Basement apartments provide affordable housing options in crowded urban hubs like New York City, where the average rent for a Manhattan apartment is $4,140, according to RENTCafé data. But far too ...

A video about a mom building her daughters a new apartment to live in rent-free has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was posted by @lxxndaa_ and has garnered 16.6 million views since it was posted on ...

These New Yorkers aren’t scared of the basement. Last year, Caroline Caugliere, 28, a project manager, rented an apartment in the beneath a seven-unit, four-story residential building in Prospect ...

September 7, 2022 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google For most homeowners, a basement is just glorified storage space. Even finished basements often present a ...

In New York City, the basement floors of most buildings pose a conundrum for public officials. Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of New Yorkers live in basement and cellar apartments, ...

The deaths of New Yorkers in illegal basement apartments last week is expected to complicate Mayor Bill de Blasio’s efforts to legitimize the controversial dwellings. The deaths in East Flushing, ...

At least 11 people were found dead in basements after torrential rains flooded New York City — nearly as many as those killed by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, where the storm made landfall. By Mihir ...