This cozy Upper West Side two-bedroom stands out with multiple custom built-ins and proximity to both Riverside and Central Parks.

... Take this apartment, at 458 Jefferson Avenue in Brooklyn in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The size of this apartment got our attention—it's a duplex with 1,500 square feet of outdoor space...

Heatwise, a hot vinyasa yoga studio, will move into the ground floor at 203 Ninth Street in Brooklyn.

New mansion and transfer taxes will make expensive homes even pricier

If you've got a bigger budget to play around with, developers are increasingly turning ground-floor units into elaborate, townhouse-style maisonette duplexes or triplexes, with high ceilings, multiple floors, and luxury finishes.