Newsweek recently profiled a Midwestern woman named Aubri who snagged a highboy dresser that someone put out on the curb for trash pickup. When she got home, she found a jewelry box hidden inside with ...

If you’re visiting New York City for the very first time, you might be confused and amused by all the things that people leave on the sidewalk in front of their buildings—and not just furniture!

When I arrived in Brooklyn a dozen years ago, at the height of a multi-borough bed bug scare, it was fully taboo to touch anything abandoned on the sidewalk. Still, like a moth to a flame, I couldn’t ...

Imagine picking up a vintage, mint-condition Herman Miller Eames lounge chair, matching ottoman or a bunch of gently-used IKEA cubbies, all for free. While this may sound like something out of a movie ...

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure: This spring and summer, the adage rings especially true. The hotter months were always peak times for Big Apple move-ins and -outs. But standard relocations ...