After battling the bike room, Ms. Martini asked building management in March to clear the storage room of unused bikes. Instead, the board came up with an alternative plan: It would build a new bike room in a space next to the existing one. The old bike room may be used for storage or turned into new office space for the resident manager. Leanne Stella, a saleswoman at Halstead, which is now part of Brown Harris Stevens, who works primarily in Upper Manhattan, has been urging the landlords she represents to prioritize bike storage. And she told the owner of a small rental building to scrap plans for a basement gym, and put in a bike room instead.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2020 09:56 UTC