Orchard Beach Pavilion has reopened at Orchard Beach in The Bronx’s Pelham Bay Park following a $114 million reconstruction project. Designed by Marvel for NYC Parks and NYCEDC, the project involved the restoration of the landmarked 140,000-square-foot building, which was originally built in 1936 with Works Progress Administration funding and had been closed since 2009.
Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 64 Meserole Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Lorimer Street and Leonard Street, the lot is near the Broadway subway station, served by the G train and the Lorimer Street station, served by the J and M trains. Moshe Schwimmer of Meserole Lorimer Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is progressing on Thrive, a three-story residential building at 273 Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank, New Jersey. Designed by CPA Architecture and developed by non-profit Parents With A Plan, the 34,000-square-foot structure will yield 32 one-bedroom rental apartments for adults with autism, with five units dedicated to affordable housing. The project will also include a 923-square-foot office for the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services on the ground floor. The property is located at the corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Dr. James Parker Boulevard.
The Central Park Conservancy and NYC Parks are seeking Landmarks Preservation Commission approval for a new consolidated rules signage system across entrances to Central Park in Manhattan. The proposal, which will be presented at a public hearing on May 19, calls for the installation of permanent, standardized signs at all 54 park entrances, replacing a mix of existing and obsolete signage with a unified design intended to improve accessibility, visibility, and multilingual communication throughout the scenic landmark.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 1123 Myrtle Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Lewis Avenue and Broadway, the lot covers 1101-1123 Myrtle Avenue and is steps from the Myrtle Avenue subway station, served by the J, M, and Z trains. Yitzchok Schwartz of YS Developers LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
