21-30 44th Drive

Eight-Story, 74-Unit Residential Building Filed At 21-30 44th Drive, Long Island City

Miguel Oks, of Greenpoint-based Planet Partners, has filed applications for an eight-story, 74-unit residential building at 21-30 44th Drive, in Long Island City, adjacent to subway stops for the E, M and 7 trains. Per The Court Square Blog, the building will measure 99,980 square feet in total, and units will average a condo-sized 1,350 square feet apiece. Aufgang Architects is designing. The former single-story warehouse building was demolished this past summer, although the three-story building at 21-42 44th Drive is also included in the assemblage.

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50-25 Barnett Avenue

10-Story, 220-Unit Affordable Residential Building Proposed At 50-25 Barnett Avenue, Sunnyside

Non-profit affordable housing developer Phipps Houses is now proposing a 10-story, 220-unit all-affordable residential building at 50-25 Barnett Avenue, in northern Sunnyside, five blocks south of the Northern Boulevard stop on the M and R subways. According to DNAinfo, a pre-k center is also planned, and units would cater to low, middle and moderate income families. An environmental review is currently underway on the project, which would be built on a vacant plot, and city approval is required, as the land would be rezoned. ULURP is expected to begin later this year.

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42 East 132nd Street

Revealed: 42 East 132nd Street, Harlem Mixed-Use Project

Harlem’s renaissance has accelerated in recent years, and large new developments are now seemingly rising all over the neighborhood, from the 125th Street corridor down to East River Plaza. But opportunities for small-scale infill remain in abundance, and YIMBY can now reveal one such project set to rise at 42 East 132nd Street, between Madison and Park, designed by Melamed Architect PC.

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Permits Filed: 25-Story Apartment Building at 198 East 135th Street, Mott Haven

Development is on fire in the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, but yesterday’s filings brought the largest ground-up project the neighborhood has seen in decades. Williamsburg-based builder Cheskel Schwimmer filed new building applications for a 25-story residential development at 198 East 135th Street, next the Major Deegan Expressway, the Park Avenue Bridge, and the Third Avenue Bridge.

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