Brownsville

Five-Story, Seven-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed At 25 Legion Street, Brownsville

2:00 pm on March 2, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Moisey Suleymanov, doing business as Queens-based M&C Organization Inc., has filed applications for a five-story, seven-unit mixed-use building at 25 Legion Street, in Brownsville, located seven blocks from the Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road stop on the 3 train. The new building will encompass 12,000 square feet and will include 3,212 square feet of commercial-retail space on the ground floor. There will be two units per floor on floors two through four and a single unit on the top level. The apartment units should average a family-sized 1,017 square feet apiece and the project will be topped by a roof deck. Brooklyn-based Dmytro Chornobryvets is the architect of record. An existing two-story brick rowhouse must first be demolished.

802 Howard Avenue, image via Google Maps

Market-Rate Housing Planned for 802 Howard Avenue in Brownsville

6:30 am on January 13, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

As the city prepares to rezone a big swath of East New York, officials haven’t paid much attention to Brownsville, the smaller and poorer neighborhood next door. Despite Brownsville’s rough reputation, developers have started buying up property in the area.

Homes at Glenmore Gardens in East New York, built in 2007 through Bloomberg's New Foundations program. photo via LTL Architects

City’s Plan to Subsidize Townhomes in East New York Leaves Locals Out of the Equation

5:15 pm on November 20, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last year, the de Blasio administration rolled out a program designed to encourage developers to build one- to four-family homes on small city-owned lots. Now the city has filed plans to develop townhouses on 16 vacant properties in East New York, Ocean Hill and Brownsville.

Four-Story, 10,000 Square-Foot Community Office Building Filed At 410 Mother Gaston Boulevard, Brownsville

3:30 pm on November 3, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Lazar Feygin, operating as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 9,760 square-foot community facility building at 410 Mother Gaston Boulevard, in Brownsville, six blocks from the L train’s stop at Sutter Avenue. The building will have office space on all floors, although it’s not known who the tenant(s) will be. Nicholas Scire-Chianetta’s Gravesend-based NSC Architecture is the architect of record, and the site’s two-story commercial predecessor was demolished this past summer.

Permits Filed: Commercial Conversion at 1797 Pitkin Avenue, Brownsville

6:00 pm on October 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

An attractive, early 20th century bank building has sat vacant at the corner of Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville for a few years, a neglected architectural gem near one of the neighborhood’s sprawling housing projects. But last time YIMBY passed by the building at 1797 Pitkin Avenue, someone had started doing work on the ground floor. Now we know why: a nursing home company has filed plans to convert the commercial building into a community facility.

326 Junius Street in October 2014, image via Google Maps

Hotel Conversion Planned for Factory at 326 Junius Street, Brownsville

7:00 am on August 6, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The attractive five-story factory at 326 Junius Street in Brownsville has been a boxing gym, a community center, and a church. And now, alteration applications have been filed to convert the 1920s building at the corner of Blake Avenue into a 114-key hotel.

2414a Atlantic Avenue, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 2414A Atlantic Avenue, Ocean Hill

5:14 pm on July 23, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

In the borderlands between East New York, Brownsville and Ocean Hill, one developer is planning supportive housing on an industrial block that the city plans to rezone for residential. New building applications were filed today for a six-story development at 2414a Atlantic Avenue, between Sackman Street and East New York Avenue.

Four-Story, 10-Family Building Filed At 1815 Eastern Parkway, Brownsville

12:30 pm on July 13, 2015 By Reid Wilson

On the vacant triangular lot at 1815 Eastern Parkway, in northern Brownsville, Mayer Meisels has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building, four blocks from either the Rockaway Av. stop on the C train and the East New York LIRR station. The building will measure 9,720 square feet, which means units will average 972 square feet. Kenneth Thomas is the applicant of record.

23-Unit Market Rate Project Planned at 110 Thatford Avenue, Brownsville

5:00 pm on June 17, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Market-rate construction isn’t hard to find in eastern Crown Heights and Ocean Hill, but it’s still pretty unusual a few blocks south in Brownsville, where the neighborhood’s reputation tends to scare off investors.

Twin Three-Story, Three-Family Buildings Planned for Vacant Brownsville Lots at 2315-2317 Pacific Street

3:00 pm on April 14, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Linwood Homes Inc. has filed applications for two three-story, three-unit residential buildings on two vacant lots at 2315-2317 Pacific Street, in northern Brownsville.

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