High Line – Moynihan Connector Opens To The Public in Midtown West, Manhattan

Construction is finished on the High Line – Moynihan Connector, an L-shaped 600-foot-long extension of the 1.5-mile High Line linking the popular elevated green park with the five-building Manhattan West complex in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and James Corner Field Operations and developed in a public-private partnership between Empire State Development (ESD), Friends of the High Line, and Brookfield Properties, the $50 million project is composed of two ADA-accessible bridges that provide a safer and easier means of access to Moynihan Train Hall and Penn Station. Turner Construction Company was the general contractor for the walkway, which runs along West 30th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues and turns to the north at Dyer Avenue to connect to the elevated southwestern corner of the Manhattan West plaza above West 31st Street.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 325 Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 325 Gates Avenue, a six-story mixed-use building in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by ND Architecture and Design and developed by Renaissance Realty Group, the structure yields 48 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 15 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $72,138 to $198,250.

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