Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into an eight-story mixed-use building at 3060 3rd Avenue in Melrose, The Bronx. Located at the intersection of East 157th Street and 3rd Avenue, the lot is closest to the 3rd Avenue-149th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Lipa Engel is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Water’s Edge, a seven-story residential building at 5 Stuyvesant Place in Saint George, Staten Island. Designed by Issac & Stern Architects and developed by Brooklyn B Company Group, the structure yields 77 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 23 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $82,115 to $218,010.
Exterior work continues on 240 Willoughby Street, a 30-story residential building in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by Fischer Rasmussen Whitefield Architects and developed by Rabsky Group, which purchased the property for $95 million in 2019, the structure will yield 300 rental units with 147 dedicated to affordable housing. 240 Willoughby LLC is the owner of the property, which directly abuts an existing 21-story apartment building that is simultaneously undergoing extensive renovations. The development is bound by Willoughby Street to the north, the Brooklyn Hospital Center to the south, Fort Greene Park to the east, and Ashland Place to the west.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Bridge Rockaway Apartments, a pair of six- and seven-story mixed-use towers at 203 Newport Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by Think! Architecture and Design and developed by Mega Development, nonprofit industrial developer Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center, and The Bridge, the structure yields 174 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 86 units for residents at 30 to 70 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $24,480 to $134,820.
