Articles by Rebecca Baird-Remba

Manhattan Councilman Ben Kallos testifies at a hearing in September. photo by William Alatriste for the City Council

City Council Pushes Board of Standards and Appeals for More Transparency and Accountability

4:30 pm on December 15, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The City Council is trying to drag the Board of Standards and Appeals—the agency that decides zoning changes for many New York City developments—into the 21st century. The council’s Government Operations committee spent yesterday afternoon discussing bills that would force the agency to post zoning applications and decisions publicly, create a map of those decisions, and keep community boards and council members in the loop on applications.

108-20 Rockaway Beach Boulevard in August 2016. image via Google Maps

Morris Adjmi-Designed Hotel Planned for 108-20 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Rockaway Beach

4:30 pm on December 14, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Rockaway Beach is about to get a boutique hotel designed by Wythe Hotel architect Morris Adjmi. New building applications were filed Tuesday for the six-story project at 108-20 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, between 108th and 109th Streets.

Previous rendering of 251 Front Street aka 68 Gold Street - Think Architecture & Design

Revealed: Nine-Story Residential Building Seeking Rezoning at 251 Front Street, Vinegar Hill

7:30 am on December 14, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

New development rarely happens in Vinegar Hill, a tightly zoned, tiny neighborhood wedged between Dumbo, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the East River waterfront. But the owner of a parking lot 251 Front Street hopes to get an upzoning to construct a nine-story apartment building there, according to documents filed with the Department of City Planning.

695 6th Avenue. rendering by Karl Fischer Architect

Revealed: Three Stories of Residential Condominiums at 695 6th Avenue, Greenwood Heights

7:30 am on December 13, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The state Attorney General banned Shiraz Sanjana from selling condominiums for 16 months in 2014, but that didn’t stop the embattled developer from buying a development site at 695 6th Avenue in Greenwood Heights once the ban expired. Today, YIMBY has a look at the three-story apartment building rising at the corner of 21st Street.

70 Vestry Street. rendering by Noë & Associates with the Boundary

Robert A.M. Stern’s 70 Vestry Street Rises in Tribeca

4:00 pm on December 12, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

In the spring, YIMBY unveiled new renderings for 70 Vestry Street, the Robert A.M. Stern-designed condo project under construction by the West Side Highway in Tribeca. Now we have a construction update on the 14-story building, courtesy of prolific photographer Tectonic.

1802 Second Avenue in May 2016. image via Google Maps

24 Stories of Senior Housing Planned for 1802 Second Avenue on the Upper East Side

7:00 am on December 12, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Omega Healthcare has filed plans for a 24-story senior housing development at 1802 Second Avenue, on the corner of 93rd Street on the Upper East Side — just as the MTA gets ready to open the nearby 96th Street station of the Second Avenue subway.

114 Mulberry Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed for Seven-Story, Mixed-Use Building at 114 Mulberry Street, Little Italy

7:00 am on December 9, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Over the last three years, the parking lot at 114 Mulberry Street has become the centerpiece of the Little Italy Street Art Project, a collection of murals and installations that stretches along Mulberry from Canal to Broome streets. Now, like seemingly every other vacant property in lower Manhattan, it will soon be filled with apartments.

16 Charles Place, rendering by Karl Fischer Architect

Revealed: 16 Charles Place, Bushwick

4:00 pm on December 8, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Another one of Bushwick’s empty lots is becoming a new apartment building. YIMBY has the first look at the project at 16 Charles Place, a dead-end block off Myrtle Avenue that’s covered in murals.

Flushing Point Plaza, rendering by Angelo and Anthony Ng's Architects Studio

Permits Filed for 19-Story Hotel at Flushing Point Plaza, 131-02 40th Road

7:30 am on December 8, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

In September, YIMBY revealed renderings of Flushing Point Plaza, a three-building, 19-story development headed to 131-02 40th Road in western Flushing. Yesterday, plans were filed for a 19-story hotel, the third and final piece of the project.

Fortis Plans 17-Story and 15-Story Buildings on Long Island College Hospital Campus

4:00 pm on December 7, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

After years of controversial approvals and political wrangling, Fortis Property Group announced last month that they would forego a rezoning for the Long Island College Hospital campus in Cobble Hill and build a development where they don’t have to include affordable housing. Now the firm has filed plans for a 17-story, mixed-use building at 350 Hicks Street, on the western edge of the former state-owned hospital complex.

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