Aerial view from Amsterdam Avenue looking east; visible are new streetscape, gardens, and theater. Rendering by Brooklyn Digital Foundry.

8:00 am on May 20, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Renderings Reveal Lincoln Center Campus Upgrades on Manhattan’s Upper West Side

New renderings have been revealed for the planned campus upgrades to Lincoln Center on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Weiss/Manfredi and led by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Lincoln Center West Initiative, the project will transform Damrosch Park on the Amsterdam Avenue side of the complex with a new outdoor theater and public recreation space. Moody Nolan is the architect of record and Hood Design Studio is the landscape architect for the development, which is located at the southwest corner of the Lincoln Center plan by the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 62nd Street.

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579 Sackett Street. Photo by Michael Young.

Excavation Underway At 579 Sackett Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn

7:30 am on May 20, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Excavation is steadily unfolding at 579 Sackett Street, the site of an 11-story residential building in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Kao Hwa Lee Architects and developed by Hershy Silberstein of BlueSky Developers, the 110-foot-tall structure will span 46,943 square feet and yield 64 rental units with an average scope of 681 square feet. The project will also include 3,348 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property is alternately addressed as 224 3rd Avenue and located at the corner of 3rd Avenue and Sackett Street.

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East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue, via Google Maps

Public Review Process Begins For 680-Unit Mixed-Use Project in East Harlem, Manhattan

7:00 am on May 20, 2025 By Max Gillespie

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has launched the public review process for a proposed 38-story mixed-use building at the southeast corner of East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed under the high-density zoning regulations established by Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” initiative, the project will rise above the planned Second Avenue Subway extension station. If approved, it will yield approximately 680 new residential units, over 150 of which will be permanently affordable.

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Permits Filed for 40-46 75th Street in Elmhurst, Queens

6:30 am on May 20, 2025 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a ten-story mixed-use building at 40-46 75th Street in Elmhurst, Queens. Located between 41st Avenue and Broadway, the lot is one block south of the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue subway station, served by the E, F, M, and R trains and the 74th Street-Broadway station, served by the 7 train. Robert Guo is listed as the owner behind the applications.

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The Brook at 567 Fulton Street. Rendering courtesy of NQS Creative.

The Brook Nears Completion at 567 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on May 19, 2025 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is nearing completion on The Brook, a 51-story residential skyscraper at 567 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Witkoff Group and Apollo Global Management, the 601-foot-tall structure will span 557,973 square feet and yield 591 rental units with an average scope of 827 square feet. The development will also include 68,693 square feet of retail space, a cellar level, and two floors of recreational and sports amenities. Thirty percent of the units will be reserved for affordable housing. Suffolk is the general contractor for the property, which is bounded by DeKalb Avenue to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Flatbush Avenue Extension diagonally to the east, and Bond Street to the west.

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