407 Ocean View Avenue

Four-Story, Six-Unit Residential Building Planned At 407 Ocean View Avenue, Brighton Beach

Leonid Berlinkov, doing business as an LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, six-unit residential building at 407 Ocean View Avenue, in Brighton Beach, two blocks away from the Brighton Beach stop on the B and Q lines. The building will total 4,246 square feet, which means units will average a rental-sized 708 square feet apiece, although the residence on the fourth floor will also include a fifth-floor penthouse. Coney Island-based Zarina Ross’s Arcon Studio is the applicant of record, and permits were filed to demolish the existing single-story house in April.

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220 Central Park South

Construction Update: 220 Central Park South Rising Quickly, 217 West 57th Almost Above Street Level

Earlier this week, we posted photos of work at 217 West 57th Street as viewed from the street level, and now we have a fresh set of overhead shots from reader Andrew McKeon, featuring both 220 Central Park South and 217 West 57th Street. And when comparing with the last set of similar shots from February, progress has been very significant.

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650 Metropolitan Avenue, rendering by Domo Architecture

Revealed: 650 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg

Last week, Andres Azpurua’s Onsite Project Consulting filed plans for a little condo project at 650 Metropolitan Avenue, a block from the Lorimer Street L stop in Williamsburg. Now we have a rendering for the six-story development that will rise between Leonard Street and Manhattan Avenue.

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29-28 Newtown Avenue

Five-Story, Nine-Unit Residential Building Planned At 29-28 Newtown Avenue, Astoria

John Kivotidis, head of Kivo Realty, has filed applications for a five-story, nine-unit residential building at 29-28 Newtown Avenue, in central Astoria, two blocks from the N and Q trains’ stop at 30th Avenue. The building will total 6,388 square feet, which means units will average a rental-sized 710 square feet apiece. Sugnam Chang’s Bensonhurst-based Basic Groups Corp. is the applicant of record, and an existing single-story building must first be demolished.

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