Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 860 Longwood Avenue in Longwood, The Bronx. Located between Prospect Avenue and Hewitt Place, the lot is steps from the Prospect Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Scully Company is listed as the owner behind the applications.
As New York City simmers in some of the year’s hottest weeks, the city’s construction and real estate markets remain equally hot. The second quarter of the year, which spans the period from April through June, registered a total of 1,077 new building permits filed with the city’s Department of Buildings. As such, Q2 2024 counts the second-highest number of new permit filings since YIMBY began its tally at the start of the decade and continues the strong trend established in the two preceding quarters, which now count the first- and third-highest permit filing totals. The 14,795 filed-for residential and hotel units also make for one of the highest quarterly counts of the decade, as do the 21.5 million filed-for square feet of new building floor area. YIMBY has meticulously vetted each of the thousand-plus new building permits submitted to the city in the second quarter and compiled a series of charts and analyses that look at emergent overarching trends.
State of Play Hospitality group has signed a lease to open Flight Club, a technology-enabled darts gaming facility, at 31 Union Square West in Flatiron, Manhattan. This will be the group’s first venue in Manhattan, and its ninth lease for the Flight Club brand in North America. The location will be a global flagship for the brand.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 597 Grand Street, a nine-story mixed-use building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Designed by NY Building Associates and developed by Yitzchok Katz of Developing NY State, the structure yields 185 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 56 units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $63,155 to $218,010.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 709 East 216th Street in Olinville, The Bronx. Located between Barnes Avenue and White Plains Road, the lot is near the 219th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Gjergj Bujaj is listed as the owner behind the applications.
