Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 869 East 175th Street in Tremont, The Bronx. Located between Mohegan Avenue and Waterloo Place, the lot is near the 174th Street subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Ardit Gocaj under the Illyricum Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen recently unveiled new renderings for Metropolitan Park, a 20-acre park on the former site of Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens. Designed in collaboration between SHoP Architects and Field Operations, the park is part of the 50-acre, $8 billion plan to transform the parking lots on the western side of Citi Field into a mixed-use casino and hotel complex. The development is bound by Shea Road to the north and west, Roosevelt Avenue to the south, and Citi Field, Seaver Way, and Mets Plaza to the east.
Exterior work is progressing on 2 Bushwick Avenue, a three-story commercial building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by ROART for EMC2 Bushwick LLC, which purchased the parcel for $2.2 million in 2014, the 12,655-square-foot structure will yield two levels of retail space and one level of office space. The property was formerly occupied by a gas station at the corner of Bushwick and Metropolitan Avenues. REAL New York is marketing the commercial space.
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into an eight-story mixed-use building at 1723 Boston Road in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Located between Crotona Park East and East 173rd Street, the lot is steps from the 174th Street subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Shimon Kleinman is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Demolition is complete at 85 4th Avenue, the site of a 13-story mixed-use building in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Designed by James Shannon of Strekte Corp. for Harry Einhorn under the 85 4th Avenue LLC, the 125-foot-tall structure will span 176,757 square feet and yield 193 rental units with an average scope of 647 square feet, as well as 5,415 square feet of commercial space, 1,996 square feet of community facility space, a cellar level, and 79 enclosed parking spaces. The property is located between St. Mark’s Place to the north and Warren Street to the south.
