A new assessment of the region presents a generally unlovely picture of residential sales markets in terms of unsold real estate inventory.

While vacancy rates are rising in Manhattan, mostly because of layoffs in the financial industry, office space is becoming more scarce in Downtown Brooklyn.

While vacancy rates are rising in Manhattan, mostly because of layoffs in the financial industry, office space is becoming more scarce in Downtown Brooklyn.

Participants in the Nehemiah housing program, which sells low-priced homes in New York City to people of modest means, have a foreclosure rate of almost zero.

An equity firm which got Target and Circuit City to open a store at a mall site in Brooklyn faced many obstacles linked to the site’s complex set up.

Even for hipsters, life in one of New York City’s frontier neighborhoods can be anything but smooth, particularly in these uncertain economic times.

Profitable residential development is thwarting the Brooklyn Brewery’s desire to expand while staying in the neighborhood.

State and city officials in New York say proposed I.R.S. rules on the use of tax-exempt bonds will make it harder to finance projects like the proposed Nets arena in Brooklyn.

Millions of New Yorkers are having trouble finding fresh and affordable food within walking distance of their homes, according to a recent city study.