The affordable housing lottery has launched for 87-67 170th Street, an eight-story residential building in Jamaica, Queens. Designed by Angelo Ng & Anthony Ng Architect and developed by Mirza Rahman under the Kingston Property LLC, the structure yields 18 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are eight units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,703 to $168,320.
Permits have been filed for an 18-story mixed-use building at 1035 Atlantic Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Classon Avenue and Franklin Avenue, the lot is one block from the Franklin Avenue subway station, served by the C and S trains. Moses Karpen of Waterfront Property Management is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music (BSCAM) has opened at Monmouth University campus in Long Branch, New Jersey. Designed by COOKFOX, the two-story, 32,000-square-foot institution was built to preserve the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and celebrate the diverse history of American music. The $50 million project features a 240-seat theater, interactive experiences, gallery spaces with historic artifacts, research archives, a rehearsal studio, and a reading room. The property is addressed as 382 Cedar Avenue and located at the corner of Cedar and Norwood Avenues.
YIMBY visited two mid-rise residential buildings nearing completion in the Alphabet City section of Manhattan’s East Village. The properties are located on interior lots east of Avenue B, a short walk from Tompkins Square Park, and will yield a combined 16 units.
NYC Parks has completed a $2.4 million reconstruction of Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park in Unionport, The Bronx. Funded through the Community Parks Initiative, the project rebuilt the park at Ellis Avenue, Olmstead Avenue, and the Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road.
