Permits Filed for 1460 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush Ditmas Park, Brooklyn

Permits were recently filed for a new seven-story mixed-use building at 1460 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Neil Myers of JFrankl Associates is listed as the applicant of record while Expediting 4U is listed as the filing representative. Guy Iber of Threefold is listed as the owner of the property. The site is located north of the Flatbush Avenue subway station that serves the 2 train, while the B and Q train can be found to the west at the Newkirk Plaza and Avenue H subway station.

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Hudson Yards’ Shops, Restaurants, and Thomas Heatherwick’s Iconic Sculpture Officially Open To The Public

At noon today, New York’s newest neighborhood will ceremonially open for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions—the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas Heatherwick’s interactive sculpture Vessel—will welcome the crowds that have watched patiently from afar as the project’s soaring, glass-sheathed towers have transformed the skyline. Elkus Manfredi Architects is the designer of the seven-story retail center, of which Neiman Marcus is the anchor tenant. The city’s largest indoor shopping mall with more than 100 stores, it features 720,000 leasable square feet with nearly 85 percent of the space already occupied.

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Permits Filed For 459 61st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for a new four-story mixed-use residential building at 549 61st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. City Building NY Architect P.C. is listed as the applicant of record and the filing representative. The new structure will be made with a steel frame and yield just over 5,400 square feet of newly built space. The property is located between Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue and is less than five minutes away from the N and R train at 59 Street Station. Leif Ericson Park is about a five-minute walk to the south beyond the elevated I-278 Belt Parkway.

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Permits Filed For 735 Fenimore Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn

Permits were recently filed for a new four-story residential building at 735 Fenimore Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The site is located between Troy Avenue and Albany Avenue. The two closest subway stations are the Sterling Street and Winthrop Street on the 2 and 5 train, while the 2, 3, and 4 train at Utica Avenue and Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road subway stops are nearby to the east. Gerald Caliendo of Gerald Caliendo Architect is the designer and listed as the applicant of record and the filing representative. 737 Development, LLC is listed as the owner of the property.

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