21-16 44th Drive

Eight-Story Residential & Hotel Building Filed At 21-16 44th Drive, Long Island City

Early last year, crews demolished the single-story warehouse building at 21-16 44th Drive, in Long Island City, and then posted a mysterious rendering, but later removed it. It appears the site has changed hands now that The Court Square Blog spotted pre-filings for an eight-story mixed-use building by the developer Amsterdam Hospitality. Retail space will be located in the cellar and ground floors, and a 70-key hotel will span the building’s four lower stories. Above, there will be 29 apartments topped by a roof deck.

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2335 Bath Avenue

Three-Story, 12-Unit Residential Project Filed At 2335 Bath Avenue, Bath Beach

Sammy Aranbayev, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a three-story, 12-unit residential building at 2325-2335 Bath Avenue, in Bath Beach, six blocks from the D train’s Bay Parkway stop. The building will measure 13,170 square feet, which means units will average nearly 1,100 square feet. New Jersey-based Schneider Associates is the applicant of record, and the existing auto-body repair shop was filed for demolition in July.

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687 Flushing Avenue, photo by Christopher Bride for PropertyShark

Seven-Story Addition and Yeshiva Conversion Planned for 687 Flushing Avenue, Broadway Triangle

As the Rabsky Group plans to rezone an industrial swath of Williamsburg’s Broadway Triangle for a huge residential development, other landlords are converting the area’s commercial buildings to apartments and retail. Schlomo Landau has filed alteration applications to expand a two-story storefront at 687 Flushing Avenue to a nine-story apartment building.

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