver you into Manhattan in 20 minutes and a short walk from some of the best local Williamsburg restaurants and vintage stores. Enjoy IHG rewards…
The Bronx is best known for Yankee Stadium, The Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden, but there is so much more to see and do in this northernmost borough of NYC. In addition to being the birthplace of hip hop and salsa, it has a number of surprising history facts that will make…
New York is full of secret facts and surprising history. If you thought you knew NYC, think again. Here are 101 surprising facts, inventions and bits of forgotten NYC history. The Lenape people named the island Manhatta, which means “island of many hills.” Most of the hills have since been flattened. A Dutch settler supposedly…
