Articles by Rebecca Baird-Remba

Permits Filed: Commercial Conversion at 1797 Pitkin Avenue, Brownsville

6:00 pm on October 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

An attractive, early 20th century bank building has sat vacant at the corner of Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville for a few years, a neglected architectural gem near one of the neighborhood’s sprawling housing projects. But last time YIMBY passed by the building at 1797 Pitkin Avenue, someone had started doing work on the ground floor. Now we know why: a nursing home company has filed plans to convert the commercial building into a community facility.

1837 Benson Avenue in August 2014, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 1837 Benson Avenue, Bath Beach

7:30 am on October 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Normally when YIMBY sees filings in south Brooklyn, they’re for projects in Madison, Brighton Beach or Coney Island. But last week, new building applications surfaced for a small market-rate development at 1837 Benson Avenue in Bath Beach, only a few blocks from the shores of Gravesend Bay.

1873 Starr Street/176 Woodward Avenue, rendering by Aufgang Architects

125-Unit Building with Artist Space Planned for 1873 Starr Street, Ridgewood

7:00 am on October 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last year, Slate Property Group won a rezoning for a junkyard at 176 Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood, where they planned an 88-unit apartment building with low-cost space for community groups and artists.

The Henry McCaddin Memorial Building at 288 Berry Street

Permits Filed: 321 Wythe Avenue, 19-Story Church Redevelopment, Williamsburg

10:45 am on October 16, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last month, DNAinfo reported that the struggling Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Williamsburg had leased its large property to Watermark Capital, and the agreement had some unusual stipulations, banning “activities associated with abortion, birth control, euthanasia, stem-cell research or pornography.” Now plans have been filed to erect a 19-story apartment building at 321 Wythe Avenue, on the western half of the through-block church property.

577 Third Avenue, photo by Christopher Bride for Property Shark

Permits Filed: 577 Third Avenue, Gowanus

8:00 am on October 16, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Robert Moses irrevocably altered Sunset Park when he ran the Gowanus Expressway down Third Avenue, turning a once-vibrant commercial corridor into a forlorn industrial area covered by a steel and concrete highway. But just a few blocks north in Gowanus, some prewar charm remains in between the auto repair shops and fast food joints.

Permits Filed: 1533 East 19th Street, Midwood

7:30 am on October 16, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Midwood is quietly experiencing a boom in residential development, and earlier this week, new building applications were filed for a seven-story residential building at 1533 East 19th Street, in the heart of the almost-suburban Brooklyn neighborhood.

3084 Webster Avenue, image via Google Maps

Stagg Group Plans Another in the Bronx: 3084 Webster Avenue, Norwood

7:00 am on October 16, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

After 50,000 tenants applied to live in the affordable apartments at Stagg Group’s first project in Norwood, Bedford Park Manor, the Bronx developer paid $4.1 million for a property only a few blocks north at 3084 Webster Avenue. Now they’ve filed plans to build an 11-story apartment building on the L-shaped lot between 202nd and 203rd Streets.

29 Clay Street, rendering by AB Architekten

Permits Filed: 29 Clay Street, Greenpoint

1:51 pm on October 15, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

In February, glassy renderings surfaced for a 12-story apartment building at 29 Clay Street in Greenpoint. Now the project has taken one more step toward reality with a new building application for a 60-unit development on the property between Manhattan Avenue and Franklin Street.

New Look: School to Condo Conversion at 34 Prince Street

8:00 am on October 15, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The lovely 19th century building at the corner of Prince and Mott Streets in Nolita has been an orphanage, a school, and a convent, but now a developer has begun transforming the landmarked structure into condos. Today, YIMBY has a new rendering of the structure’s restored facade, as well as a series of images based on historic photographs of the property at 34 Prince Street.

175 West 10th Street, rendering by Paperfarm

New Look: 175 West 10th Street, West Village Condominiums

7:30 am on October 15, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The Landmarks-approved condo project rising at 130 Seventh Avenue South in the West Village has a teaser site, a new address, and a new rendering. Now, the seven-story development between West 9th and 10th Streets will be known as 175 West 10th Street.

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