Articles by Reid Wilson

Two-Building, Five-Unit Residential Redevelopment Coming to 61-49 56th Avenue, Maspeth

2:00 pm on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In Maspeth, Midtown South-based Shimon Properties has filed applications to build a three-story, three-unit residential building at 61-47 56th Avenue, and to redevelop the two-story, single-family house at 61-49 56th Avenue into a two-family apartment. The ground-up building will measure 4,011 square feet, while the existing one is being expanded by 269 square feet. Across both, the full-floor residential units should average 908 square feet apiece. David Nagan’s Fresh Meadows, N.Y.-based King David Architecture is the architect of record. The 51-foot-wide, 5,049-square-foot lot is solely occupied by the two-story house. The site is located immeadiately off Exit 18 on the Long Island Expressway/Queens Midtown Expressway.

Seven-Story, 15-Unit Residential Building Filed at 1721 West 6th Street, Gravesend

1:00 pm on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Rong Wu, head of Brooklyn-based The Style Development LLC, has filed applications for a seven-story, 15-unit residential building at 1721 West 6th Street, in northern Gravesend. The structure will encompass 17,976 square feet and its residential units should average 901 square feet apiece. It’s not known if the apartments will be rentals or condominiums. Amenities include a 12-car parking garage on the ground and cellar levels, and a rooftop recreational area. Harry Hong’s Chinatown-based H2 Consulting is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide, 4,000-square-foot plot is currently occupied by the partially demolished remains of a single-story structure. Permits were filed in March to remove the remnants. The Kings Highway stop on the N train is located three blocks away.

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Rising at 173 Morningside Avenue, Harlem

11:00 am on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A four-story, eight-unit residential building under construction at 173 Morningside Avenue, located between West 126th and 127th streets in Harlem, is now three stories above street level. The progress can be seen in a photo posted by Harlem+Bespoke. The structure will eventually measure 5,625 square feet and its residential units should average 562.5 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Each floor of the structure will host two apartments. Floral Park, N.Y.-based property owner Tony Kohan is the developer, and Roslyn, N.Y.-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record. The project is rising on a 25-foot-wide, 1,875-square-foot plot which is able to accommodate, 7,500 square feet of residential development. In other words, once complete, the property will retain 3,000 square feet of air rights. Completion can probably be expected closer to 2017.

Three-Story, 18,800-Square-Foot Mausoleum Coming to St. Michael’s Cemetery, Woodside

10:00 am on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

St. Michael’s Cemetery, established in 1852 and located at 72-02 Astoria Boulevard in northern Woodside, has filed applications for a three-story, 39-foot-tall mausoleum at 23-25 49th Street. The new 18,859-square-foot structure will rise on a vacant 87,281-square-foot swath of land just south of the cemetery’s entrance. Portland, O.R.-based AVI Pradhan Architecture is the architect of record. The new mausoleum would be the cemetery’s tenth. St. Michael’s Cemetery encompasses roughly 88 acres on the land bound by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway in western Queens.

World Trade Center’s Liberty Park Opens Today in the Financial District

6:30 am on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The World Trade Center’s Liberty Park is now receiving its finishing touches for its grand opening today. The Financial District’s new, one-acre public park is 25 feet above street level and measures 336 feet along Liberty Street between West and Greenwich streets. It will feature 19 planters, a half-dozen species of plants, seating made out of recycled teak, and a 300-foot-long “Living Wall” of greenery along its northern base. Pictures of it ahead of its opening can be seen in a New York Times report. It will be open to all from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day. Aecom’s Joseph E. Brown is the landscape architect, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is behind the project. The Santiago Calatrava-designed St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church can also be seen taking shape on the site’s eastern end. That portion of the project is expected to be complete in 2017. YIMBY last brought you an update on Liberty Park when construction was in its final phases in May.

17.5-Acre Berry Lane Park Opens to the Public in Jersey City

6:00 am on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Mayor Steven Fulop, with the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency (JCRA) and other officials, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday for the 17.5-acre Berry Lane Park, located in the Bergen-Lafayette section of Jersey City. It is the both the city’s largest municipal park and the first new one in decades. The public park is the site of a former brownfield property bound by Garfield Avenue to the west, NJ Transit’s rail tracks to the south, and Woodward Street to the east. It features two basketball courts, two tennis courts, a baseball diamond, a soccer field, bike paths, and two plazas (one with a splash pad). Over 600 new trees have also been planted. The Department of Recreation is in charge of hosting community events and games in the park. The site once consisted of abandoned and underutilized industrial properties, although the city demolished many of the structures, then remediated and graded the land by 2014. Multiple concrete silos were preserved and utilized for the splash pond. Berry Lane Park is right across the street from NJ Transit’s Garfield Avenue Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station.

110-Key Hotel Conversion Planned at 92-32 Union Hall Street, Jamaica

4:00 pm on June 28, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Stefan Solakiewicz, doing business as a New Jersey-based LLC, has filed applications to convert the six-story, 55,000-square-foot office building at 92-32 Union Hall Street, in Downtown Jamaica, into a 110-key hotel. The structure will remain the same size, featuring 52,241 square feet of commercial space, although the property boasts 24,500 square feet of air rights. The ground floor will host the hotel’s lobby as well as an unspecified amount of retail space. The hotel rooms will be located on the second through sixth floors, with 22 units per floor. Chelsea-based C3D Architecture is the architect of record. The building is located three blocks from the Jamaica Center-Parsons/Architect Station on the E, J, and Z trains. The property was acquired for $1.1 million in 2013.

Two Eight-Story, 12-Unit Residential Buildings Filed At 1525 Bryant Avenue, Longwood

3:00 pm on June 28, 2016 By Reid Wilson

East Harlem-based Morrison Zhu Goodman Realty Group has filed applications for two eight-story, 12-unit residential buildings at 1525-1527 Bryant Avenue, in the West Bronx’s Longwood section. Each of them will measure 14,325 square feet, and across both, their residential units should average 715 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Amenities include bicycle storage, laundry facilities, recreational rooms, and rooftop terraces. Midtown South-based Node Engineering & Consulting is the applicant of record. The 50-foot-wide, 5,000-square-foot plot consists of a vacant plot and a two-story townhouse, for which demolition permits were filed in May. The developer is in the process of subdividing the site into two tax lots. The Freeman Street stop on the 2 and 5 trains is located five blocks away.

Three Three-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming to 342 Manhattan Street, Tottenville, Staten Island

2:00 pm on June 28, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Staten Island-based Oak Developers has filed applications for three three-story, two-family houses at 334-342 Manhattan Street, in Tottenville, located on the western tip of Staten Island’s South Shore. Each will measure 3,831 square feet, with one unit hosted on the ground floor and the second spanning across the second and third floors. Across all three structures, units should average a family-sized 1,241 square feet apiece. The houses will also each come with three off-street parking spots, one of which will be housed in a small garage. Joseph M. Morace’s Staten Island-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 125-foot-wide, 12,500-square-foot plot was occupied by a two-story, single-family house until it was demolished in February.

Four-Story, Four-Unit Residential Building Planned at 1423 45th Street, Borough Park

1:00 pm on June 28, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Yacov Levine has filed applications for a four-story, four-unit residential building at 1423 45th Street, in the heart of Borough Park. The structure will measure 4,336 square feet, which means its full-floor residential units should average 1,084 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. Peter Gee’s South Slope-based Gee 2000 Architect is the architect of record. The 20-foot-wide, 2,004-square-foot plot is currently occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits have not yet been filed. The site is located four blocks from the Fort Hamilton Parkway stop on the D train.

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