Ocean Hill

Two Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Buildings Filed At 1600 Eastern Parkway, Ocean Hill

10:00 am on February 8, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based Isaac Stern, doing business as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for two four-story, eight-unit residential buildings at 1598-1600 Eastern Parkway, in southern Ocean Hill, located nine blocks south of the Rockaway Avenue Station on the A and C trains. Each one will measure 7,620 square feet in total, and they will have a combined total of 12,382 square feet of residential space. That means units will average 774 square feet apiece, although the top two units in each structure will be larger because those will have access to fifth-floor penthouses. Hudson Valley-based Kenneth Thomas is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide lot has been long-vacant.

Reveal For Three-Story, 27,000 Square-Foot Fire Station At 1815 Sterling Place, Ocean Hill

6:00 am on February 1, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In the fall of 2015, YIMBY reported on applications filed by the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) for the Rescue 2 firehouse, a new three-story, 27,114-square-foot fire station planned at 1815 Sterling Place, in Ocean Hill. Dezeen has revealed renderings of the building, being designed by Studio Gang Architects. The exterior will be clad in precast concrete panels and red-glazed terra cotta. The facility will include dormitories, a kitchen and dining area, office and storage space, a gym, and third-floor will feature outdoor space. Fire training will also occur at the site. The city has reportedly approved the project, and construction will begin this summer. Completion is expected in late 2017.

Four-Story, Six-Unit Residential Building Filed At 916 Herkimer Street, Ocean Hill

11:00 am on January 14, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Jamaica-based BTML Development Corp. has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit residential building at 916 Herkimer Street, in Ocean Hill, located two blocks from the Ralph Avenue stop on the C train. The project will measure 6,574 square feet in its entirety and will have 4,487 square feet in residential space, which means units will average 748 square feet apiece. A fifth-floor penthouse is also part of the plan. Forest Hills-based ARC Architecture + Design Studio is the architect of record. The existing two-story townhouse was recently filed for demolition.

Permits Filed: 48 Somers Street, Ocean Hill

7:00 am on January 8, 2016 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Ocean Hill, the triangular neighborhood just west of Broadway Junction in Brooklyn, has become the final frontier for developers priced out of Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights. Builders pick up decrepit row houses or empty lots in the area, and put up rentals that are generally cheaper than Stuyvesant Heights to the west.

Two Four-Story, Multi-Family Residential Buildings Filed At 766 Macon Street, Ocean Hill

4:00 pm on December 22, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Thomas Mulzac, doing business as a Brooklyn-based LLC, has filed applications for two four-story, multi-unit residential buildings at 766-768 Macon Street, in Ocean Hill, located three blocks from the Halsey Street stop on the J train. Each one will measure 4,983 square feet each, although one will contain four units and the other will have five units. Across the entire development, units will average 1,107 square feet apiece, which means both rentals or condos may be in the works. Michael McCaw’s Brooklyn-based McCaw Michael Ivanhoe Architect is the architect of record.

15 Somers Street, photo by Christopher Bride for PropertyShark

Boaz Gilad Heads Out to Ocean Hill: 15 Somers Street

7:00 am on December 9, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

Boaz Gilad’s Brookland Capital is developing projects from Williamsburg to Flatbush, but now they’re venturing out to the edge of gentrified Brooklyn with a six-story development in Ocean Hill, in eastern Bed-Stuy. New building applications surfaced earlier today for the building at 15 Somers Street, right next to Fulton Street and the Rockaway Avenue stop on the C train.

Six-Story Affordable Residential Buildings Rising At 1676 & 1700 Broadway, Ocean Hill

4:00 pm on December 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Towards the end of last summer, foundation work was underway for a six-story, 79-unit affordable residential building at 1700 Broadway, in Ocean Hill, a block from the Chauncey Street stop on the J and C trains. Now, the structure is five stories above street level, per Brownstoner, and another six-story, 55-unit affordable building by the same developers is four stories up a block to the north, at 1676 Broadway. All units will be rented at well below-market rates and 7,200 square feet of ground-floor retail space is planned. Services for the Underserved and Alembic Community Development are developing, while Peter Woll is the architect. Completion is expected in early 2016.

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 Stories, Eight Residential Units Planned At 152 Sackman Street/2441 Dean Street, Ocean Hill

2:30 pm on October 30, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Yair Bohadana, operating as an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for two four-story, four-unit residential buildings at 152 Sackman Street and 2441 Dean Street, in Ocean Hill, located five blocks south of the J, Z, L, A, and C trains, as well as the East New York LIRR station. Combined, the buildings will total 6,166 square feet, which means units will average a rental-sized 771 square feet. Bakhtiar Shamloo’s Kew Gardens-based Tabriz Group Design is the architect of record, and the site’s two-story predecessor was demolished by the HDP in 2005.

20,000 Square-Foot Fire House Planned At 1815 Sterling Place, Ocean Hill

3:30 pm on October 2, 2015 By Reid Wilson

The New York City Fire Department has filed applications for a two-story, 19,082 square-foot facility at 1815 Sterling Place, in Ocean Hill. The building will stand 46 feet tall, boasting very high ceilings for the ground-floor fire house. The facility will include offices, storage, a kitchen, dormitories, and fitness and training rooms, per the Schedule A. The facility is associated with the multi-building Prospect Plaza residential development, located on the same and surrounding blocks. As for the fire house, Jeanne Gang’s Chicago-based Studio Gang Architects is designing.

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