Crown Heights

Five-Story, Two-Unit Mixed-Use Project Filed At 728 Prospect Place, Crown Heights

2:00 pm on July 29, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Dafna Development Group has filed applications for a five-story, two-unit mixed-use building at the vacant lot of 728 Prospect Place, in western Crown Heights, equidistant from subways stations serviced by the 2/3/4/5 and A/C trains. The building will total 4,440 square feet in total, with 1,425 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Two duplex units will split the upper four levels, penthouse included. Suresh Manchanda’s L&C Associates is the architect of record.

Vacant Townhouse At 481 St Marks Avenue Getting Six-Unit Renovation, Crown Heights

11:00 am on July 21, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Danny Gazal, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications to renovate and expand the vacant four-story townhouse at 481 St Marks Avenue, in northwestern Crown Heights, six blocks from the Franklin Avenue stop on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains. A fifth-floor penthouse will be added up top, and six residential units — each averaging 930 square feet — will be sculpted out of the building. Philip Toscano is the architect of record.

608 Franklin Avenue, rendering by ODA Architecture

Tracking Large Developments and Affordable Housing in Crown Heights

8:00 pm on July 17, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Crown Heights has some of the fastest rising rents in all of Brooklyn. It’s gentrifying at a rate that merited two New York Times real estate section features in the last year, neither of which could resist mentioning riots that occurred 24 years ago. At the same time, new development is sweeping across the area, concentrated at the western edge between Washington and Nostrand Avenues.

906 Prospect Place, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 906 Prospect Place, Crown Heights

7:30 am on July 15, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Last fall, Brownstoner reported that developer Jeffrey Gershon had picked up a fairly large lot at 906 Prospect Place in Crown Heights for $3,500,000. Now he’s filed a new building application to erect a five-story condo building on the plot between New York and Brooklyn Avenues.

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Construction Update: 505 St Marks Avenue, Crown Heights

7:00 am on July 14, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Crown Heights’ newest big rental building is inching toward the finish line at 505 St Marks Avenue between Franklin and Classon Avenues.

Seven-Story, Seven-Unit Rental Building Filed At 786 Park Place, Crown Heights

11:00 am on July 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Eugene Khody, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a seven-story, seven-unit residential building at the 25-foot-wide vacant lot of 786 Park Place, in eastern Crown Heights, four blocks north of the Nostrand Av. stop on the 3 train. The building will measure just 4,865 square feet, which means units will likely be rentals, averaging 695 square feet. Richard Walsh, of Citiscape Consulting, is the applicant of record.

Eight-Story, 16-Unit Rental Building Filed At 876 Bergen Street, Crown Heights

12:15 pm on July 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Solomon Feder, head of Velocity Framers USA, has filed applications for an eight-story, 16-unit residential building at the vacant lot of 876 Bergen Street, in northwestern Crown Heights. Located five blocks south of the Franklin Avenue station on the A/C lines, the building will measure 10,846 square feet, which works out to units averaging a rental-sized 680 square feet. Asher Hershkowitz is the architect of record.

Eight-Family Residential Building Coming To 1709 Park Place, Crown Heights

1:00 pm on June 17, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Gaby Uziel has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at the vacant lot at 1709 Park Place, in eastern Crown Heights between Ralph and Howard avenues. The building will measure 5,600 square feet, and residential units will measure an average 700 square feet. Draft Master Engineering is the applicant is record.

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Revealed: 730 Franklin Avenue, Crown Heights

7:30 am on June 9, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Rents along Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights are heating up fast, and new residential construction is finally starting to catch up. YIMBY discovered this rendering on the fence at 730 Franklin Avenue, where a six-story apartment building is in the works.

Construction Update: 609 St Johns Place, Crown Heights

7:00 am on May 19, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

New buildings and alterations are sprouting on every underused plot near Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, and YIMBY noticed that this long-delayed revamp at 609 St Johns Place is finally nearing the finish line.

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