Real estate search website RENTCafé recently searched through some old newspaper records on the Library of Congress Digital Archives and found some great vintage classified ads for New York apartments and homes.

This handsome house featuring an arbor of fine grapes - in New York City!

This Staten Island dwelling house with a full bakery in the basement

This high-end New York apartment at the turn of the century (servants' rooms included)

This record-crushing apartment building

Check out the accompanying article for more some commentary, and more vintage ads from other cities.

With new modern and trendy restaurants popping up every day in the East Village, finding a good, cheap lunch is not always easy. Luckily one bodega has been serving inexpensive, delicious Indian food for decades now. In this video in the Operation $5 Lunch series from Thrillist, watch as host Prez visits Punjabi Deli on 1st Street to check out what they have to offer.

The East Village is known in New York City to be a hot spot for its wide-ranging restaurants, lively nightlife, and diverse culture. On this episode of Operation $5 Lunch, we're taking you to East Village, more specifically Punjabi Grocery & Deli -- a quick spot for serving some of the best Indian food in the city.

In the graffiti legend’s latest show, love letters to NYC are expressed via paintings that feature scenes of the subway, Times Square and Jackson Heights in Queens. We sat down with Chris Daze Ellis to discuss how NYC has and continues to be a muse for his work.