It helps to mimic stores like Fishs Eddy by using display stands. Funky objects make conversation pieces. Draw attention to your best stuff: If you have a good chair, display a nice blanket on it.

New Yorkers love brownstones. “It’s a house faced in stone, rather than brick or wood,” said Ekram Hassan, owner of Brooklyn-based Innovation Construction. “It’s solid and historic and people like ...

It is not a backyard deck. It is not a wraparound porch. It is the stoop. And that is something entirely different. In the city, the stoop is a gathering place, in the way of an African market, or a ...

Brooklyn’s Stoop is back — and just in time for winter! The Borough Hall steps are back open to the public and Downtowners can once again chill out — now literally — at the iconic gathering place, ...