A Cult Classic Returns to NYC 🦇

November 5, 2025

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What Up Family?!

Welcome to The Edit with Aaron Seawood, a lifestyle letter serving a weekly dose of real estate, culture, and wisdom—all in three minutes or less. Let’s dive in. 

 

Real Estate Remix

🌉 Brooklyn Just Stole the Show, and Manhattan Felt It

The battle of the boroughs isn’t even close this quarter. NYC’s median home price just hit a record $800K, up 4% year-over-year,  and it’s Brooklyn leading the charge.

While Manhattan held steady at $1.15M (with a healthy 15% bump in sales activity), Brooklyn’s median soared 11% to $916K, snatching more luxury spots than any other borough.  26 of the city’s 50 priciest neighborhoods now call BK home!

Cobble Hill led the pack at $2.28M (+24%), with Dumbo, Fort Greene, and Boerum Hill all shining bright, including a 304% jump in sales in Boerum Hill thanks to a fresh Bergen Street development.

Hudson Yards and Tribeca are still rockin’ as expected at $4.99M and $3.77, respectively, but let’s keep it real, the crown’s already crossed the bridge.

 

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NYC Insider: What’s Happening This Week

🎤 The New York Comedy Festival Turns 21

The city’s funniest week just hit legal age, and it’s coming in hot. Over 200 comedians, 100+ shows, and five boroughs are ready to remind the world that New York is home to the best comedians in the world. This year’s lineup is wild: legends like Margaret Cho and Louis C.K. trading punchlines with the new-school wave: The Basement Yard, Hannah Berner, and the podcast-era crowd packing out rooms from Brooklyn to Broadway. And if you know, you know: the long-awaited Strangers with Candy reunion brings Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, and Paul Dinello back together 25 years after the cult classic got sacked, and somehow became even funnier since. Only in New York could a 21-year-old festival still feel brand new. 

📅 November 7–16, 2025

 

 

Weekly Gem 💎 

Your Breakthrough Already Happened

For those who’ve been walking the path, doing the inner work, facing the shadows, releasing what no longer fits, this is your confirmation: the shift is done. The breakthrough isn’t coming; it’s here.

Right now, your outer world is just catching up to the vibration you’ve already stepped into. The abundance, the peace, the opportunities, they’re not future tense anymore. They’re en route.

So don’t panic if things still look familiar. You’re not stuck, you’re integrating and syncing with the new you. Like sound catching up to light.

This week, move as your future self would. Speak with confidence. Give with trust. Walk with gratitude.

The frequency has changed. The gates are now open. The level-up isn’t waiting on you; it’s welcoming you.

Oh glory!

 

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The Best Home on the Market This Week  

Here’s a special listing that caught my eye that I think you should consider if you’re in the market. I’m prioritizing quality, soul, and a space that truly speaks.

 

Listed by Stephen Ferrara, Clayton Orrigo, and Aaron Mazor (What Up Family?!)

455 West 19th Street, PH2

$16,995,000      4 Beds / 4 Baths      Chelsea

🌇 Your Front-Row Seat to West Chelsea’s Skyline

A study in contrast and craft, Penthouse Two at ABI Chelsea is where industrial edge meets refined design, a duplex sanctuary in the heart of West Chelsea’s Arts District. Spanning 3,400+ SF of interior space and 650+ SF of private terraces, this four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home blends architectural drama with livable elegance.

🔑 Best Features

• 21-foot ceilings, double-height glass, and southern light that hits differently over the High Line.

• Seamless indoor-outdoor flow with two terraces: one facing the High Line, the other stretching north to the Empire State Building.

• Custom VIPP kitchen in stainless steel and black, anchored by Gaggenau, Liebherr, and Fisher & Paykel appliances.

• Bianco Venato Carrara marble bath, deep soaking tub, and Rimadesio closets worthy of a private atelier.

• Designed by Raëd Abillama Architects, a 10-residence boutique building with a doorman, rooftop terrace, and immediate access to West Chelsea’s best, from Little Island to the galleries.
• Sponsor unit, no board approval

 

Who wants a tour?

 

Before you go…

🛼 Cue the Rockettes. It’s officially sparkle season in the city.

🦇 A cult classic returns to NYC for the first time in 20 years.

⛸️ The most iconic ice rink in the world is waiting for you.

🕰️ It’s about time!  NYC’s most storied penthouse just sold.

🍿 Chelsea’s new cinema just redefined ‘premium seating.’

📱 Real estate just went full TikTok.

 

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