287 Maple Street

13 Residential Units Across Two Buildings Planned at 287 Maple Street, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Brooklyn-based JCS Realty Group has filed applications for two four-story, multi-family residential buildings at 287 Maple Street, in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. One of the buildings will measure 5,797 square feet and contain seven residential units, while the second will measure 5,240 square feet and contain six units. Across both, the apartments should average 673 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. Diego Aguilera’s Rego Park-based firm is the architect of record. The 4,000-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits were filed in December.

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606 Quincy Street

Five Residential Units Coming to Two Buildings at 606 Quincy Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Floral Park, N.Y.-based Metropolitan Homes has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 606 Quincy Street, located at the corner of Lewis Avenue in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The ground-up building will measure 4,788 square feet and will rise on the vacant portion of the 3,248-square-foot property. The site is also home to a dilapidated two-story townhouse at 236 Lewis Avenue. That structure will be converted into two apartments by the same developer. Across both buildings, the five total apartments should average 1,107 square feet apiece. Shahriar Afshari’s Rosyln, N.Y.-based firm is the architect of record.

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The latest proposal for 11-19 Jane Street, by Sir David Chipperfield

Revised Design for New West Village Residential Building at 11-19 Jane Street Fails to Gain Landmarks Approval

It was nearly seven months ago that the Landmarks Preservation Commission first heard a proposal to construct a six-story apartment building where a two-story garage building currently sits in the West Village. That process was met with opposition from the public and failed to gain approval from the LPC. The process for deciding the future of 11-19 Jane Street continued on Tuesday, but again with no resolution.

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