Residential

130 Carroll Street

Four-Story, Three-Unit Residential Building Planned at 130 Carroll Street, Carroll Gardens

Property owner Mark Rechler, doing business as an anonymous Long Island City-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, three-unit residential building at 130 Carroll Street, in Carroll Gardens. The structure will measure 6,460 square feet and its residential units should average 1,557 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. A triplex apartment will be located on the cellar through second floors, followed by a duplex apartment on part of the second floor and the third floor. Another duplex apartment will be hosted on the fourth floor and an upper penthouse level. Long Island City-based Atelier New York Architecture is the architect of record. The 37-foot-wide, 3,650-square-foot plot consists of a vacant lot and a three-story townhouse at 128 Carroll Street. Demolition permits have yet to be filed.


151-01 17th Avenue

15 Two-Family Houses Coming to Vacant Plot at 151-01 17th Avenue, Whitestone, Queens

Floral Park, N.Y.-based Maddd Equities has filed applications for 15 two-family houses at the vacant plot of land bound by Murray Street, 17th Avenue, and 150th Place in Whitestone, Queens. The individual buildings, to stand two stories in height, will measure between 3,465 square feet to 4,470 square feet. Across the entire development, the full-floor apartments should average 1,316 square feet apiece, indicative of family-sized configurations. So far, filings have been submitted for the addresses of 16-03 – 16-11 Murray Street, 16-02 – 16-16 150th Place, and 151-01 – 151-25 17th Avenue. Roslyn, N.Y.-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record. The land is currently being used as a parking lot, probably for the St. Luke’s School across the street.


14th Street in Palisades Park

17-Story, 154-Unit Residential Tower Proposed at End of 14th Street, Palisades Park, New Jersey

The Texas-based Limestone Hills Corporation is proposing a 17-story, 154-unit residential tower in the Bergen County, New Jersey borough of Palisades Park. It would be located in between the two current section of 14th Street. The developer is currently seeking a variance from the borough’s Zoning Board to build a tower six stories taller than currently allowed, NorthJersey.com reports. The proposed project would include one- and two-bedroom apartments and a 165-car, six-level parking garage, three levels of which would be underground. There would also be a surface parking lot along 14th Street. The 6.5-acre site was acquired for $1.8 million in 2011 via a bankruptcy court order. The swath of land is currently approved for an eight-story, 64-unit residential building. The plans are expected to be presented to the board this week.


A packed house listens during DCP's meeting on the Bay Street corridor rezoning.

Staten Island’s North Shore Fights Building Heights and Parking for Rezoning on Bay Street

Staten Island has long been the city’s slowest-growing borough, but the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio is pushing it to develop more housing. Last Wednesday, the Department of City Planning organized a public forum on the mayor’s plan to rezone Bay Street, an industrial swath of Staten Island’s north shore, in order to encourage new apartments and retail.

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