Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 222 North 8th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street, the lot is one block from the Bedford Avenue subway station, serviced by the L train. W Square, the development arm of WSQ Global, is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 57 South 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Wythe Avenue and South 6th Street, the lot is closest to the Marcy Avenue subway station, serviced by the J, M, and Z trains. Vision Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.
While construction is booming across the entirety of Williamsburg’s waterfront, one of the first mega-projects of this development cycle to wrap will be 420 Kent Avenue’s three residential towers. Totaling 857 units, the last two buildings are preparing for an imminent opening day. YIMBY sat down with the project’s developer Eliot Spitzer of Spitzer Enterprises to discuss the latest happenings at the ODA-designed site, the former governor’s plans for Hudson Yards, and the perils of potential population loss across the five boroughs.
Work on the foundation and retaining walls is underway at 302 Broadway in South Williamsburg, Brooklyn in preparation for a six-story mixed-use building. Designed by Brooklyn-based design firm PAUL and developed by Kazi Billah, the 26,070-square-foot project will stand 65 feet tall and contain 5,790 square feet of ground-floor retail space, 5,790 square feet of medical offices on the second floor, a 12-car garage on the third floor, and 24 units from the fourth to sixth floors.
Excavation work for the foundations of 159 Broadway in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is nearing completion. Excavators have extracted a large amount of dirt from the property, which sits directly next to the 144-year-old landmarked Williamsburgh Savings Bank. The 26-story mixed-use residential project, which is designed by Stonehill & Taylor Architects and developed by Cornell Realty Management LLC, will yield 133,340 square feet and stand 277 feet tall.