Jersey City officials, local community groups, and small business owners recently gathered to celebrate the commencement of a $6.7 million makeover of the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza. The plaza, or pedestrian mall, is located on Newark Avenue between Grove Street and Erie Street, and partially extends down Bay Street.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 200 Clifton Place, a four-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The 6,910-square-foot development is designed by Beam Architects and yields eight units. Available on NYC Housing Connect are three units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $93,052 to $167,570.
Permits have been filed for an 11-story Affordable Independent Residences for Seniors building at 2224 Cropsey Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Located between Bay Parkway and Bayview Place, the through lot is three blocks from the Bay Parkway subway station, serviced by the D train. Jay Zeldes under the Cropsey AIRS LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction has topped out on 227 West Street, a pair of 30- and 40-story residential towers in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by OMA with Beyer Blinder Belle as the architect of record and developed by Brookfield Property Partners and Park Tower Group, the 450- and 351-foot tall towers are part of the 22-acre Greenpoint Landing development along the East River. James Corner Field Operations is the landscape architect, DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the structural engineer, Thornton Tomasetti is the façade consultant, and Highbury Concrete is responsible for building the superstructures.
Construction is progressing at 21 Avenue B in Manhattan’s East Village. Designed by Gambino + LaPorta Architecture and developed by Terrence Lowenberg of Icon Realty Management, the project involves the combination of two existing multifamily rental property into a single structure and a two-story vertical addition.
