New York City rents are continuing on their upward trajectory, and they're expected to climb even higher thanks to President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs—with two boroughs set to take the biggest hit. ... Read full Story
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Construction has topped out on 255 East 77th Street, a 500-foot-tall residential skyscraper in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects and developed by Naftali Group, the 36-story structure will span 170,481 square feet and yield 62 condominium units in two- to five-bedrooms layouts. The development will also contain 3,861 square feet of retail space, two cellar levels, and 33 enclosed parking spaces. Hill West Architects is the architect of record for the property, which is alternately addressed as 1481 Second Avenue and located at the corner of Second Avenue and East 77th Street.
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By New York YIMBY | Michael Young | 4/22/2025 7:30 AM
New renderings have been revealed for The Tryst Fire Island, a forthcoming hotel redevelopment in Fire Island Pines, Long Island. Designed by Marvel, the three-story building will be operated by Tryst Hospitality and will yield 30 redesigned guest rooms, a complete exterior overhaul, and an integrated vision for the adjacent Waterfront at The Pines consisting of The Blue Whale, The Pavilion, The Pool Deck, The Canteen, and The Gym. The aging building, formerly known as The Botel, is located between Picketty Ruff Walk and Harbor Walk on the western side of the Fire Island Pines harbor. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/22/2025 7:00 AM
Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) have initiated the public review process for the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan, a rezoning proposal for Long Island City, Queens. Developed after nearly two years of community engagement, the plan aims to deliver 14,700 new homes, including 4,000 income-restricted units, along with 3.5 million square feet of commercial and industrial space. The fifth neighborhood plan under the Adams administration, OneLIC is the most expansive housing proposal from City Hall in over two decades and is anticipated to create approximately 14,400 jobs. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a six-story mixed-use building at 925 60th Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Located between 9th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway, the lot is near the Fort Hamilton subway station, served by the N train. Hanjun Bai of H&Z Building NY Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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A content creator whose grandmother lives inside The Villages has lifted the lid on what life is really like inside the infamous Florida retirement community. ... Read full Story
These 11 homes boast Tesla's solar roof tiles, helping make for energy independence in a city that frequently sees outages -- though prices are higher than the local median. ... Read full Story
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A redesign has been revealed for 280 Kent Avenue, a 36-story two-tower residential skyscraper along the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed by Two Trees, the structure is also referred to as Building B in the Domino Sugar master plan, which contains five buildings and the recently completed Domino Square park and plaza. 280 Kent Avenue will yield 680 units, 11,018 square feet of commercial space, a 375-seat elementary school spanning 75,145 square feet, and 481 enclosed parking spots. The property spans an entire block bound by South 1st Street to the north, South 2nd Street to the south, Kent Avenue to the east, and River Street and the Domino Park esplanade to the west. ... Read full Story
Exterior work is continuing on 313 Linden Street, a four-story residential building in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed by Baobab Architects for the Dimension Group, the structure will span 6,380 square feet. A unit count has not been disclosed. The development is located on a 2,500-square-foot interior lot between Irving and Knickerbocker Avenues. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/21/2025 7:01 AM
Financial technology firm Plaid recently signed a lease for 45,300 square feet at 530 Broadway, an 11-story office building in Soho, Manhattan. The lease was announced by real estate development firm SHVO, which acquired the 198,000-square-foot landmarked property in March 2020. Plaid will relocate its New York City offices to a build-to-suit space within the building to support its continued growth. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a seven-story homeless shelter at 6530 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Located between 65th Street and Shore Road, the lot is near the Bay Ridge Avenue subway station, served by the R train. Shia Mendel is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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The Union Square Park area is on a retail- and restaurant-leasing roll. Storefronts around the park are 82% occupied, a 68% jump over the last quarter of 2024, according to the Union Square Partnership. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 30, 2025 is:
insouciance \in-SOO-see-unss\ noun
Insouciance is a formal word that refers to a feeling of carefree unconcern. It can also be understood as a word for the relaxed and calm state of a person who is not worried about anything.
// The young actor charmed interviewers with his easy smile and devil-may-care insouciance.
“Gladiator II is OK when Denzel’s off-screen, but sensational when he’s on it. ... What makes the performance great is its insouciance; it’s both precise and feather-light. And it’s what a great actor can do when he’s set free to have fun, to laugh at himself a little bit. ... Denzel’s Macrinus is gravitas and comic relief in one package.” — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2024
Did you know?
If you were alive and of whistling age in the late 1980s or early 1990s, chances are you whistled (and snapped your fingers, and tapped your toes) to a little ditty called “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, an a cappella reggae-jazz-pop tune that took the charts by surprise and by storm. An ode to cheerful insouciance if ever there was one, its lyrics are entirely concerned with being entirely unconcerned, remaining trouble-free in the face of life’s various stressors and calamities. Such carefree nonchalance is at the heart of insouciance, which arrived in English (along with the adjective insouciant), from French, in the 1800s. The French word comes from a combining of the negative prefix in- with the verb soucier, meaning “to trouble or disturb.” The easiness and breeziness of insouciance isn’t always considered beautiful, however. Insouciance may also be used when someone’s lack of concern for serious matters is seen as more careless than carefree.