Housing Lottery Launches for Throop Corners in Brooklyn’s Broadway Triangle

By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for Throop Corners, an eight-story residential building at 88 Throop Avenue in the Broadway Triangle neighborhood of Brooklyn. Designed by Marvel Architects and developed by Mega Contracting and a development collective referred to as Unified Neighborhood Partners, the structure yields 140 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 125 units for residents at 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $21,566 to $173,920.

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The Brook Tops Out At 589 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn

By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction has topped out on The Brook, a 51-story residential skyscraper at 589 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by Witkoff Group and Apollo Global Management, the 575-foot-tall structure will span 557,973 square feet and yield 591 rental units with an average scope of 827 square feet, with 30 percent of the inventory reserved for affordable housing, as well as 68,693 square feet of retail space, a cellar level, and two floors of recreational and sports amenities. Bonetti Kozerski is the interior designer and Suffolk Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is bound by DeKalb Avenue to the north, Fulton Street to the south, Flatbush Avenue diagonally to the east, and Bond Street to the west.

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Construction Nears Topping Out At 98 Dekalb Avenue in Fort Greene, Brooklyn

By Michael Young

Construction is on the verge of topping out on 98 Dekalb Avenue, a 610-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Rockrose Development, the 49-story structure will span 418,092 square feet and yield 609 residential units and 3,775 square feet of commercial space. The property is alternately addressed as 180 Ashland Place and located at the corner of Dekalb Avenue and Ashland Place.

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Photograph of Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, via nyc.gov

New York City Designates Frederick Douglass Memorial Park As a Landmark In Oakwood Heights, Staten Island

By Max Gillespie

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission have announced the designation of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Park in Oakwood Heights, Staten Island, as an individual landmark. Opened in 1935, the park is the only existing non-sectarian cemetery founded by and for New York City’s Black community.

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