61-49 56th Avenue

Two-Building, Five-Unit Residential Redevelopment Coming to 61-49 56th Avenue, Maspeth

2:00 pm on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

In Maspeth, Midtown South-based Shimon Properties has filed applications to build a three-story, three-unit residential building at 61-47 56th Avenue, and to redevelop the two-story, single-family house at 61-49 56th Avenue into a two-family apartment. The ground-up building will measure 4,011 square feet, while the existing one is being expanded by 269 square feet. Across both, the full-floor residential units should average 908 square feet apiece. David Nagan’s Fresh Meadows, N.Y.-based King David Architecture is the architect of record. The 51-foot-wide, 5,049-square-foot lot is solely occupied by the two-story house. The site is located immeadiately off Exit 18 on the Long Island Expressway/Queens Midtown Expressway.

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1721 West 6th Street

Seven-Story, 15-Unit Residential Building Filed at 1721 West 6th Street, Gravesend

1:00 pm on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Property owner Rong Wu, head of Brooklyn-based The Style Development LLC, has filed applications for a seven-story, 15-unit residential building at 1721 West 6th Street, in northern Gravesend. The structure will encompass 17,976 square feet and its residential units should average 901 square feet apiece. It’s not known if the apartments will be rentals or condominiums. Amenities include a 12-car parking garage on the ground and cellar levels, and a rooftop recreational area. Harry Hong’s Chinatown-based H2 Consulting is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide, 4,000-square-foot plot is currently occupied by the partially demolished remains of a single-story structure. Permits were filed in March to remove the remnants. The Kings Highway stop on the N train is located three blocks away.

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173 Morningside Avenue

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Rising at 173 Morningside Avenue, Harlem

11:00 am on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

A four-story, eight-unit residential building under construction at 173 Morningside Avenue, located between West 126th and 127th streets in Harlem, is now three stories above street level. The progress can be seen in a photo posted by Harlem+Bespoke. The structure will eventually measure 5,625 square feet and its residential units should average 562.5 square feet apiece, indicative of rental apartments. Each floor of the structure will host two apartments. Floral Park, N.Y.-based property owner Tony Kohan is the developer, and Roslyn, N.Y.-based Shahriar Afshari is the applicant of record. The project is rising on a 25-foot-wide, 1,875-square-foot plot which is able to accommodate, 7,500 square feet of residential development. In other words, once complete, the property will retain 3,000 square feet of air rights. Completion can probably be expected closer to 2017.

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23-25 49th Street

Three-Story, 18,800-Square-Foot Mausoleum Coming to St. Michael’s Cemetery, Woodside

10:00 am on June 29, 2016 By Reid Wilson

St. Michael’s Cemetery, established in 1852 and located at 72-02 Astoria Boulevard in northern Woodside, has filed applications for a three-story, 39-foot-tall mausoleum at 23-25 49th Street. The new 18,859-square-foot structure will rise on a vacant 87,281-square-foot swath of land just south of the cemetery’s entrance. Portland, O.R.-based AVI Pradhan Architecture is the architect of record. The new mausoleum would be the cemetery’s tenth. St. Michael’s Cemetery encompasses roughly 88 acres on the land bound by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway in western Queens.

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