462 Madison Street

Four-Story, Seven-Unit Residential Building Coming To 462 Madison Street, Bed-Stuy

Infinity Properties has filed applications for a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 462 Madison Street, in central Bedford-Stuyvesant, located eight blocks north of the C train’s Throop Avenue stop. The building will measure 4,984 square feet, and units will average 712 square feet. The prolific Gerald Caliendo, based in Queens, is the architect of record, and the lot is currently vacant.


The Henry McCaddin Memorial Building at 288 Berry Street

Permits Filed: 321 Wythe Avenue, 19-Story Church Redevelopment, Williamsburg

Last month, DNAinfo reported that the struggling Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Williamsburg had leased its large property to Watermark Capital, and the agreement had some unusual stipulations, banning “activities associated with abortion, birth control, euthanasia, stem-cell research or pornography.” Now plans have been filed to erect a 19-story apartment building at 321 Wythe Avenue, on the western half of the through-block church property.

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1771 Weeks Avenue

10-Story, 18-Unit Residential Project Planned At 1771 Weeks Avenue, Mount Hope

Lorenzo De Vardo, operating under an LLC, has filed applications for a 10-story, 18-unit residential building at 1771 Weeks Avenue, in Mount Hope, two blocks east of the B and D trains’ stop at 175th Street and Grand Concourse. The building will measure 19,512 square feet, boasting relatively large average units of 1,084 square feet apiece. Reza Khamcy’s Great Neck-based Icon Engineering is the applicant of record, and permits were filed in July to demolish an existing two-story structure.


577 Third Avenue, photo by Christopher Bride for Property Shark

Permits Filed: 577 Third Avenue, Gowanus

Robert Moses irrevocably altered Sunset Park when he ran the Gowanus Expressway down Third Avenue, turning a once-vibrant commercial corridor into a forlorn industrial area covered by a steel and concrete highway. But just a few blocks north in Gowanus, some prewar charm remains in between the auto repair shops and fast food joints.

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