Kelly Kreth
Contributing writer
Contributing writer Kelly Kreth has been a freelance journalist, essayist, and columnist for more than two decades. Her real estate articles have appeared in The Real Deal, Luxury Listings, Our Town, and amNewYork. A long-time New York City renter who loves a good deal, Kreth currently lives in a coveted rent-stabilized apartment in a luxury building on the Upper East Side.
Posts by Kelly Kreth:
From Brooklyn to Weehawken: Exchanging ‘busyness’ for an easier lifestyle
By Kelly Kreth
February 19, 2021 - 12:30 PM
A New Jersey native shares how she moved back to the Garden State from Brooklyn during the pandemic—to open a new restaurant, Porter, at Riverhouse 11, a luxury rental building in the Port Imperial area of Weehawken, NJ, and enjoys amenities she never had before.
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What it’s like living above a NYC bar, restaurant, subway stop, and more
By Kelly Kreth
February 9, 2021 - 12:30 PM
What it's like living above, or next to, a New York City bar, club, subway station—and even a cemetary.
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From Harlem to Jersey City: Becoming an owner and cutting monthly expenses in half
By Kelly Kreth
January 5, 2021 - 12:30 PM
New Yorker Manuel Neto was fed up with the noise and garbage outside his apartment building in Harlem, where he lived on the first floor. He decided to take advantage of record low mortgage rates and buy in a new construction building in Jersey City. Now he has double the space and has cut his monthly expenses in half.
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HBO’s ‘The Undoing’ is a Manhattan murder mystery but the true killer is the real estate
By Kelly Kreth
November 5, 2020 - 12:30 PM
HBO’s new miniseries “The Undoing” is like a mashup between a fictional “Real Housewives of the Upper East Side” and “Dateline”—in the best possible way.
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When the couch doesn’t fit, the previous tenant sold drugs, and other NYC moving day shocks
By Kelly Kreth
October 26, 2020 - 09:30 AM
Brick Underground asked New Yorkers about their craziest and most challenging moving day woes. They didn’t disappoint.
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In ‘Vampires vs. the Bronx,’ the villains are developers who want to suck the life out of a neighborhood
By Kelly Kreth
October 8, 2020 - 12:30 PM
“Vampires vs. the Bronx” is a comedic horror movie directed by Osmany Rodriguez and co-written by Rodriguez and Blaise Hemingway. The film focuses on a group of young teen boys tracking newcomers who they believe vampires intent on buying up all the local properties—and making local residents who stand in their way disappear.
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