YIMBY recently visited the Melrose section of the South Bronx, where two new all-affordable residential buildings and a charter school are under construction. All three properties are within walking distance of the 3rd Avenue–149th Street subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains.
Permits have been filed for a seven-story mixed-use building at 2074 McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Located between Avenue S and Kings Highway, the lot is steps from the Kings Highway subway station, served by the F train. Joel Landau of Emerald Developers is listed as the owner behind the applications, as well as the adjacent ten-story new development at 2080 McDonald Avenue.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 2616 Harway Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Located between 26th Avenue and Bay 43rd Street, the lot is near the Bay 50th Street subway station, served by the D train. Toby Eng is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is closing in on completion on 500 East 81st Street, an 11-story residential building in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by S20M and Zproekt Architecture and developed by Rybak Development, the 100-foot-tall structure will span 37,378 square feet and yield ten condominium units. The project will also include a parking garage and ground-floor retail space. The 3,104-square-foot property is located at the southeast corner of York Avenue and East 81st Street.
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 152 Newton Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Located at McGuinness Boulevard, the lot is near the Nassau Avenue subway station, served by the G train. Rotem Cohen of OnPoint Development NYC LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
