Amtrak and Vornado Realty Trust have recently completed the transformation of New York Penn Station‘s busiest entrance at Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street in Midtown, Manhattan, significantly enhancing accessibility and customer experience for the station’s 600,000 daily visitors.
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 3336 Hull Avenue in Norwood, The Bronx. Located between East 209th Street and East Gun Hill Road, the interior lot is within walking distance of the Norwood-205th Street subway station, serviced by the D train. Menacham Harfenes of MJH Construction Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 681 Dumont Avenue, a four-story residential building in East New York, Brooklyn. Designed by Best Engineering Tech Design Inc. and developed by Jeewan Itwarie, the structure yields six residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are two units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $84,446 to $198,250.
At number five on our Turkey Week rundown of stalled and on-hold projects is 3 West 29th Street, a planned 34-story skyscraper in NoMad. Originally designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and developed by HFZ Capital Group, the 551-foot-tall structure, dubbed “29th & 5th,” was expected to yield 600,000 square feet of office space, but work shut down after HFZ defaulted on the project. Vanbarton Group purchased the development in the ensuing foreclosure sale and retained Kohn Pedersen Fox to redesign the building, but progress has yet to materialize. The through-block property is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues adjacent to Marble Collegiate Church, and extends north to West 30th Street.
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced significant energy-efficient lighting upgrades for One World Trade Center, marking an important step in New York’s commitment to sustainability and energy conservation.
