Williamsburg

543 Marcy Avenue, overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 543 Marcy Avenue

4:12 pm on August 12, 2014 By Stephen Smith

The area around the Marcy Houses, on the border of Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy, has for decades been a bit of a no-man’s-land. But with the rezoning of the Broadway Triangle for development – mainly targeted…

123-127 Boerum Street above the blue dot, overhead shot by Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 123-127 Boerum Street

6:30 am on August 11, 2014 By Stephen Smith

East Williamsburg was subject to heavy development pressure during the last market cycle, but the area’s semi-industrial pre-war building stock — as well as losses due to urban decline — means that there are still many buildable…

Northside Piers and its affordable component, a project on the Williamsburg waterfront that used the inclusionary housing program

Bigger Density Bonuses Needed for Inclusionary Housing Program to Succeed

3:00 pm on August 8, 2014 By John Petro

Mayor Bill de Blasio has a steep hill to climb. His plan to build 80,000 units of affordable housing over the next ten years is very ambitious, beyond what previous administrations have been able to accomplish…

Asymptote Architecture's rendering for the new Brooklyn Bridge Park tower

YIMBY Today: More LIC Rezoning, Journal Square Residential Development, More

1:00 pm on August 8, 2014 By Reid Wilson

5 Atlantic Avenue [DNAinfo New York]: Developer Brooklyn Bridge Park has received 14 unique proposals for their planned towers — roughly 31 and 15 stories — located at 5 Atlantic Avenue on Pier 6, in Brooklyn Heights….

401 Park Avenue, overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 401 Park Avenue, Satmar School

6:30 am on August 7, 2014 By Stephen Smith

What’s the one way to build a 200,000-square-foot building in northwestern Brooklyn without the NIMBYs even noticing? Make it a Hasidic school! On Wednesday, permits were filed for a five-story (plus cellar) new school at 401…

Revealed: 143 Meserole Street

6:00 am on July 30, 2014 By Stephen Smith

Work has begun at 143 Meserole Street, in East Williamsburg, and YIMBY has come across a few renderings of the future six-story condo building. It will house ten units with a single parking space on the ground floor,…

Permits Filed: 43 & 45 Maujer Streets

6:00 am on July 29, 2014 By Stephen Smith

Monday was a slow day at the Department of Buildings, and the most impressive filings came for twin apartment structures at 43 and 45 Maujer Street (which, YIMBY today learned, is pronounce ‘moy-jurr), in East Williamsburg. The…

Permits Filed: 262 Kent Avenue, Domino Sugar Factory Site A

2:40 pm on July 25, 2014 By Stephen Smith

Permits for 262 Kent Avenue, the northernmost site at Two Trees’ Domino Sugar Factory redevelopment, have been filed. The building will sit on Site A, between Kent Avenue and River Street, just north of Grand Street. As…

53 Grand Street, rendering courtesy of Investmates

Revealed: 53 Grand Street

6:00 am on July 23, 2014 By Stephen Smith

Earlier this month, YIMBY reported that building permits were filed for 53 Grand Street, a five-story residential building in Williamsburg. And today, we have a rendering. Investmates, the Williamsburg-based development outfit behind the project, has plans to erect a 7,800-square…

Revealed: ODA’s Revamped 190 South 1st Street

6:30 am on July 18, 2014 By Nikolai Fedak

The first renderings for Adam America’s 190 South 1st Street have been posted to the firm’s website, revealing the 13-story condominium development that will soon revitalize a forlorn corner of Williamsburg. Eran Chen of ODA…

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