Jennifer White Karp
Managing Editor
Jennifer steers Brick Underground’s editorial coverage of New York City residential real estate and writes articles on market trends and strategies for buyers, sellers, and renters. Jennifer’s 15-year career in New York City real estate journalism includes stints as a writer and editor at The Real Deal and its spinoff publication, Luxury Listings NYC. A longtime Brooklynite who has sworn off basement apartments, she graduated from Wesleyan University and has an MFA in nonfiction writing from the New School.
Posts by Jennifer White Karp:
All the dirt on NYC's compost collection program
October 4, 2024 - 10:15 AM
NYC's curbside organics program picks up food scraps, yard waste, even food-soiled paper like pizza boxes. Here's what you need to know.
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'Signs of a comeback': Sales pick up for Manhattan co-ops and condos
October 2, 2024 - 09:30 AM
Manhattan co-op and condo sales jumped 6.7 percent in the third quarter, according to the latest edition of the Elliman Report.
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No heat in your NYC apartment or radiator too hot? Here's what you can do
October 1, 2024 - 09:30 AM
Here's what to do if you don't have heat in your NYC rental apartment, or if the heat is on but you're still cold, or if your radiators are blasting out too much heat.
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By intervening early, a new program aims to help prevent eviction for NYC tenants
September 30, 2024 - 12:30 PM
Home 4 Good works with NYC tenants who are behind on their rent, connecting them to short-term emergency rental assistance like the city’s One Shot Deal, longer-term housing subsidy programs CityFHEPS and Section 8.
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City of Maybe: Does Mayor Adams’s indictment imperil his ambitious housing plan?
September 27, 2024 - 15:45 PM
How will Mayor Eric Adams’ growing legal troubles impact his centerpiece housing proposal, City of Yes? Some critics say the mayor weakened politically and not in a position to lobby the City Council.
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4 sublets, 3 months, 2 kids: A Park Slope mom's adventures in short-term rentals
September 26, 2024 - 16:00 PM
A Park Slope family with two young children lived in four different sublets after being flooded out of their apartment.
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