#westchester

#westchester

Many upper-middle-classers don't even realize they've climbed into this tier. Randy Shilling, a 58-year-old chemical plant worker in Texas, saved more than $3 million for retirement. 'I view myself as an average Joe,' he told The Wall Street Journal. 'But when I want something, I go get it.'

The temporary platform, on the station's southern side, will allow two trains to simultaneously unload passengers, according to Southampton Town and state officials. That could help trains run more often on the South Fork and provide a boost for visitors, residents and commuters.

"People are choosing Westchester - not just to visit, but to live, build families, and invest in their future. When we create housing opportunities and vibrant neighborhoods, people come - and they stay."

For landscape architect and developer A.E. Hanson, that rapid growth - and the traffic, smog and crowding that went with it - presented an opportunity. He purchased land in the hills at the far western end of the Valley and, tearing a page from the marketing plan for his other gated community of Rolling Hills, placed a billboard on Ventura Boulevard that called out to harried suburbanites with the siren cry: '1,000 Acres of Elbow Room.'

Pulling off a new build that feels convincingly like an English estate requires more than cosmetic gestures. "The architecture of the home starts with authenticity," says Paragano, who begins projects like this by focusing on the home's massing-its overall form and proportions-and by reestablishing the traditionally defined spaces of a historic house. "Then we reinforce that with authentic detailing through materials," he adds.

With the average apartment renting for $4,883, the Westside neighborhood's 90024 ZIP Code ranks third on RENTCafe's list of the 50 priciest ZIP Codes in the nation. Only two areas, both in lower Manhattan, cost more on average.

There was a time I thought I'd spend the rest of my life in New York. After more than a decade in Manhattan, the streets felt like my own, and my identity felt entwined with the city. Even after having two babies on the Upper West Side, I was constantly plotting and planning on how we could make this lifestyle work long-term. And then, my husband and I stumbled upon our dream home in a distant Connecticut suburb.

Construction will start this spring as part of the next stage of Ronkonkoma's $1.2 billion Station Yards project, an executive for the developer said, after Brookhaven Town officials approved hundreds of additional apartments and medical office space. The town board, acting as the planning board, voted 7-0 Thursday to approve Tritec Real Estate's plan to add 285 apartments and 30,000 square feet of medical offices in three new buildings on a 6.72-acre parcel on Carroll Avenue between Union and Railroad avenues.

It is no secret to many of the 1.4 million people who call the Bronx home that they have felt as if the rest of the city had seen the Bronx much as Mayor Mamdani said, a "forgotten borough," over the last six decades. Being forgotten often leads to ignorance of needs critical to a community. "Undersourced" is a term often used by Bronx residents, community advocates, elected officials, and others to describe critical issues such as police protection, air pollution, education, healthcare, and business opportunities.

Earlier this week, former Howard Hughes CEO David Weinreb agreed to rent his West Chelsea penthouse for $177,500 a month, an eye-popping figure that followed a $95,000-a-month lease at a Naftali Group building on the Upper East Side in December. Data on trophy rentals is tough to pin down, but this is likely among the most expensive leases ever inked in New York City. The two hefty leases came as inventory for Manhattan's trophy rentals—which appraiser Jonathan Miller defines as the top 1 percent of the market, with rates starting at $25,000 a month—was down more than 40 percent year-over-year in January, as new leases climbed (albeit, at a more modest pace).

If you belong to the latter group, AARP recently shared its ranking of the best small towns to live for older adults. The non-profit organization considered communities with populations of 5,000 to 24,999 residents and evaluated them on over 60 factors across categories such as housing, neighborhood, transportation, environment, and health. Additionally, AARP noted that "residents of small communities typically experience lower income inequality, more jobs per worker, and greater age diversity compared to the national average."

President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton have agreed to purchase a five-bedroom, 5,232-square-foot Dutch Colonial house in the tony Westchester County hamlet of Chappaqua, the White House announced Thursday. It will be the first home the couple will have owned after almost two decades of living in government housing.

I have not had a single person tell me that they're going to leave New York City, and I am transacting at a level that is significantly higher than before (Mamdani) was mayor, or before we knew he was going to become mayor, Elevated Team at Compass co-founder Zeve Salman told HousingWire. I have not felt a quantitative slowdown on what's going on in the market. It's been quite the opposite.

Over the past three years, inventory has peaked in late spring, after a steady build through March and April. Sellers tend to list once the weather improves and before summer distractions kick in. That means more one-bedrooms in Brooklyn, more Upper West Side co-ops more everything. A surge of new listings at the end of 2025 suggests early spring buyers may see solid inventory with slightly less competition than the May frenzy.

Gleaming woodwork, cozy window seats, and shimmering stained glass windows contribute to the lush Gilded Age atmosphere inside this 1890s Queen Anne in Kingston. All those details do come at a price, but the interior looks lovingly cared for with restored original elements and period sympathetic updates. The dwelling on the market at 77 West Chestnut Street is within the Chestnut Street National Register Historic District, which includes substantial dwellings originally constructed for the influential and affluent of Kingston.

Nearly half of the apartments in the seven tallest towers in the area sit empty. At night the picture is even starker, with dozens of darkened floors turning the glittering status symbol into a vertical 'ghost neighborhood' scraping the sky.