By New York YIMBY | Michael Young | 9/16/2025 8:00 AM
Construction is wrapping up on 3 St. Mark’s Place, an eight-story commercial building in Manhattan’s East Village. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the structure will yield 53,000 square feet of office space, 7,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a cellar level, and three wraparound terraces on the fifth, eighth, and roof levels. The property is alternately addressed as 23-25 Third Avenue and is located at the corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark’s Place. ... Read full Story
Following up on yesterday's rundown of low-rise residential construction in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, YIMBY now takes a look at several more sites further inland in the neighborhood. The following five properties are all located east of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in close proximity of the Lorimer Street subway station, which is served by the L train. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/16/2025 7:01 AM
A proposal has been submitted to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) for alterations to 636 Sixth Avenue in the Ladies' Mile Historic District in Flatiron, Manhattan. Led by Health Center, Inc. with architecture and design services provided by Gensler, the proposal seeks approval for updates to the building’s storefront and entryways. The property is located between West 19th and 20th Streets. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a six-story residential building at 2320 Belmont Avenue in Belmont, The Bronx. Located between East 183rd Street and Crescent Avenue, the lot is near the 182nd-183rd Streets subway station, served by the B and D trains. Kristian Saljanin is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Architectural Digest is out with its list of the best places to live in the US -- cruising past large cities and focusing in their more spacious suburbs. ... Read full Story
The disgraced comedian quietly listed his long-held residence at 18 E. 71st St. for a $29 million sum -- and it's not the only home he has in foreclosure. ... Read full Story
The coastal 8-acre estate in Cape Elizabeth, which Davis called "Witch Way," is where she and actor Gary Merrill raised their children. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Michael Young | 9/15/2025 8:01 AM
Construction is wrapping up on the first phase of Williamsburg Wharf, a 3.75-acre mixed-use development on the South Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. Developed by Naftali Group and Access Industries and designed by Brandon Haw Architecture, COOKFOX Architects, Rockwell Group, and Hill West Architects, the two-phase masterplan will yield five 22-story residential towers and nearly 1 million square feet of residential, commercial, and retail space. The entire project will yield a total of 850 condominium and rental units and will include a public esplanade stretching 525 feet along the East River. The mixed-use development is bounded by South 10th Street to the north, Division Avenue to the south, Kent Avenue to the east, and Wallabout Channel to the west. ... Read full Story
Amid the large-scale projects rising along the Williamsburg, Brooklyn waterfront are a host of smaller residential developments continuously springing up across the vibrant neighborhood. YIMBY captured the progress on six such buildings, all under ten stories, beginning with sites close to the East River and moving inland. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/15/2025 7:00 AM
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is set to review a new proposal for renovations at 460 West Broadway, a five-story, ten-unit residential building in Soho, Manhattan. The project, prepared by DYO Design Office, outlines plans for a roof addition and interior renovations within one of the property's units. The building was constructed in 1900 and is located between West Houston and Prince Streets. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use building at 4350 Van Cortlandt Park East in Woodlawn, The Bronx. Located between Oneida and Kepler Avenues, the lot is near the Nereid Avenue subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Eliezer Grunberger of EZ Builders Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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International financial trading platform Moomooo will pack a lot of prestige at the building’s West 33rd Street corner when it opens there next spring. ... Read full Story
Fresco co-owner Rosanna Scotto, also known for her gig on “Good Day New York,” said 485 Madison Avenue owners Jack Resnick & Sons “really worked with us” on the deal. ... Read full Story
Manhattan’s biggest little retail corner will have a lot of “Friends” this year. The glass-wrapped, rounded corner of 701 Seventh Ave., aka 20 Times Square, has been vacant since the building opened at the corner of West 47th Street eight years ago, despite its prime location next to the Edition Times Square Hotel. Area visitors... ... Read full Story
The YIGBY Act would help remove some of those roadblocks while providing grants and technical support to create homes for low-income renters, veterans, and families at risk of homelessness. ... Read full Story
Construction has topped out on 289 Hudson Street, a six-story residential building in Hudson Square, Manhattan. Designed by SRA Architecture + Engineering and developed by Ponte Equities, the 73-foot-tall structure will span 14,829 square feet and yield 15 rental units with an average scope of 688 square feet. There will also be 1,710 square feet of commercial space and a cellar level. The property is located at the corner of Hudson and Spring Streets, directly across from the recently completed Disney headquarters at Four Hudson Square. ... Read full Story
Construction has topped out on Centric, a 12-story residential building at 58-01 Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. Designed by Tang Studio Architect and developed by New Empire Corporation, the structure will yield 131 condominium units in one- to three-bedroom layouts, as well as a collection of townhomes. The property is bounded by 44th Avenue to the north, Queens Boulevard to the south, and 58th Street to the west. ... Read full Story
“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Did you know?
To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.