This week, readers dived in our updated guide to New York City elementary schools. If you’re renting or buying in NYC for the first time and have very young children, it’s important to understand how school admissions work and how they relate to where you live. Our guide explains school zones, as well as the gifted and talented entrance process, private school tuition, and a lot more.

Also of interest: Our updated explainer on writing a renovation letter. If you’re doing work on your co-op or condo, your alteration agreement will likely require you to notify your neighbors as a courtesy. Here’s what to say, thanks to brand new examples of real life letters.

Here are this week's top five posts:

1) The buyer's and renter's guide to NYC's public and private elementary schools

2) Renovating your co-op or condo? Here's how to write a courtesy letter to your neighbor

3) From Midtown to FiDi: I ditched my roach-infested building for a luxury high rise in a livelier nabe

4) Why we moved to NYC from Tennessee: We wanted to be back where we belong, socially and politically

5) Airbnb's suit against NYC's Local Law 18 gets dismissed. What's next for hosts?