15-22 Murray Street

Twin Two-Story, Two-Family Houses Coming to 15-22 Murray Street, Whitestone

Whitestone-based FMC Equities has filed applications for twin two-story, two-family houses at 15-22 and 15-24 Murray Street, in Whitestone. The new buildings will measure 3,162 square feet each. Across both, the apartments should average 874 square feet apiece and will be able to accommodate families. There will be a total of four off-street parking spaces, two of which will be located in the cellars of the buildings. Whitestone-based Platonic Solids Architecture is the architect of record. The 7,000-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits were filed earlier this month.

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819 Lexington Avenue

Five-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Planned at 819 Lexington Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

East Coast Realty has filed applications for a five-story, 10-unit residential building at 819 Lexington Avenue, located on the eastern end of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The project will measure 10,466 square feet and its residential units should average 748 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. Forest Hills-based ARC Architecture + Design Studio is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot lot is occupied by a single-story warehouse. Demolition permits have not been filed at this time.

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40 Crown Street and 931 Carroll Street. image via DCP

First Look at Two-Building, 518-Unit Development Planned for Crown Heights

For two years, Cornell Realty has been trying to develop two former commercial laundry facilities in southern Crown Heights into residential towers with more than 500 apartments. Now the firm’s plan to rezone those properties is inching through the public review process, and YIMBY has a glimpse of what the project will look like, thanks to documents filed with the Department of City Planning.

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Site Cleared for Seven-Story, Mixed-Use Complex at 37-21 32nd Street in Dutch Kills, Long Island City

A seven-story development is slated to rise at 37-21 32nd Street in Dutch Kills, in northeast Long Island City. The mixed-use project is one of several that are rapidly transforming the former industrial neighborhood. The 105,394-square-foot structure would occupy almost the entirety of the through-block lot, which stretches northwest-southeast between 32nd and 33rd streets.

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