Articles by Nikolai Fedak

701 Seventh Avenue’s 18,000-Square Foot LED Screen Goes Live, Times Square

7:30 am on August 23, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Last week, YIMBY reported that testing had begun on 701 Seventh Avenue’s enormous new billboard. Now, it has been activated in full, as photographed yesterday by mchlanglo793. The 18,000 square-foot LED screen is the largest in Times Square, and will soon be joined by a 17,000 square-foot screen immediately across the street, at 1568 Broadway, site of the former Doubletree Hotel. As for 701 Seventh Avenue, aka the Marriott Edition Times Square, the exterior is almost fully glassed, and opening is a few months out.

The Durst Organization Files for Retail at 29-23 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City

7:00 am on August 23, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

The Durst Organization acquired the development site surrounding and including 27-29 Queens Plaza North last December for $173.5 million, and while SLCE Architects had previously conceived plans for a tower nearing supertall status, the design now appears to be changing. Handel Architects has filed for permits for a two-story retail building that will rise at 29-23 Queens Plaza North, on the southwestern corner of the site, which will have a total construction area of just over 20,000 square feet. There will be 10,333 square feet of commercial space within, and the structure will rise 41 feet to its rooftop.

371 Baltic Street, rendering by Atelier New York Architecture

New Permits Filed for 371 Baltic Street, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

6:30 am on August 23, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Back in February of 2016, YIMBY revealed a new four-story condominium building coming to 371 Baltic Street, in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood. Now, job applications have been filed for the site, indicating that construction is about to move forward. Permits were also filed back in 2014, however, there have been changes since then, when the original plan called for preserving the first two floors of an extant structure. Instead, that has been demolished completely. The scope of the project has remained almost the same, totaling 4,998 square feet of residential space, to be divided among four units.

Permits Filed for 54 Noel Avenue, Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn

6:00 am on August 23, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

As New York City’s coastal communities continue to rebuild from Hurricane Sandy, new filings for another project being build under the “Build It Back” program have surface at 54 Noel Avenue, in Brooklyn’s Gerritsen Beach. The site is currently occupied by a two-story house, for which demolition permits have not yet been filed. It will be replaced by another two-story and two-family home, totaling 1,402 square feet, with a design by Angelo Costa, of Meltzer/Costa Associates. David Luna is listed as the developer.

55 Hudson Yards Tops Out 51 Floors and 780 Feet Above Street Level, Midtown West

8:00 am on August 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Yesterday, YIMBY brought you fresh renderings of Related’s planned supertall at 50 Hudson Yards. While permits for that project were only partially filed earlier this year, across Hudson Park & Boulevard, the building’s sibling at 55 Hudson Yards has now officially topped-out, as seen in the latest photos from Tectonic.

Full Reveal for Moxy East Village, 112 East 11th Street

7:30 am on August 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Last September, YIMBY reported on new building applications for 112 East 11th Street, in the heart of the East Village, which is being developed by the Lightstone Group. EVGrive posted a preliminary image for the site back in February, and now, we have the first full rendering for the project, which is being designed by Stonehill & Taylor Architects.

Asbury Park Performing Arts Center, image via Shore Point Architecture

Asbury Park Performing Arts Center Revealed, Jersey Shore

7:00 am on August 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Asbury Park has seen a surge of new development following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, though up to this point, most of that has been new residential or hotel space. Now, plans have been revealed for a new performing arts center, dubbed Asbury J.A.M.S., and the building promises to anchor further improvements to the oceanfront community.

Reveal for 204-23 46th Road, Auburndale, Queens

6:30 am on August 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

YIMBY doesn’t often report on filings for single-family residences, but today we have news for 204-23 46th Road, near the border of Auburndale and Bayside, in Queens. New building applications for the site show the home will have a total construction area of only 1,541 square feet, but the innovative design by Dennis George Architect promises to make up for the size with an innovative layout and a rather attractive exterior.

Permits Filed for 303 23rd Street, Greenwood, Brooklyn

6:00 am on August 22, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

New building applications have been filed for a small site at 303 23rd Street, in Brooklyn’s Greenwood neighborhood. An existing one-story garage must first be demolished, and the permits list the replacement’s size at four floors and a total area of 7,419 square feet. The usable residential space will total 5,829 square feet, which will be divided between four units, for a generous average size of almost 1,500 square feet, indicative of condominiums. Douglas Pulaski of Bricolage Designs is the architect of record, and Anthony Devito of 75 Bay 17th Street, LLC, is listed as the developer.

New Renderings Surface for Related’s 50 Hudson Yards, Midtown West

8:00 am on August 21, 2017 By Nikolai Fedak

Related’s Hudson Yards development is one of the most impressive construction projects in the history of New York City, and an armada of cranes currently dominates the Midtown West skyline as towers at 15, 30, 35, and 55 Hudson Yards continue to rise. Now, YIMBY has the latest details for the office behemoth that will soon be coming to 50 Hudson Yards, as well as news on what’s happening at the Western Railyards, which will add further to the neighborhood’s burgeoning forest of skyscrapers.

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