542 West 153rd Street [Harlem+Bespoke]: Excavation is currently underway at the site of Synapse Capital’s planned seven-story, 34-unit residential building spanning the lots 542-548 West 153rd Street, in Hamilton Heights. The building is set to achieve Passive…
In the New Lots subsection of East New York, plans have been filed to construct a series of four-story apartment buildings with a total of 67 apartments. If built, the project would hold some of the…
Back in August of 2011, the first permits were filed for a new community facility at 2085 Ocean Parkway, technically located in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood (but right across the street from Gravesend). There, the…
In the heart of the residential section of East Williamsburg, at 245 Manhattan Avenue, a new project is under construction, with work reaching the second floor of what will soon be a five-story apartment building. It…
In the early 20th century, after the Tenement House Act of 1901 was passed, the new law tenement emerged as the dominant building form in Upper Manhattan. Whereas an old law tenement could be built on a…
