Did Anyone Famous (or Infamous) Live in Your Apartment? Here's How to Find Out

July 16, 2014 — Do you live in the apartment on W. 109th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue where young actors Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall were roommates? Or how about the one on W. 89th Street that Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito shared in the '60s? Maybe it was the spot of a murder or another newsworthy event. Inquiring minds want to know. And now you can do, advises Amy Zimmer in DNAInfo.com, where she recommends a host of resources from the old standby — phone books — to New York City databases to more obscure ports of call. Will it make your apartment worth more? Probably not. But it could make it a lot more interesting.