On Monday, city officials celebrated the opening of the Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center, a $141 million community facility at 3105 Farragut Place in the Little Haiti section of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Developed by the NYC Department of Design and Construction using the design-build method, the 74,000-square-foot center is expected to serve more than 41,000 residents living within a 15-minute walk or transit ride.
Permits have been filed for a 13-story mixed-use building at 767 East New York Avenue in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Troy Avenue and Schenectady Avenue, the interior lot is near the Crown Hts–Utica Avenue subway station, served by the 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains. Yonah Grunhut of Grun Group LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 717 Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located near the intersection of Walworth Street and Myrtle Avenue, the lot is within walking distance of the Myrtle-Willoughby Avenues subway station, served by the G train. Shloma Stuhl of Zev Zafir Inc. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is finishing up on 700 East 241st Street, an 11-story mixed-use building in Wakefield, The Bronx. Designed by Aufgang Architects and developed by Enclave Equities, the structure yields 416 rental units with an average scope of 916 square feet, including 255 permanently affordable apartments. The project also includes nearly 62,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, office space, a 17,000-square-foot community facility, and more than 100 enclosed parking spaces below grade for occupants and the public. The property is bounded by White Plains Road, East 241st Street, and Furman Avenue.
Permits have been filed for a three-story mixed-use building at 2625 Bedford Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Newkirk Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, the lot is near the Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Robert Fischman of WG Facility X. LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
