Earlier today, an application was filed with the Department of Buildings for a new seven-story mixed-use building at 42-76 Main Street, south of downtown Flushing, in Queens. The site is currently home to the Good Fortune…
The northern neighborhoods of the Bronx are normally the sole province of market-rate builders, with developers building subsidized housing preferring the large, liberally zoned lots of the South Bronx. But if a large enough chunk of land presents…
On the eastern side of Kent Avenue just north of the Williamsburg Bridge, 333 Kent Avenue attracted attention several years ago when Brownstoner reported the existing mansion sold for $5 million in early 2012. When the building…
The plan to convert a landmark former Upper West Side church into condominiums is still a no-go at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, though there is now really only one sticking point – the proposed windows on the east side of the building. The building in question is the former First Church of Christ, Scientist of New York City at 361 Central Park West (a.k.a. 1 West 96th Street). The original structure was completed by Carrére & Hastings in 1903.
When we last left the subject of 807 Park Avenue and the proposal for a new 12-story building there, there was no quorum at the Landmarks Preservation Commission. However, it did seem like those who…
