Articles by Stephen Smith

1288 East 19th Street, rendering via Hidrock

Revealed: 1288 East 19th Street

In much of the city, masonry fell out of favor generations ago, with buyers and renters instead preferring the clean lines and large windows of glassy modernism. But among Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews – whether they be ultra-Orthodox…

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137 Jamaica Avenue (empty lot plus low-rise buildings below), overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 137 Jamaica Avenue

East New York has emerged as the first neighborhood that’s likely to be considered for rezoning by the de Blasio administration. And while YIMBY contributor John Petro has written about what might be in store, a permit…

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568 Broome Street, site composed of the church above the blue dot and the walk-up to the left; overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 568 Broome Street

Earlier this year, an entity called SoHo Broome Condos LLC, with an address in the Agime Group’s offices, bought up two adjacent mid-block sites at 568-572 Broome Street – one the site of the old Our Lady of…

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123-127 Boerum Street above the blue dot, overhead shot by Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 123-127 Boerum Street

East Williamsburg was subject to heavy development pressure during the last market cycle, but the area’s semi-industrial pre-war building stock — as well as losses due to urban decline — means that there are still many buildable…

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