On Wednesday, The Brooklyn Public Library and Fifth Avenue Committee celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Sunset Park Library and Apartments, an eight-story mixed-use building at 5108 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The first development of its kind, the project combines affordable housing with a public library in a new model for urban development that blends community services with housing needs.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 83-07 Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens. Located on a triangular site between Van Loon Street and 51st Avenue, the lot is near the Grand Avenue-Newtown subway station, serviced by the M and R trains. Steve Li of WWJ Group, is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a 19-story mixed-use building at 656 Lexington Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. Located at the intersection of East 55th Street and Lexington Avenue, the corner lot is near the Lexington Avenue/53 Street subway station, serviced by the E, F, and 6 trains. Sergey Rybak is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Work is nearing completion on 35-01 36th Avenue, a nine-story mixed-use building in Astoria, Queens. Designed by NDKazalas Architecture and developed by Stellar Management, the 140-foot-tall structure is expected to yield 57,049 square feet with 33,624 square feet of office space and 9,928 square feet for a ground-floor community facility. SMQ OZB 1LLC is listed as the owner and Armteck Construction Group is the general contractor for the property, which is located at the corner of 36th Avenue and 35th Street.
Permits have been filed for a ten-story mixed-use building at 443 East 165th Street in Morrisania, The Bronx. Located between Park and Washington Avenues, the lot is near the 167th Street subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Boris Babakhanov of Bolex GC Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
