NEW YORK | MID/LOW RISES | General Developments Updates/Compilation

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Project: 836 Monroe Street

Renderings have been revealed for the four-story 836 Monroe Street development in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The new design has a classical touch, with a fluted pilaster in the center of the façade. Other notable elements are the framed faux-balconies, and light design. Joshua Felix of Beam Group is responsible for the architecture.

The four-story structure lines up with its neighbor to the left, rising to a height of 50 feet. It will yield 5,000 square feet of space, to be divided amongst seven apartments. Each unit will have an average of 714 square feet, indicating rentals. The site is two blocks away from the Gates Avenue Subway Station, serviced by the J, M, and Z trains.

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Construction Update: 152 Elizabeth


Credit: FC

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My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window, and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'll all be gray, but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it's not so bad, it's not so bad...

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Project: 679 Lefferts Avenue

Permits have been filed by an anonymous LLC for a six-story residential building at 679 Lefferts Avenue, in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The project is ten blocks away from the Kingston Avenue Subway Station, serviced by the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains, and the area around the site is predominantly residential. Today, YIMBY also has the first renderings of the design, by IMC Architecture.

The building’s façade is going to be fiber cement and concrete panels, with floor-to-ceiling windows in the front.

The 60-foot tall structure will yield 8,070 square feet of space, dedicated to the ten apartments. The average unit will be 807 square feet apiece, indicating rentals. There will be a lobby with a doorman and outdoor recreation space for tenants.

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Project: 514 Herkimer Street

Renderings are out for a nine-story residential building at 514 Herkimer Street, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. IMC Architecture is responsible for the building. The firm’s Principal, Eugene Mekhtiyev, told us that “the design is inspired by older masonry architecture prevalent throughout Brooklyn… The project is meant to fit within the context of the borough while providing a unique design.”

The style does vie on the side of modernism more than traditional. Corrugated black metal panels create a strong contrast with the masonry. The façade is unified by the inclusion of four protruding two-story black metal window frames. The masonry does extend to ground level at the main entrance.

Tenants will have access to a fitness center, eight parking spaces, and a landscaped front yard.

The project is expected to be finished within 18 months, and the developer is listed as an anonymous LLC on the permits.

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Construction Update: 24-12 42nd Road




Credit: LICCourt

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Construction Update: TWA Hotel




Credit: Max Touhey via NYY

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Construction Update: 42-10 27th Street




Credit: LICCourt

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Project: 1673 Ocean Avenue

Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 1673 Ocean Avenue, in Midwood, Brooklyn, which YIMBY can also reveal today. The site is seven blocks away from the Avenue M Subway Station, serviced by the Q train. The predominantly residential neighborhood is no stranger to developments of this height, especially along Ocean Avenue, but surrounding blocks are mainly populated with detached 2-3 story homes. ZHL Group is responsible for the development.

Renderings reveal a modern design, with white external walls flanked by dark bricks on a façade with 16 balconies and four terraces.

The 74-foot tall structure will yield 39,830 square feet of total area, with 700 square feet dedicated to a medical facility, and 32,600 square feet dedicated to residential use. Tenants will have access to 16 vehicular parking spaces, storage for 25 bicycles. Amenities for the site include a fitness center, doorman, conference room, and recreational space on the ground floor and rooftop. 49 apartments will be created, averaging 665 square feet apiece, indicating rental use.

Brooklyn-based Zproekt is responsible for the design.

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Construction Update: 520 W 28


Credit: FC

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Construction Update: 40-40 27th Street




Credit: LICCourt

[Design-mind]

Zaha Hadid's creation looks just amazing!

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Project: 35 Underhill Avenue (Conversion/modification)

The applicant would rezone a portion of Brooklyn Block 1131, Lots 1, 3, 1001-1040 and a sliver of Lot 9 (approx.150 square feet), currently zoned R6B to R6A/C2-4 to facilitate the conversion of a portion of the existing ground floor area that is currently used on Block 1131, Lot 1001-1040 for 15 permitted parking spaces into new commercial space. The proposed commercial use would be located within the existing C2-4 overlay and would be conforming. However, the proposed conversion would result in approximately 4,086 gsf (4,086 zsf) of additional floor area. As the existing buildings on Lot 1001-1040 are fully built and would not be able to accommodate the additional floor area permitted in the current R6B zoning, the applicant’s proposed zoning map amendment from R6B to R6A would facilitate the proposed development by raising the maximum FAR from 2.0 to 3.0 on the 3,635 square foot portion of the zoning lot located within the R6B zoning district.

