1435 60th Street

Twin Three-Story, Three-Unit Residential Buildings Coming to 1435 60th Street, Borough Park

10:00 am on August 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner David Shtern, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for twin three-story, three-unit residential buildings at 1435-1437 60th Street, in southern Borough Park. Each will measure 4,949 square feet. Across both, their full-floor residential units should average a family-sized 1,200 square feet apiece. Both of the ground-floor units will also feature space in the cellar level. Jose Lockhart’s Brooklyn-based Tecnico Engineering is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide, 4,006-square-foot assemblage is currently vacant. The New Utrecht Avenue/62nd Street stop on the D and N trains is three blocks away.

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520 Park Avenue

54-Story Residential Tower Approaches 30th Floor at 520 Park Avenue, Upper East Side

8:00 am on August 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The 54-story, 33-unit luxury residential tower under development at 520 Park Avenue (the tower is technically at 45 East 60th Street), on the southern end of the Upper East Side, is now roughly 30 stories tall. Limestone and windows are also now beginning to encapsulate all sides of the tower. The latest update comes as new photos of the project were posted to the YIMBY Forums. The building will eventually encompass 251,892 square feet and stand 780 feet above street level, per the latest permits.

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481 East 21st Street

Four-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Planned at 481 East 21st Street, Flatbush

6:30 am on August 24, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Shaya Labin, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building at 481 East 21st Street, in Flatbush. The project will measure 10,970 square feet and its residential units should average 933 square feet apiece, which means either condominiums or rentals could be in the works. Some of the apartments will also feature space either in the cellar or on an upper penthouse level. Michael Avramides’s Midtown East-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 40-foot-wide, 3,200-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a two-and-a-half-story house. Demolition permits haven’t been filed. The Cortelyou Road stop on the Q train is seven blocks away.

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