Residential

1360 Purdy Street

Two Four-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Buildings Planned at 1360 Purdy Street, Parkchester

Long Island-based Galaxy Towers Apartment Inc. has filed applications for two four-story, eight-unit residential buildings at 1360-1364 Purdy Street, in the East Bronx’s Parkchester neighborhood (just outside the towers-in-a-park community that goes by the same name), located around the corner from the Castle Hill Avenue stop on the 6 train. From south to north, the buildings will each measure 8,213 and 6,654 square feet respectively. Residential units in the southern building should average 883 square feet apiece while units in the slightly smaller northern building should average 687 square feet, indicative of rental apartments. Pelham, N.Y.-based Michael DePasquale is the architect of record. The 50-foot-wide vacant has sat long vacant.

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3016 Brighton 5th Street

Four-Story, 16-Unit Residential Building Filed at 3016 Brighton 5th Street, Brighton Beach

Brooklyn-based Royal Builders Development has filed applications for a four-story, 16-unit residential building at 3016 Brighton 5th Street, in Brighton Beach, located a block from the Brighton Beach stop on the B/Q train. The structure will encompass 13,191 square feet, which means its units should average 824 square feet apiece. Amenities include off-site parking for 11 automobiles and a rooftop recreational space. Considering parking is included, the apartments may be condominiums. Douglas Pulaski’s Brooklyn-based Bricolage Designs is the architect of record. The 60-foot-wide assemblage consists of two two-story houses. Demolition permits were filed earlier this month to knock them down.

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Pier 6

City Moving Forward Without State on Two-Tower, 304-Unit Mixed-Income Residential Project at Pier 6, Brooklyn Heights

In March, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESD) withheld approval for the two-tower, mixed-income residential project at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, located in southern Brooklyn Heights. The city selected RAL Development and Oliver Realty Group, with ODA New York as the architect, to develop a 29-story, 192-unit condominium building and a 14-story, 147-unit mixed-use rental building with 117 below-market-rate apartments, a preschool, a 930-square-foot retail component, and 1,500-square-foot community facility. Now, the ESD is withdrawing from the project, entirely over concerns regarding ties between the developers and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio, Politico New York reports.

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