Articles by Rebecca Baird-Remba




2503 Ocean Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 2503 Ocean Avenue, Madison

Ocean Avenue is lined with large, detached single-family homes on deep lots, making it incredibly attractive to developers who want to construct mid-rise apartment buildings in low-slung sections of southern Brooklyn. Last week, one of those developers filed an application to build a six-story residential project at 2503 Ocean Avenue, on the border between Madison and Sheepshead Bay.

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1417 Longfellow Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 1417 Longfellow Avenue, Market-Rate Building in Crotona Park East

Rezonings in the South Bronx have spurred development in Morrisania, Melrose and Mott Haven, but new construction has been slow to arrive in the neighborhoods nearby, like Crotona Park East and Longwood. However, new building applications were filed over the weekend for a seven-story apartment building at 1417 Longfellow Avenue, between Jennings and Freeman Streets in Crotona Park East.

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