32 Fountain Avenue

Three-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Project Filed At 32 Fountain Avenue, East New York

6:00 am on November 4, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A Brooklyn-based property owner has filed applications for a three-story, seven-unit residential building at 32 Fountain Avenue, located on the northern end of East New York. The project will measure 6,840 square feet and its residential units should average 956 square feet apiece, indicative of apartments with family-sized configurations. Benjamin A. Leonardi’s Howard Beach-based Miele Associates is the architect of record. The 5,000-square-foot property is vacant. The Norwood Avenue stop on the J train is three blocks away.

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680 Baltic Street courtyard, rendering via SLCE Architects

165-Unit Mixed-Use Project To Have Larger Grocery Store, Deeper Affordability, 120 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope

12:00 pm on November 3, 2016 By Reid Wilson

After months of negotiations with the community, developer Avery Hall Investments has agreed to amendments to its two-building, mixed-use development planned at 120 Fifth Avenue, located on the corner of Baltic Street in Park Slope. When the plans were initially presented in February, YIMBY reported that the 196,000-square-foot project would include 165 residential units and 52,000 square feet of retail. Twenty-five percent, or 41 units, would rent at below-market rates through a lottery and 7,500 square feet of the retail space would be designated for a grocery store.

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814 Fifth Avneue

Four-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Filed At 814 Fifth Avenue, Greenwood Heights

11:00 am on November 3, 2016 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building at 814 Fifth Avenue, located at the corner of 33rd Street in Greenwood Heights. The project will measure 14,307 square feet and its residential units should average 990 square feet apiece. That means the apartments could be either rentals or condominiums. There will be a seven-car garage on the ground floor. Murat Mutlu’s Midtown South-based architecture firm is the architect of record. The 50-foot-wide, 5,016-square-foot site is occupied by two two-story townhouses. Demolition permit have not been filed. The 36th Street stop on the D, N, and R trains is three blocks away.

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