Real estate and rental search site Zumper recently analyzed their data and found the Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods which have the greatest increase and decrease in median rental prices since Fall of last year. Average one-bedroom rents are down a fraction of a percentage, whereas average two-bedroom rents are up a fraction of a percentage across the City. We are still the 2nd most expensive rental city in the nation behind San Francisco (yay?).

Coming ahead of San Jose, Los Angeles, and Boston, New York City ranked as the second most expensive rental market in the nation last month with the price of one bedroom rent decreasing 0.7% to $2,850, while two bedrooms increased 0.3% to $3,280.

In Manhattan and South Bronx:

In terms of growth, the Lower East Side had the fastest growing rent in Manhattan since last quarter, up over 9%, while Mott Haven and Morrisania prices had the largest growth rates in the Bronx, both up over 9% as well. On the other hand, Soho saw the largest rent dip in Manhattan, down 6%, while no neighborhoods in the Bronx had notable decreases since last quarter.

In Brooklyn,

While Fort Greene and Prospect Heights had the fastest growing rents since last quarter, both up over 10%, Canarsie and Vinegar Hill‘s prices saw the largest rent dips, both down around 12%. DUMBO continued to reign as the most expensive neighborhood with one bedroom rent priced at $3,920.

Check out the accompanying article for more analysis on New York City rental prices in Fall 2018.

Do you remember hearing about the NYC UFO Tugboat Abduction of 1977? No? You're not alone. Luckily for us a new documentary has been created to remember it, and a monument has been erected in Battery Park.

This memorial statue at Battery Park stands in loving remembrance of the vanished crew of the Tugboat Maria 120, who vanished on the night of July 13, 1977, while investigating what appeared to be a private aircraft crash on New York Harbor. It is an ever-present symbol to the families of the missing that they are not forgotten an a reminder to us all that.........we are not alone....

Of course, none of this actually happened. It's all park of an ongoing prank series from Staten Island sculpture artist Joe Reginella that included previous stunts such as the Staten Island Octopus Disaster and the Brooklyn Bridge Elephant Stampede.

Check out NYC UFO Encounter for more on the stunt. It's great to see gullible tourists snapping photos with the monument.

Local musician and YouTuber messiahsez makes some pretty funny songs about common New York City gripes such as nail-cutting on the subway and sidewalk etiquette. In this recent upload, watch as he sings about the F Train that never comes in "F Train Blues."

Messiahsez Sings The F Train Blues In Open D. The F Train Is A NYC Subway Line That Could Do Better! I Call The Technique The Train Beat. Lesson Soon! Unless I get stuck on the F train. They should call it the F U Train. Hope you enjoy.