Construction has passed the halfway mark on 250 East 83rd Street, a 31-story residential building in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by The Torkian Group, the 370-foot-tall structure will yield 128 residential units with interiors by Lemay_id, as well as ground-floor retail space. Cauldwell Wingate Company is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of Second Avenue and East 83rd Street.
The reinforced concrete superstructure has continued to ascend since our last update in April, along with the crane and construction elevator. Recent photos show crews in the process of forming the 22nd floor. The upper levels feature several setbacks and a symmetrical multifaceted crown that may take longer to create than the main tower’s rectangular floor plates, but 250 East 83rd Street could potentially top out sometime later this summer.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Façade installation has yet to commence, but metal clips have been attached to the edges of the floor plates on the lower half in preparation for this process, which could begin in the coming weeks.
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
Photo by Michael Young
The main rendering depicts 250 East 83rd Street clad in earth-toned brick framing floor-to-ceiling windows lined with dark mullions. The windows are arranged in vertical groups of two to nine stories on the eastern and northern elevations, and the unseen southern and western sides will likely share the same fenestration.
250 East 83rd Street is located diagonally across from the entrance to the 86th Street station, serviced by the Q train. Further west along Lexington Avenue are the 4, 5, and 6 trains.
YIMBY last announced that 250 East 83rd Street is expected to be completed in the fall of 2024.
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The facade is what will make or break this building.
I feel like the brick would have a similar outcome as the one used on The Cortland. What do you think?
What about the one going up across the street from it? Yorkville’s own twin towers?
I’m sure they’ll have an update later this week, just be patient and wait
Shame that the city didn’t take the opportunity to add an entrance to the 2nd Ave subway without making it a big deal on time and money (why is the developer pushed to hire consultant to demonstrate this is not needed? Should be the opposite, but oh yeah it will take years to get the CITY/MTA approvals!). Two new buildings getting built over the subway transfer tunnel and only one entrance for the entire crossing already undersized. The community board meeting held for this was atrocious, no one thinking long term here.
Kudos to the builder for using a crane over the ventilation tower. Ah, MTA what’s happening with that building?
The transit use zoning district required the developer to ask the MTA, City Planning & Community Board for a waiver regarding the entrance. This was a hold that CPC put on certain 2nd Ave sites before knowing exactly where entrances would be located. The MTA had no use for it at this late date. Besides, the subway platform is actually below 84th St so a new stair/elevator/escalator from this corner could not reach the platform without going under every property between 83 & 84.
Wow this baby’s going up fast!! Let’s hope the facade comes out decent and looks good
If it resembles the rendering at all it will be a handsome building!
For being located above a new subway station, this building should be twice as big with double the number of units (or more)
hey Joe
Why don’t we build a skyscraper right next to where you live ? In fact let’s exceed whatever zoning it is to build twice the size allowed.
Do you agree?
I think it’s a great idea.
I bet you $1,000 that you will instantly become a NIMBY
Want to bet ?
lmk
Jesus, Mary and Joseph 🙄 You sound like Debbie downer with ice in his heart wishing ill on others. Joe was simply offering an open-ended suggestion, yet here you come again barging into the comments like a gunman ruining everyone’s day.
Shame on you Guesser!!! Why do you never manage to make a single comment that doesn’t make you sound like a Scrooge? It’s always complaining, scolding, and whining. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can get away with acting so immaturely, presumptuous, and unprofessionally
Guesser, I get your question, but like why the hell do you go the extra mile to make everything you say sound so salty, sassy and rude? Joe didn’t insult anyone with his comment and nobody exceeded any zoning as you once again overhyped and over-sensationalized. He’s offering a constructive solution and opinion, though I’ll be damned by believing you’re doing the same…
Guesser, who ever said the developers exceeded the zoning? Would you care to elaborate or am I going to get another set of angry capital letters like you do for everyone else?
I’ve been observing your comments for a while and your trail of destructive comments on Yimby has to stop. None of the people that call out your aggravation, including me, owe you any type of response. You sound like nothing more than a sad, angry, and attention-seeking c u n t hound looking to bully the next person who doesn’t know how much you attack people here 🤬
I’ve been afraid to comment because of Guesser too. His behavior on here is borderline predatory, disgusting, and extremely derogatory, even with a simple statement like Joe’s, but I hope the Yimby admins see this and do something about it. You’re no better than a racist, a predator, or a man who hits his wife, and wish the world had less people like you Guesser
Give it a rest Guesser! Or whatever other decoy names you’ve been using in the past to trick us
Guesser, why don’t you save your energy and complain to the architect or developer, or better yet, have a protest at every building site you disagree with and see if the construction workers would really give a f*ck and listen to you sounding like a dbag. Pick a fight and see who’s the real man that doesn’t hide behind a phone screen
You complain in every other article that “affordable” housing is too expensive yet don’t want too much built….those things don’t go together you know….
Sjakie, THANK YOU for saying this and pointing out Guesser’s blatant hypocrisy and irony. Let’s sit back, relax, and wait for an explosive angry comment in big capital letters 😎
Joe – 1
Guesser – 0
how much does it cost the building itself to be build in Manhattan >? aproximate prices … someone ?
I have no doubt this building will be a success in being occupied, the Upper East Side is fabulous place and can’t wait to see the other nearby projects Yimby covered get built in the next few years!
Even though I consider Manhattan my town, I have lived in
Philadelphia most of my life. DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER MOVING
TO PHILADELPHIA FROM NYC!! Renters have absolutely no rights
here!! The tales I could tell. Also greedy developers are
ruining the atmosphere of Philly with ugly, very cheap construction. Rents are going sky high here. Just a word of
warning to Manhattanites!!
Does it have parking?
No it doesn’t have parking. Just the lobby and retail space on the ground floor
Thankfully, no
There is a distinctly New York character, on a residential building which is more than 20 floors high. Beautiful brick work has been built again, that’s framing: Thanks to Michael Young.