Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 2911 Avenue D in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between East 29th Street and Nostrand Avenue, the lot is one block north of the Newkirk Av-Little Haiti subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Shlomy Zimmerman of Brightstone Property Management is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The 14th-tallest building on our year-end construction countdown is 98 Dekalb Avenue, a 610-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Rockrose Development, the 49-story structure will span 418,092 square feet and yield 609 residential units and 3,775 square feet of commercial space. The property is alternately addressed as 180 Ashland Place and located at the corner of DeKalb Avenue and Ashland Place.
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday voted to calendar the Breuer Building for consideration as both an individual and interior landmark, casting uncertainty on renovation plans for the Whitney Museum’s former home at 945 Madison Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The motion was spurred by last month’s announcement that auction house Sotheby’s had hired architects Herzog & de Meuron to reimagine the structure for its new global headquarters.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Bay NYC, an eight-story residential building at 2971 Shell Road in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Designed by Zproekt Architecture and developed by Rybak Development and Fouerti Realty, the structure yields 189 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 56 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $86,400 to $218,010.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 822 Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Located between Grand and Classon Avenues, the lot is closest to the Franklin Avenue subway station, served by the A, C, and S trains. Eugene Khody is listed as the owner behind the applications.
