New Renderings Released For Riverwalk Heights At 430 Main Street on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan

8:00 am on June 28, 2024 By Michael Young

New renderings have been released for Riverwalk Heights, a 30-story residential building at 430 Main Street on Roosevelt Island. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Related Companies and The Hudson Companies, the 305-foot-tall structure will span 292,865 square feet and yield 253 market-rate rental apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts, with 104 units reserved for employees of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) across eight floors, as well as 3,700 square feet of ground-floor office space for the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. The building was formerly known as Riverwalk 9 and is the final and tallest component of the Riverwalk master plan, located along Main Street just east of the Riverwalk Commons green lawn.

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Sketch of new Morris Park Station, courtesy of New York City

City Planning Commission Approves Bronx Metro-North Station Area Plan

7:30 am on June 28, 2024 By Max Gillespie

The New York City Planning Commission recently voted in favor of the Bronx Metro-North Station Area Plan, which aims to bring nearly 7,500 new homes, including 1,900 permanently income-restricted units, and 10,000 jobs to areas around four new Metro-North stations coming to the East Bronx neighborhoods of Parkchester/Van Nest, Morris Park, Hunts Point, and Co-op City. The new Metro-North stations, expected to open in 2027, are planned to connect East Bronx residents to opportunities across the borough and region while reducing car usage.

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Housing Lottery Launches for 952 Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

7:00 am on June 28, 2024 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 952 Bedford Avenue, an eight-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Adam R. Taddonio and developed by Isaac Broyn under the 952 Bedford LLC, the structure yields 33 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are ten units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $70,903 to $218,010.

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