When Amy Schumer put her river- and city-view Manhattan penthouse up for sale a couple months ago, the standup comedian, writer and actor didn’t leave much doubt that she and her young family planned to move to Brooklyn. “It’s pretty obvious where we are going,” she told the property gossips at The Wall Street Journal. “If you leave this borough, what borough do people usually move to? It’s not...
The highly anticipated (and much delayed) fourth season of Netflix’s smash hit “Stranger Things” finally debuted last Friday, much to the delight of its legions of fans worldwide. Set in 1986 and told across nine mega-sized episodes (the last two of which are not dropping until July 1), the ambitious storyline takes place in three distinct locales, thereby splitting up the beloved Hawkins, Indiana...
“Succession” has not only proven itself a pillar of HBO’s Sunday night line-up since debuting in June 2018, but the black comedy/drama has also become a prolific source of eye candy, steadfastly showcasing some of the finest real estate New York has to offer! Chronicling the salacious lives and times of the Manhattan-based Roy family and their ruthless business dealings as heads of the Waystar Royco...
If you want to live like Hugh Jackman, you better earn like a triple-threat A-lister. The stage and screen veteran’s recently listed triplex condo in New York’s West Village not only carries an elephantine price tag of almost $40 million, a few clicks and clacks on the abacus shows monthly taxes and common charges pile up to a heart-stopping $734,000 annually. Currently starring opposite Broadway...
After 16 years as one of the biggest box-office draws in the world, famously reclusive silver screen star Greta Garbo retired from acting in 1941 and never made another movie. After short stints living at the Ritz Carlton and Hampshire House in New York, in 1954 she settled into a sprawling co-operative apartment in Beekman Place, overlooking the East River on the eastern edge of midtown Manhattan. The...
David Walentas, the real-estate developer credited with building much of Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood, has sold a Hamptons mansion for $32.2 million following an extensive renovation. The deal closed last week, Mr. Walentas said. The Southampton home was listed for $35 million in April 2021. The buyers are Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of messaging company Slack, and Jen Rubio,...
Moving on and moving out! Pete Davidson officially has his own bachelor pad after living in his mom’s basement for years. The Saturday Night Live star, 27, teased his swanky new digs during a Zoom call that was uploaded to TikTok on Friday, April 2, saying, “I’m fully out!” Davidson’s Staten Island, New York residence, listed by Laird Klein Sotheby’s International Reality, was sold for $1.2...
Comedian and actress Amy Schumer is listing her Manhattan apartment, an Upper West Side penthouse with expansive outdoor space, for $15 million. Perched atop a landmarked Beaux-Arts prewar building on Riverside Drive, the roughly 4,500-square-foot, full-floor penthouse has five bedrooms, according to listing agent Adam Modlin of Modlin Group. Ms. Schumer bought the condo for $12.15 million in 2016,...
The oldest single-family home in Manhattan—built in 1795—is set to hit the market Thursday for $8.9 million, Mansion Global has learned. Located on Stuyvesant Street in the East Village, the early Federal-style home was built for Nicholas William Stuyvesant, according to the New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation. He was the great-great grandson of Peter Stuyvesant, one of the Dutch founders of the...
A Manhattan townhouse owned by contemporary artists Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian is hitting the market for $4.995 million. The 4-story home spans roughly 4,200 square feet plus a basement, according to Jeremy Stein of Sotheby’s International Realty, who has the listing with Jennifer Henson. It is located off Lexington Avenue in the Kips Bay neighborhood, Mr. Stein said. Mr. Johnson is a...