Exterior work is progressing on Radiant, a 19-story residential building at 24-01 Queens Plaza North in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by ODA New York and developed by New Empire Corporation, the 115,000-square-foot structure will yield 117 condominium units in studio to two-bedroom layouts. The project will also feature a suite of amenities and ground-floor commercial space. The property is alternately addressed as 41-45 24th Street and located on an 8,967-square-foot lot at the corner of 24th Street and Queens Plaza North. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 8/2/2025 7:30 AM
Construction is complete on Shepherd Glenmore, a seven-story affordable and supportive housing development at 365 Shepherd Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Designed by MHG Architects and developed by Housing Plus and Spatial Equity, the $61 million project yields 123 affordable apartments, including 74 units with supportive services for people who have experienced or are at risk of homelessness. The property is located between Liberty and Glenmore Avenues. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Somerly, a seven-story residential building at 48 Somers Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Gerald Caliendo Architect and developed by Daniel Grinshteyn, the structure yields 24 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are nine units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $77,349 to $227,500. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to convert a nine-story community facility into a ten-story mixed-use building at 297 North 7th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located on the intersection of Meeker Avenue and North 7th Street, the lot is near the Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street subway station, served by the G and L trains. Mark Rigerman is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
The shuttered, and shiny, dining car is set to host a six-story mixed-use building, according to a new deed filed for 221 Wythe Ave. ... Read full Story
A new Redfin report shows the cities around the nation where -- after years of soaring prices -- house hunters can strike some good deals. ... Read full Story
New renderings have been revealed for a 3,000-unit masterplan on the former site of the Flushing Airport in College Point, Queens. Designed by S9Architecture and developed by Cirrus Workforce Housing and LCOR Incorporated, the 80-acre wetland site give rise to multiple buildings spread over 20 acres, with the remaining space devoted to park land that incorporates the existing ecosystem. The site is generally bounded by 20th Avenue to the north, Linden Place to the southwest, and a pair of commercial facilities to the southeast along the Whitestone Expressway. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 8/1/2025 7:31 AM
Domain Companies and Silverstein Properties have secured $205 million in financing for 420 Carroll Street, a recently completed residential development in Gowanus, Brooklyn. JLL Capital Markets arranged the bridge take-out loan, which was provided by AllianceBernstein. The 360-unit property is the first multi-housing property delivered under the 2021 Gowanus rezoning initiative and is located along the Gowanus Canal near the intersection of Carroll and Nevins Streets. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 43-25 52nd Street, a nine-story residential building in Woodside, Queens. Designed by Angelo Ng & Anthony Ng Architects and developed by Xiaoke Tang of Yi Lu Fa Corporation, the structure yields 27 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 15 units for residents at 40 to 90 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $35,040 to $157,500.
... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 67 Schaefer Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located between Evergreen Avenue and Bushwick Avenue, the lot is near the Chauncey Street subway station, served by the J and Z trains. Eddie Kaz of Jewel Ventures is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
The January wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles didn’t just leave behind blackened hillsides — they scorched some of the region’s most costly homes. ... Read full Story
New numbers from Redfin show that one particularly popular season for buying homes just hit a big slump as borrowing costs and affordability issues remain high. ... Read full Story
RentCafe is out with its annual survey of how many square feet the rental figure can afford -- and, in New York, the results aren't pretty. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Michael Young | 7/31/2025 8:01 AM
Mayor Eric Adams, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, and leaders from the Union Square Partnership and the Meatpacking District Management Association recently announced $3 million in public-private funding to upgrade the 14th Street corridor in Manhattan. An extra $2 million will come from the City, while another $1 million will come from Local Business Improvement Districts. Marvel is the designer of the street and sidewalk improvements. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 7/31/2025 7:30 AM
Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park reopened Tuesday in Lower Manhattan's Financial District following a $296 million redesign as part of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project, a broader effort to defend Lower Manhattan against coastal flooding. Located along the Hudson River in Battery Park City, the 3.5-acre park was temporarily closed in March 2023 for construction aimed at safeguarding the area from coastal flooding. The redesign was led by the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), with Thomas Phifer and Partners responsible for the new Pavilion design and AECOM as architect and engineer with EW Howell Construction Group serving as the general contractor.
... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1975 Madison Avenue, an eight-story residential building in Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by DXA Studio and developed by The Davis Companies, the structure yields 97 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 30 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $113,143 to $227,500.
... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2025 is:
palimpsest \PAL-imp-sest\ noun
Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchment manuscript) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; the underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest.” Palimpsest in extended use refers to something that has usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.
// Scholars believe the motive for making palimpsests was often economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin.
// The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.
“My aim was to trace the course of … the Aqua Marcia, built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ancestor Quintus Marcius Rex. … The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine. Subsequent retaining walls and buttresses have transformed the bridge into a palimpsest of building styles.” — David Laskin, The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Did you know?
Long ago, writing surfaces were so highly valued that they were often used more than once. Palimpsest in its original use referred to an early form of recycling in which an old document was erased to make room for a new one when parchment ran short. (The word is from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning “scraped again.”) Fortunately for modern scholars, the erasing process wasn’t completely effective, so the original could often be distinguished under the newer writing. De republica, by Roman statesman and orator Cicero, is one of many documents recovered from a palimpsest. Nowadays, the word palimpsest can refer not only to such a document but to anything that has multiple layers apparent beneath the surface.