These brief personal ads “Socially Conscious Cutie on the 4 Train” are wildly popular: Craigslist gets nearly 8,000 of them a week in New York City, up from about 50 a month after they ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- We have seen this happen to many sellers anxious to unload everything from a motorcycle to baby furniture on Craigslist. A buyer texts or emails with an offer to buy your stuff.

Five years ago this month, Craigslist New York went live. Founder Craig Newmark, a 52-year-old Morristown, New Jersey, native, says he “had some trepidation” about launching the New York ...

A no-frills, bulletin-board Web site that started in San Francisco is transforming the New York rental market. To understand why Craigslist has had such a drastic impact here, you first have to ...