Articles by Andrew Nelson

Permits Filed for 148-18 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, Queens

6:30 am on October 12, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Neighboring the historic Georgian-style King Manor Museum, and the intimidating Supreme Court of Queens County, a new 9-story mixed-use building might just bring more of the 21^st Century to Downtown Jamaica, Queens. An anonymous LLC has filed permits for 148-18 Hillside Avenue, located on a busy thoroughfare with dozens of restaurants and shops. Despite being quite distant from Manhattan, the two locations are well connected. It is just three blocks away from the Parsons Boulevard subway station, serviced by the E and F trains.

Permits Filed for 253 Empire Boulevard, Crown Heights, Brooklyn

6:00 am on October 12, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a new three-story mixed-use structure in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. An anonymous LLC filed the applications for 253 Empire Boulevard, which borders an active commercial strip along Rogers Avenue. The building will be just a block away from the Sterling Station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. The site used to be a single-story laundry superstore with parking, but has been left unoccupied for several years.

Permits Filed for 347 Lexington Avenue, Murray Hill, Manhattan

7:00 am on October 11, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a new 20-story hotel in Murray Hill, Manhattan. The site, at 347 Lexington Avenue on the corner of East 40th Street, is just a few blocks away from Grand Central Terminal, serviced by the 4, 5, 6, 7, shuttle to Times Square, and the Metro-North railroad trains.

Permits Filed for 104-14 Liverpool Street, Jamaica, Queens

6:30 am on October 11, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Permits have been filed for a new four-story building at 104-14 Liverpool Street, in Jamaica, Queens. The building is being developed by the American Bengali Hindu Foundation, and will be their new house of worship. The project will be a big improvement from their current situation, which is located within an open-air tent.

Permits Filed for 111-12 Astoria Boulevard, East Elmhurst, Queens

6:00 am on October 11, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Families of East Elmhurst, Queens can rejoice, as a new public school will soon be coming to their neighborhood. Permits have been filed for a five-story building at 111-12 Astoria Boulevard, and the NYC School Construction Authority will be responsible for both design and development.

Robert A.M. Stern-Designed 250 West 81st Street Rises Above Ground, Upper West Side

8:00 am on October 10, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

While the Upper West Side rarely sees new developments, a few blocks in the upper 70s and lower 80s have recently sprouted several modestly-sized but impeccably-designed towers. Now, another is in the works, as Alchemy Properties and Carlyle Group’s 18-story condominium project at 250 West 81^st Street has risen above ground. The building will be yet another attractive, masonry-clad high-rise designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

34-Story Condo Tower at 360 East 89th Street Nearly Complete, Upper East Side

7:30 am on October 10, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

The Upper East Side is no stranger to new luxury high-rise apartment buildings, but with the completion of Second Avenue’s Q train, they’re seemingly getting bigger. Now, 360 East 89^th Street is nearly ready to open, as shown by the latest photos from Tectonic.

First Glimpse at Gene Kaufman-Designed 76 8th Avenue, Meatpacking

6:30 am on October 10, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

It’s been almost two years since we last checked in on 76 8^th Avenue, on the corner of West 14th Street in the Meatpacking District. A few aspects of the building have changed since YIMBY’s last report. Mainly, it will now be a ten-story building, not twelve. This means the project will lose 7,000 square feet, reducing the total area to 30,000 square feet. And now, we have a first glimpse at renderings.

New Rendering and Construction Update for 587 Main Street, New Rochelle

6:00 am on October 10, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

Last December, YIMBY reported on the groundbreaking event for a 28-story mixed-use tower rising in New Rochelle, Westchester County. Ten months later, we have a new rendering and updates from the site, at 587 Main Street.

Permits Filed for 1618 Fulton Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

7:00 am on October 9, 2017 By Andrew Nelson

A single-story laundromat in Bedford-Stuyvesant may soon be demolished to make way for an 11-story building. The developer for the project, at 1618 Fulton Street, is Brooklyn-based FAC Fulton Street Housing Development Fund Corporation. The site is just two blocks away from the Kingston-Throops Ave station for the A and C train, as well as one block away from Fulton Park, a block-long green space with its own dog park.

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