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Re-opening day for the McCarren Park pool, June 28, 2012

Murals Coming to McCarren Play Center Pavilion, Brooklyn

7:30 am on August 16, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

One of the city’s major public pool and park facilities will soon be getting a splash of new art. Come next month, two murals will be installed at the McCarren Play Center. That’s at 776…

Six-Story, Five-Unit Mixed-Use Building Planned at 888 Lorimer Street, Greenpoint

1:00 pm on August 10, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Philipp Haemmerle, doing business as an anonymous Financial District-based LLC, has filed applications for a six-story, five-unit mixed-use building at 888 Lorimer Street, in southern Greenpoint. The project will measure 12,488 square feet. It will contain 776 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, followed by full-floor residential units above. The top floor unit will feature space on an upper mezzanine level, as well as a roof deck. Across the building, the units should average 1,541 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. The ground floor will also contain space for a single automobile. Sanford M. Berger’s Great Neck, N.Y.-based S.M. Berger Architecture is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 3,900-square-foot property is currently vacant. The Nassau Avenue stop on the G train is around the corner.

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Planned at 198 Kingsland Avenue, Greenpoint

1:00 pm on August 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Manjula Mukhopadhyay, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 198 Kingsland Avenue, in southern Greenpoint. It will measure 4,973 square feet and its residential units should average 710 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. One of the apartments on the fourth floor will also feature space in an upper penthouse level. There will be a two-car parking garage on the ground floor. Michael Avramides’s Midtown East-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot property is currently vacant. The Nassau Avenue stop on the G train is located 10 blocks away.

Four-Story, Three-Unit Residential Building Planned at 108 India Street, Greenpoint

1:00 pm on August 2, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Idan Shitrit, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, three-unit residential building at 108 India Street, in Greenpoint. It will measure 6,890 square feet and its residential units should average 1,586 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. One apartment will be located on the ground and cellar levels, followed by a duplex apartment on parts of the second and third floors, and a triplex apartment spanning across the rest of the second and third floors in addition to the entire fourth floor. Murat Mutlu’s Midtown South-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot property is currently occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits haven’t been filed. The site is located three blocks from the Greenpoint Avenue stop on the G train.

Proposed restoration of 218 Guernsey Street (seen at left)

Landmarks Approves Restoration of 218 Guernsey Street, Greenpoint

8:00 am on July 5, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

A nearly 150-year-old residential structure in Brooklyn will soon get a facelift. The Landmarks Preservation Commission recently approved the restoration of 218 Guernsey Street, located at the corner of Oak Street in the Greenpoint Historic District.

Four-Story, 37,000-Square-Foot Manufacturing-Medical Building Filed at 325 Calyer Street, Greenpoint

10:00 am on June 30, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based property owner Anthony Wala has filed applications to expand the single-story manufacturing warehouse at 325 Calyer Street, in Greenpoint, into a four-story, 36,894-square-foot mixed-use commercial structure. Manufacturing space, making up 18,894 square feet, would be located on the ground, mezzanine, and second floors. Medical office space, totaling 18,000 square feet, would be located on the third and fourth floors. There would also be a 60-car garage on the ground floor. Jeffrey L. Kamen’s NoHo-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 18,894-square-foot, block-thru lot is located eight blocks from the Greenpoint Avenue stop on the G train. The filings come on the heels of plans for a six-story, car repair-office building at 305 Calyer Street.

Three-Story, Four-Unit Residential Project Planned at 278 Nassau Avenue, Greenpoint

11:00 am on June 20, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Wing Kuen Tsoi has filed applications for a three-story, four-unit residential building at 278 Nassau Avenue, in eastern Greenpoint. The structure will measure 4,974 square feet. Each floor will host a single unit plus part of the building’s fourth apartment. The fourth apartment will have a townhouse-style configuration and will span across parts of all three floors. The residential units should average 1,243.5 square feet apiece, which means condominiums are likely in the works. Ying H. Li’s Brooklyn-based City Building NY Architect is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot plot, located on the corner of Morgan Avenue, is currently occupied by a single-story commercial structure. The G train’s Nassau Avenue stop is 13 blocks away.

305 Calyer Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: Six-Story Auto Repair at 305 Calyer Street, Greenpoint

6:30 am on June 15, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Much of North Brooklyn’s manufacturing zone has become prime real estate for hotel developers, but the blocks where eastern Greenpoint bleeds into Williamsburg have remained stubbornly industrial, filled with factories, building supply companies, and the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. Now, we’ve spotted plans to build a commercial project that will fit in perfectly in a heavy industrial zone.

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Planned at 163 Newell Street, Greenpoint

4:00 pm on May 26, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Maria Stefaniak, doing business as an anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 163 Newell Street, in Greenpoint, located four blocks from the Nassau Avenue stop on the G train. The structure will measure 5,125 square feet, and its residential units should average 703 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. The ground-floor unit will feature a single-car garage, and the project will be topped by a roof terrace. Kenneth Philogene’s Brooklyn-based KMP Design & Engineering is the architect of record. The 25-foot-wide, 2,500-square-foot lot is currently occupied by a severely recessed two-story house. Demolition permits have not yet been filed.

Greenpoint Savings Bank building annex, 807 Manhattan Avenue, proposed condition

Landmarks Okays Residential Conversion at Greenpoint Savings Bank, 807 Manhattan Avenue

7:00 am on May 18, 2016 By Evan Bindelglass

On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a proposal to convert a piece of the Greenpoint Savings Bank site at 807 Manhattan Avenue to residential use. The site is also bound by Cayler Street and Lorimer Street and sits in the Greenpoint Historic District.

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