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Searching the East Side of Manhattan for a Two-Bedroom Co-op. What Could They Get for Around $1 Million?
Renting a one-bedroom near two hospitals left a couple yearning for some quiet and a bigger kitchen. Here’s what they found.
By Joyce Cohen
Recent and archived work by Joyce Cohen for The New York Times
Renting a one-bedroom near two hospitals left a couple yearning for some quiet and a bigger kitchen. Here’s what they found.
By Joyce Cohen
Seeking enough space for a music studio, a guest room and some outdoor space, a New York City couple searched south of Prospect Park for a house that fit their needs.
By Joyce Cohen
When the bathroom leak in her Bed-Stuy rental became too much to bear, an Alabama native looked around Prospect Heights, Williamsburg and Crown Heights for something she could afford to buy.
By Joyce Cohen
Looking to explore a new neighborhood in Manhattan and create a better work setup, a couple embarked on a search for a prewar two-bedroom.
By Joyce Cohen
After renting their first New York apartment sight unseen, they decided to take a new place in the South Bronx with eyes wide open.
By Joyce Cohen
A couple loved living in Sea Gate, Brooklyn, so much that they wanted to share the experience with others. So they looked for a distressed property they could restore and rent to a low-income tenant.
By Joyce Cohen
For his first home purchase, a resourceful renter stockpiled a down payment and looked for the ideal spot to invest it.
By Joyce Cohen
After getting to know the Queens neighborhood as a renter, a tennis instructor with a job on Randall’s Island went looking for a place of his own in a relatively new building.
By Joyce Cohen
After selling the family home in Westchester, an environmental engineer looked to ‘start over’ in the city — with his 23-year-old son in tow. Here’s what he found.
By Joyce Cohen
Homing in on Lenox Hill, a young couple figured they could ‘pay the high end of our budget, and have a ready-made apartment, or the low end, where we had room to renovate.’
By Joyce Cohen