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Project: 1490 Southern Boulevard

Permits have been filed for a 10-story, 100 percent affordable mixed-use building at 1490 Southern Boulevard, in the Crotona Park East neighborhood of The Bronx. The site is three blocks away from the 174th Street Subway Station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains, and ten blocks away from the Whitlock Avenue Subway Station, serviced by the 6 train.

he 102-foot tall structure will yield 74,720 square feet of space, with 3,860 square feet dedicated to a community facility, and 69,860 square feet for residential use. 115 units will be created, averaging 607 square feet apiece, typical of rentals.

The project will be available for senior households with incomes between $25,400 and $38,100.

The design process is still ongoing, and construction is expected to begin in 2018, with a speculative completion date between 2020 and 2021. Demolition permits have not been filed yet.

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Project: 1550 Bedford Avenue

Perhaps piggybacking on the positive reaction to their Rheingold Brewery project, ODA Architects have revealed renderings for another Brooklyn project with a central courtyard, sloping green roof, and stepped terraces. First spotted by CityRealty, the proposed views depict the Bedford Hotel at 1550 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights, a five-story, 100-key development at 1550 Bedford Avenue. And according to plans submitted to the DOB, there will be a rooftop bar and a banquet hall and retail/restaurant spaces on the ground floor.

According to the architects, the project sought to “capture the space ‘in between'” by adding “elements of division and transition” that interact with the “arches, patio, and floating garden landscape.” As CityRealty notes, rather than choosing a modern, glassy design, ODA went for a scheme that references the area’s pre-war, masonry architecture.

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Project: 649 Grand Street

The rendering reveals a two-tone brick pattern and black metal on the façade, with five terraces facing the street. The ground-floor retail space will have floor-to-ceiling windows and signage identical in style to the building’s existing storefronts.

The 65-foot tall structure will yield 8,580 square feet of space, with 8,080 square feet dedicated to the residential use and 500 square feet for commercial-retail use. 10 apartment units will be created, averaging 808 square feet apiece, indicating rentals. The extant structure was a three-story townhouse with retail and two apartments averaging 1,000 square feet apiece, making this new development a significantly better utilization of space for the neighborhood.

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Project: 1205 Broadway

The 60-foot tall structure will yield 9,925 square feet of space, with 5,390 square feet dedicated to residential use, 1,420 square feet for commercial use, and 620 square feet for community facility use. Tenants will have access to lobby space, and a laundry room.

An anonymous LLC is listed as responsible for development, and Joshua Felix is the designer.

The site is currently unoccupied, and an estimated completion date has not been announced.

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Project: 68 North Henry Street

Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 68 North Henry Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The site is half a block from Greenpoint’s Southeast border with Williamsburg, along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway.

The 70-foot tall structure will yield 9,770 square feet of space, with 2,120 square feet dedicated to the ground floor medical facility use, and 7,660 square feet for residential use, with uunits averaging 1,094 square feet apiece, indicating condominium use. Seven apartments will be created, occupying half a floor apiece on floors one through four. There will also be a duplex on the top floor.

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Project: 72 South Second Street

The building’s first floor will total 3,750 square feet, encompassing both 72 South Second Street and the corner lot adjacent. Within, there will be both commercial space, and a community facility.

Up above, the rest of the redevelopment will be residential, with condominiums expected. The second floor will total 2,954 square feet, the third 2,553 square feet, and the two top levels will both clock in at 1,425 square feet apiece. That component will be split between seven units in all.

The lot is 50 feet wide, and the design will do a nice job of integrating the old building at the corner. While total demolition would probably be more appropriate, the end result will still improve upon a formerly vacant parcel.

Completion is likely by 2019.

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Project: 508 Brook Avenue (AKA: Senda Apartments)

Harlem-based Body Lawson Associates are listed as the project’s designers and recently-published renderings on their website depict a contemporary 6-floor building with a church at the ground floor. Per the page, the project is called Senda Apartments and will have 36 affordable studios, one- and two-bedroom rental apartments. The now-dated permits have conflicting information saying the building was to rise 9 floors, hold 24 units and have a community facility in the form of a church and fellowship hall on its lower floors.

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