A former nursing home campus at 123 Linden Boulevard in Flatbush may grow a 20-story residential building with community facilities. The developer has filed another round of building applications and dramatically scaled up the size of the project, which started out as a seven-story, 57-unit apartment building.
A rather sad little three-story storefront with apartments above it has been neglected for years at 1516 Fulton Street, on the corner of Throop Avenue and across the street from the entrance to the C train. But a new owner has taken over the site and plans to expand it to an eight-story apartment building.
As the clock ticks down to the state’s 421-a renewal deadline on June 15, developers are wondering how they’ll fare if condos no longer qualify for the tax abatement. Companies building lower cost apartments on the fringes of the city will likely be the hardest hit, since the tax break helps attract buyers to less desirable neighborhoods.
Last July, YIMBY brought you word of an unusual permit filing at 1580 Nostrand Avenue, in the Flatbush section of central Brooklyn. The application called for a 23-story, 241-foot-tall building, taking up most of the…
New York City has a long tradition of building towers around the edge of its parks, but the tradition isn’t as proud as it once was. NIMBYism has gripped the city, and even around Central Park –…