2023-07-06 16:22:27
By Maurin Picard
Posted 48 minutes ago, Updated 13 minutes ago
Hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-2021, New York City experienced a demographic exodus of its 8.3 million inhabitants and a brief collapse in rents. Ryan DeBerardinis/deberarr – stock.adobe.com
STORY – An owner asked her future tenants not to cook fish or meat.
Correspondent in New York.
Expatriates familiar with Brooklyn, its sumptuous “brownstones” and its flourishing real estate market, know the pitfalls: always check the salubrity of the walls, the tightness of the cellars, the ceilings, the possible presence of ( big) rodents, the proximity of an elevated metro (or worse, underground) and the cramped conditions of the place, by dint of being fooled by photos taken in the “wide angle” function and giving a deceptive illusion of comfort.
In this ruthless universe where landlords make rain or shine, increase rents without warning, without moderation and without possible recourse, or almost, the most outlandish requests clutter the classifieds. THE New York Timesexpert in real estate offers with its very popular Sunday supplement, has chosen to tell what is happening near Fort Greene – a residential area near Manhattan, Atlantic Avenue leading to JFK airport and Barclays Center…
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