Infrastructure

Construction Underway On DeKalb and Lafayette Avenue Bus And Bike Redesign In Brooklyn

7:00 am on November 6, 2026 By Max Gillespie

Construction is underway on a paired redesign of DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues, two parallel corridors running from Downtown Brooklyn to Broadway at the Bedford-Stuyvesant border. Announced November 5, the project will install 2.7 miles of new offset and curbside bus lanes, protected bike lanes, and pedestrian safety upgrades along DeKalb Avenue between Broadway and Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Avenue between Ashland Place and Patchen Avenue.

$10 Million Granted for Floyd Bennett Field Hangar Redevelopment In Marine Park, Brooklyn

7:30 am on November 5, 2026 By Max Gillespie

Governor Kathy Hochul announced $10 million in state funding this week for the restoration and mixed-use reactivation of Hangars 3 and 4, a pair of historic prewar hangars at Floyd Bennett Field in Marine Park, Brooklyn. Designed by LTL Architects and led by the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy in partnership with the National Park Service, the project will restore the structures and repurpose their interiors for community, commercial, and educational use.

New Sidewalk Shed Designs By PAU Unveiled At 280 Broadway In Civic Center, Manhattan

7:30 am on November 4, 2026 By Max Gillespie

Two prototype sidewalk sheds have been installed outside the New York City Department of Buildings headquarters at 280 Broadway in Civic Center, Manhattan. Designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) and developed with structural partner LERA Consulting Structural Engineers, the Baseline Shed and Speed Shed mark the first time either PAU design has appeared on a New York City sidewalk. The installations were unveiled on October 19, when Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the DOB announced that the number of sidewalk sheds across the five boroughs has declined by approximately 1,200 since January, a reduction of more than 15 percent.

Building for Tomorrow is Better for Business Today

8:00 am on October 28, 2026 By Vanessa Londono

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has launched the seventh round of its Buildings of Excellence Competition, making $20 million available to developers of high-performance multifamily housing across New York State. Individual projects can receive awards of up to $1.5 million, with funding aimed at developments that reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, and demonstrate the financial viability of sustainable construction.

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Construction Begins On Recirculation Project In Central Park, Manhattan

7:00 am on October 28, 2026 By Max Gillespie

Construction has begun on the North End Recirculation Project, a $35.7 million stormwater infrastructure project in northern Central Park, Manhattan. The Central Park Conservancy is leading the project in partnership with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and NYC Parks, with eDesign Dynamics leading design of the recirculation system. The project will connect the Pool, the Loch, and the Harlem Meer to reduce flooding in Harlem and East Harlem while conserving the city’s drinking water supply. The North End Recirculation Project’s anticipated completion date is slated for fall 2028.

MTA Announces Design Award for Hudson Line Resilience Project

7:00 am on September 28, 2026 By Max Gillespie

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has awarded a $19.7 million contract for the design phase of a resilience project to protect the Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson Line from the effects of climate change. The work will fortify the line against future stormwater runoff, tidal floods, and other risks between Spuyten Duyvil, The Bronx, and Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County. The design phase will be carried out as a joint venture between STV and WSP.

Battery Park City Resiliency Project Reaches Completion In Battery Park City, Manhattan

7:30 am on September 27, 2026 By Max Gillespie

Construction is finished on the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project, a $221 million coastal flood protection system in Battery Park City, Manhattan. Designed by AECOM with a pavilion by Thomas Phifer and Partners and developed by the Battery Park City Authority in partnership with The Battery Conservancy, the project spans from the Museum of Jewish Heritage through Wagner Park, across Pier A Plaza, and along the northern border of the historic Battery. The system integrates open and buried floodwalls, deployable flip-up gates, upgraded storm drainage, and a storm-water retention cistern beneath an elevated landscape.

Dyer Avenue Deck-Over Progresses for PABT Redevelopment in Midtown West, Manhattan

8:00 am on September 22, 2026 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Construction is continuing on the deck-over of Dyer Avenue for the redevelopment of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by Lord Norman Foster of Foster + Partners and Epstein (A. Epstein and Sons International) as a joint venture for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the $10 billion master plan will replace the 74-year-old, 2.1-million-square-foot structure with a modern, higher capacity terminal to better serve its hundreds of thousands of daily commuters. The property spans two city blocks between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and West 40th and 42nd Streets.

Protected Bike Lane Added To Updated Park Avenue Redesign In Midtown East, Manhattan

7:30 am on September 19, 2026 By Max Gillespie

An updated design has been unveiled for the redesign an 11-block streetscape transformation of Park Avenue spanning East 46th to East 57th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Led by the New York City Department of Transportation and designed by Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, in collaboration with Thornton Tomasetti and TYLin, the project will expand the avenue’s medians, add pedestrian space, seating, and landscaping, and convert an existing southbound vehicle travel lane into a two-way protected bike lane. The revised plan would remove one travel lane in each direction and repurpose one additional southbound lane for the protected bike lane, while new crosswalks will connect the medians along the corridor. The project area sits directly above the Grand Central Terminal train shed, between Grand Central Terminal and the foot of East 57th Street.

New Renderings Revealed For Interborough Express In Brooklyn And Queens

7:30 am on September 17, 2026 By Max Gillespie

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has revealed new renderings for the Interborough Express, a new light rail line connecting Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, Queens. The $5.5 billion light rail line will span 14 miles from the Brooklyn Army Terminal to Roosevelt Avenue, yielding 18 fully accessible stations with connections to 17 subway lines, 51 bus routes, and the Long Island Rail Road. The project is projected to serve 160,000 daily riders, more than any light rail system currently operating in the United States, and shorten travel times for more than 900,000 residents and 260,000 workers near the corridor.

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