The new Brooklyn Heights Public Library at 286 Cadman Plaza West is now complete and open to the public. Located on the border of Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn, the 26,000-square-foot library is the second-largest branch of the Brooklyn Public Library System, after the Central Library Headquarters.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 601 West 29th Street, a 60-story mixed-use tower in Hudson Yards, Manhattan. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Douglaston Development, the building yields 938 residences, 50,000 square feet of amenity space, and 15,000 square feet of retail space. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 235 units for residents at 40 to 100 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $26,229 to $144,100.
Permits have been filed for a vertical and horizontal enlargement of a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 51 West 174th Street in Morris Heights, The Bronx. Located between Macombs Road and Grand Avenue, the lot is within walking distance of the 176th Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Yitzi Salamon is listed as the owner behind the applications.
New renderings released of The Green House in Long Island City show a prominent mural by local street artist Faile across the facade. Located at 10-25 Jackson Avenue between 50th and 51st Avenues in Queens, the new development by Charney Companies will comprise of 46 rental apartments, an expansive amenity package, ground-floor retail, and 40 parking spaces.
YIMBY went on a tour of Flatiron House, a two-tower residential development at 39 West 23rd Street in the Flatiron District. Designed by COOKFOX Architects for NYC-based real estate development firm Anbau Enterprises, the structure will yield 44 condominium units with sales and marketing led by Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. The taller portion of Flatiron House is called the Tower and features 37 one- to four-bedroom homes with an entrance on West 23rd Street, while the shorter annex is dubbed the Loft and comes with seven one- to five-bedroom residences and its own entrance to the north on 24th Street. Ryder Construction is the general contractor for the property, which is located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
