1204 St. Marks Avenue

Five-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Coming To 1204 St. Marks Avenue, Crown Heights

Rego Park-based East Coast Realty has filed applications for a five-story, 10-unit residential building at 1204 St. Marks Avenue, in eastern Crown Heights, six blocks in either direction to the A/C or 3/4/5 trains’ stop at Utica Avenue. The building will measure a total 6,346 square feet, with units averaging a rental-sized 635 square feet apiece; two units will share part of the fifth floor and a sixth-floor penthouse. Woody Chen’s Infocus Design & Planning is the applicant of record, and a two-story townhouse, acquired for $640,000 in June, must first be demolished.

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672 Halsey Street

19 Residential Units Under Construction At 668-672 Halsey Street, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Late last year, a four-story, eight-unit residential building topped-out at 672 Halsey Street, in eastern Bedford-Stuyvesant, and now, Brownstoner reports the façade as wrapped up. To the right at 670 Halsey Street, a four-story, seven-unit building has also recently topped out. Black Pearl Holding LLC is developing those two properties. Adjacent to No. 670, construction has not yet begun on Tomer Erlich’s planned four-story, four-unit building at 668 Halsey Street. Jamaica-based Banji Awosika Architect is the architect of record for all three developments.

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501 East 74th Street

Exterior Construction Wraps Up on 20-Story, 82-Unit Rental Building At 501 East 74th Street, Upper East Side

Last summer, YIMBY revealed renderings for Benjamin Ohebshalom’s planned 20-story, 82-unit rental building at 501 East 74th Street, on the Upper East Side, and then YIMBY reported the structure’s topping out last February. Now, per DNAinfo, the façade is being installed, and move-ins are expected this November. The building is being dubbed The Rose Modern, and leasing is expected to kick off next month. The Stephen B. Jacobs Group is the project’s architect.

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