New York

While some people worry New York City isn’t a good place to own a dog, that couldn’t be further from...

All small apartments are born with an evil villain inside: sparse space that can squash your happiness. The good news...

You might think you don’t know who Ashley Albert is, but you’ve definitely heard her voice. Maybe you’ve listened to her Grammy-nominated children’s band, The Jimmies playing overhead while you strolled through a store. Or if you religiously watched MTV’s Daria as a teenager in the nineties, you might geek out upon learning that Albert was the voice of slow speaking, valley girl Tiffany Blum-Deckler.

Here’s a story that’s sure to have you wishing you lived anywhere other than NYC! This one-acre private island on Putnam Lake is only an hour and a half drive from the city, and at $899,000, it’s a real bargain by New York standards. Here in the Big Apple, the average apartment goes for $1.4 million, and we can guarantee you it’s a lot smaller than this 5,600 square-foot, pre-war home. The estate has all the amenities of modern living like DSL and satellite television. Plus there’s a guest house! The only catch is that Putnam Lake has a ban on motorized boats, so the only way to reach the property is by rowboat. Still, what’s a morning row compared to an hour on the Q-train?

This tiny, foldable micro-apartment on the Upper West Side is on the market for half a million dollars! You think...