BRONX: 2437 Esplanade: An LLC has filed applications for a two-story, two-unit residential building measuring nearly 2,800 square feet at the vacant lot of 2437 Esplanade, in Pelham Gardens. BROOKLYN: 309 Van Siclen Avenue: Filed early last…
Back in January, Crain’s New York featured an article on “the baron of bland buildings,” aka Gene Kaufman. In the piece, the architect can be seen next to two different building models, one of which YIMBY has…
With demand for storing humans in New York far outpacing demand for storing cars, parking garages throughout Manhattan are being converted into dwellings. One such project is located at 24 Leonard Street, between West Broadway and…
Through a combination of history and privilege, Brooklyn Heights has ensconced itself in a near complete NIMBY shield. The bulk of the neighborhood, the residential part, became one of the city’s first historic districts in 1965, just…
Earlier today, an application was filed with the Department of Buildings for a new seven-story mixed-use building at 42-76 Main Street, south of downtown Flushing, in Queens. The site is currently home to the Good Fortune…
