As the de Blasio administration pushes forward with its plan to build 80,000 units of affordable housing, more filings have surfaced for city-owned vacant lots, like this one at 54-15 101st in Corona, not far from Flushing Meadows Park. New building applications have been filed to erect an eight-story senior housing development there, between Lewis and Martense Avenues.
Jian Hui Chen, doing business as an LLC, has filed applications for two two-family residential buildings at 71-73 Dahlgren Place, in southern Bay Ridge, adjacent to the Gowanus Expressway. Each building will measure 2,800 square feet, which means the full-floor units will average a spacious 1,400 square feet apiece. Theeshiun Ken’s Borough Park-based Basic Group Consulting is the applicant of record, and the site’s two-story townhouse predecessors were demolished in 2014.
Hollis, Queens-based US Premier Builders has filed applications for two two-family residential buildings at 923-935 East 222nd Street, in northern Williamsbridge, located five blocks from the 219th Street stop on the 2 and 5 trains. Each building will measure 2,400 square feet and stand three stories. In each building, one unit will be located on the ground floor while the second spans the upper two levels, and the units will average over 1,000 square feet apiece. Reza Khamcy’s Great Neck-based Icon Engineering is the applicant of record.
Property owner David Berman, head of Klacken Corp., has filed applications for seven two-family residential buildings spanning 10-36 Wandel Avenue, in Fox Hills, located in northeastern Staten Island. The entire development will measure 17,448 square feet in residential space, and units will average 1,246 square feet, although buildings and units will vary in size. Each building will stand three stories and require significant excavation work, and permits for retaining walls have already been filed. Staten Island-based Ryan & Vaccaro Architects is the architect of record, and additional houses may possibly lack filings.
Property owner Sean Coyne has filed applications for a four-story, two-unit residential building at 1549 St. Lawrence Avenue, just south of Van Nest, located four blocks from the East 180th Street stop on the 2 and 5 trains. The building will measure just 2,673 square feet, and a single unit will be located on the ground floor, while the second will span the second and third floors; the fourth floor will house an enclosed terrace. Nikola Martinovic’s Hell’s Kitchen-based INM Architects is designing, and the lot is currently vacant.
