Shiraz Sanjana submitted a new building construction project for a 18-unit, 26,059-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 428 97th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on April 7, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 34-foot-tall, three-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01371177. The project is described in the filing as: Proposed…
Sandra Ferrier submitted a new building construction project for a 12-unit, 9,667-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 479 Herkimer Street in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on April 9, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 43-foot-tall, four-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01385132. The project is described in the filing as: new…
Zhi Xiang Lin submitted a new building construction project for a 7-unit, 7,374-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 73 Dikeman Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on April 7, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 53-foot-tall, five-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01380483. The project is described in the filing as:…
MK Improvement Group submitted a major alteration application for the redevelopment of three-unit, 3,515-square-foot residential building at 27-18 Newtown Avenue in Astoria, Queens, to a 40-foot-tall, four-story with eight dwelling units. The plan was filed on April 8, 2026, with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q01364944. The project is described in the filing as: proposed horizontal and vertical enlargement to…
The City Planning Commission officially adopted the Affordable Housing Fast Track Methodology Rule with a vote of 10-1 on April 13, 2026, establishing an expedited public review process for housing applications in the 12 community districts with the lowest rates of affordable housing production. While Chair Sideya Sherman and Vice-Chairman Kenneth Knuckles supported the rule, with Sherman calling it a “powerful tool to support fairer…
Guan Yu Li , as a member of 6418 8th Ave Realty LLC, is seeking a zoning map amendment to increase the size of a mostly built new-construction commercial building at 6418 8th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, citing greater potential size following the passage of City of Yes legislation. The applicant filed an Environmental Assessment Statement April 13, 2026, seeking to increase the gross…
Brooklyn Community Board 7 members pressured representatives for developer Watermark Capital Group to add more larger affordable units within the three-building, 214-unit residential project at 783 4th Avenue in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn. The project is in the middle of the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which requires a critical rezoning from a manufacturing designation to R8 and R7 to proceed, and it is…
Darion Vilajeti submitted a new building construction project for a 34-unit, 24,467-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 3498 Fort Independence Street in Kingsbridge Heights, Bronx. The plan was filed on April 8, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 86-foot-tall, six-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number X01378020. The project is described in the filing as:…
Hertzl Benyamini submitted a new building construction project for a 22-unit, 17,189-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 604 Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on April 9, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 61-foot-tall, six-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01353092. The project is described in the filing as:…
Stagg Group submitted a new building construction project for a 68-unit, 82,960-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 29-12 Hoyt Avenue South in Astoria, Queens. The plan was filed on May 11, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 94-foot-tall, nine-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q01395583. The project is described in the filing as: construction…
The Landmarks Preservation Commission approved plans by Lonicera Partners to construct an eight-foot cantilever over the building at 354 Bowery which is in the NoHo Historic District Extension. The cantilever is a feature of the developer’s proposed mixed-use condominium high rise at 56 Great Jones Street, which is just outside the historic district. The commission approved the project with an 8-to-1 vote at the public…
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission stopped short of approving TZ Capital‘s extensive master plan to redefine the retail base of 680 Madison Avenue, in Lenox Hill, opting instead to take “no action” on the application during a commission meeting on April 7, 2026, until the developer revises its approach to window openings, scale, and signage. The proposal, which seeks to govern the installation…
Melissa Bindra, principal of Vaya Development, in partnership with Comunilife, submitted a new building construction project for a 285-unit, 290,561-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 164-02 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. The plan was filed on April 6, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 285-foot-tall, 28-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number Q01367014. The project…
Rabsky Group filed two plans for a total of 197 units in Bedford Stuyvesant on adjacent parcels on a tax block. The parcel 1150 Broadway is outlined in red. The parcel 1164 Broadway is outlined in blue. In the larger, Rabsky Group submitted a new building construction project for a 99-unit, 92,821-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 1150 Broadway in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The plan was…
Phipps Houses submitted a new building construction project for a 327-unit, 339,616-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 105 Dinsmore Place in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on March 25, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 95-foot-tall, eleven-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01332121. The project is described in the filing as: construct…
Rogers Equities submitted a new building construction project for a 75-unit, 86,913-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 120 Court Street in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. The plan was filed on March 30, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 145-foot-tall, fourteen-story building and was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings under job number B01379434. The project is described in the filing as: Proposed…
Developers submitted new building and major alteration multifamily plans with the city’s Department of Buildings for 11,984 apartment units in New York City last month, the highest number in 12 years, a PincusCo analysis of DOB filings shows. The exact number of units planned in prior years is difficult to ascertain because some plans are filed with fewer units than are later built, some plans…
First Sigma, led by Jacob Orfali and Steven Orfali, filed a land-use application yesterday with the city to facilitate the development of a 354-unit, 39-story mixed-use tower at 1097 First Avenue, in the Upper East Side. The proposed project, located at the northwest corner of East 60th Street and First Avenue, seeks to replace a row of century-old buildings with a high-density tower totaling 316,312…
Dynamic Star submitted a new building construction project for a 329-unit, 368,469-square-foot residential (R-2) building at 360 West Fordham Road in University Heights, the Bronx, on a parcel called Fordham Landing South that is currently in bankruptcy. The plan with the New York City Department of Buildings was filed on March 25, 2026. It calls for the construction of a 369-foot-tall, 34-story building and was…
RXR Realty, in partnership with TF Cornerstone, submitted a new building construction project for a 2,240,997 square-foot mixed-use hotel, office and retail building at 175 Park Avenue in Grand Central, Manhattan. The plan was filed with the New York City Department of Buildings on March 25, 2026 under job number M01347992. It calls for the construction of a 95-story building. The project is described in…
