Brooklyn

340 Flatbush Avenue Ext.

340 Flatbush Ave Ext. Revealed, Brooklyn’s First Supertall Skyscraper

Back in June of 2014, YIMBY reported on new building applications filed by JDS Development for a tower coming to 340 Flatbush Avenue Ext., on the southeastern edge of Downtown Brooklyn. Now, we have the first rendering and actual details for the SHoP-designed tower, which will rise 1,000 feet tall, claiming the title of New York City’s tallest building outside of Manhattan, and giving Brooklyn its first legitimate supertall skyscraper.

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185 Throop Avenue

Six-Story, 89-Unit Supportive Residential Building Planned At 185 Throop Avenue, Bed-Stuy

Comunilife and Woodhull Medical Center are planning to build a six-story, 89-unit all-affordable residential building at 185 Throop Avenue, at a vacant lot in northern Bedford-Stuyvesant where the medical center is also located. The building will include 53 apartments for people referred by Woodhull and 36 low-income residential units, according to DNAinfo. Brooklyn Community Board 3 recently approved the project, although applications have yet to be filed with the DOB.


5002 Second Avenue

Three-Story, 139,000 Square-Foot Self-Storage Facility Planned At 5002 Second Avenue, Sunset Park

Banner Development has filed applications for a three-story, 139,264 square-foot self-storage facility at 5002 Second Avenue, in Sunset Park, located two blocks in from the New York Harbor. The operational commercial space will span roughly 82,510 square feet in the building, and the basement floor will also be used for storage. Frank Relf, based on Long Island, is the architect of record, and an existing block-thru warehouse must first be demolished.



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