1892 Belmont Avenue, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 1892 Belmont Avenue, Tremont, The Bronx

Permits have been filed for a seven-story community facility at 1892 Belmont Avenue, in The Bronx’s Tremont neighborhood. The site is ten blocks away from West Farms Square, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. The Tremont Train Station is eight blocks away, serviced by the Harlem line of Metro North. Paul Gjonaj of M.P. Realty Group will be responsible for the development.

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607, 611 Avenue I, via Google Maps

Permits Filed for 607, 611 Avenue I, Midwood, Brooklyn

Permits have been filed for two three-story residential buildings at 607, and 611 Avenue I, in Midwood, Brooklyn. The site is five blocks away from the Avenue I Subway Station, serviced by the F train. Ten blocks away is the Avenue H Subway Station, serviced by the Q train. SRDJ 895 O.P. Realty will be responsible for the development.

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Looking West towards 57th Street, from 257 East 57th Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Midtown Manhattan’s New Supertalls As Seen From 252 East 57th Street’s Penthouse

Earlier last week, YIMBY got the opportunity to see the mountainous Midtown neighborhood, the rising towers in Queens, and the Upper East Side from the penthouse of 252 East 57th Street. The full-floor apartment had two terraces on the Northwest and Southeast edges of the building, from which we were given an eye-to-eye look at several high-rises on the rise.

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