Construction is now underway at 515 Blake Avenue, a large parcel of land in East New York that will eventually support 255 affordable housing units. The HELP ONE project will yield a mix of supportive housing and low-income apartments, and is among Brooklyn’s largest affordable housing projects announced this year.
Permits have been filed for a 20-story mixed-use building with affordable housing at 147-27 Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. Located between 147th Place and 148th Street, the lot is one block from the Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue-JFK Airport subway station, serviced by the E, J, and Z trains. Meyer Chetrit under the 88th Avenue Owner LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 1818 Prospect Avenue in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Located between East 175th Street and East 176th Street, the interior lot is closest to the 174th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Moses Freund of The Vaja Group is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is approaching topping out on Calyer Place, a 40-story residential tower in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The master plan is being done by Cooper Robertson & Partners and SLCE Architects is the designer of the buildings. M&H Realty LLC is the developer of the 439-foot-tall tower will be joined by another 40-story structure and a pair of 19- and 14-story buildings. In total, the development will yield 1 million square feet with around 700,000 square feet of residential space spread across 700 apartments, as well as 10,000 square feet of commercial space, 7,160 square feet for unspecified community facility use, and over 600 parking spaces. The entire project is expected to cost $500 million. The land was once home to the historic Greenpoint Terminal Market, which suffered a ten-alarm fire in the mid-2000s and was demolished in 2017.
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and the Jersey City Parks Coalition have revealed plans to expand the city’s Fairmount Square Park to create a new outdoor destination for Bergen-Lafayette residents. The expansion was made possible by the acquisition of an auto body storage lot, which cost the city $275,000.
