Amazon’s 330,000 square-foot lease at 10 Bryant Park -- or 452 Fifth Ave. at West 40th St. -- is big news both for Jeff Bezos’s ever-expanding behemoth and for the on-fire Midtown office market. ... Read full Story
Construction is finishing up on 559 Park Avenue, a three-story commercial building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Dattner Architects, the sprawling 45-foot-tall structure yields 220,000 square feet for Brooklyn's District 3 Department of Sanitation. The facility includes space for offices, file archives, training rooms, repair facilities, and departmental and personnel vehicle storage with 75 below-grade parking spaces. The LEED-certified project takes up nearly two-thirds of the city block bound by Park Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Warsoff Place. ... Read full Story
Excavation is underway at 439 East 77th Street, the site of a seven-story residential building in the Lenox Hill section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by ARC Architecture + Design Studio for Jack Ezra of Urban Spring Capital, the 74-foot-tall structure will span 28,923 square feet and yield 16 condominium units with an average scope of 1,807 square feet. The development will also include a cellar level, a 30-foot-long rear yard, and two enclosed parking spaces. The property is situated on an interior lot between First and York Avenues. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/20/2025 7:01 AM
Construction has officially begun on Medford Gardens, a 66-unit affordable senior housing development located in the hamlet of Medford in Suffolk County, Long Island. Spearheaded by Governor Kathy Hochul and developed by the WellLife Network, the $40 million project is designed to provide supportive housing for seniors, with half of the units reserved for individuals in need of additional services. The development is expected to be completed by summer 2026. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a six-story mixed-use building at 28-46 31st Street in Astoria, Queens. Located between 30th Avenue and Newtown Avenue, the lot is steps from the 30th Avenue subway station, served by the N and W trains. Demetri Belesis of Westside Markets is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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Construction is wrapping up on 270 Nostrand Avenue, an 11-story residential building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by S. Weider Architect PC and developed by Allure Group, the 125-foot-tall structure spans 331,636 square feet and yields 320 market-rate rental units in studio to two-bedroom layouts, with an average scope of 1,020 square feet. The development also features 5,341 square feet of commercial space, a cellar level, and 214 enclosed parking spaces. NNRC Properties is the owner of the property, which spans the full block between DeKalb Avenue and Kosciuszko Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/19/2025 7:30 AM
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed into law a legislative package aimed at reforming the use and design of sidewalk sheds throughout the city. Known as Intros. 393-A, 394-A, 391-A, 660-A, and 661-A, the measures seek to address long-standing issues with sidewalk scaffolding, including excessive permit durations, poor lighting, and design uniformity. These bills give the Department of Buildings (DOB) expanded authority to enforce repairs, enhance public safety, and encourage removal of sheds once work is completed, forming a critical part of the city’s broader “Get Sheds Down” initiative launched in July 2023. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Kay's Place, an 11-story residential building at 224 12th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Designed by Wexler Associates and developed by Procida Companies, the structure yields 44 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 25 units for residents at 60 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $48,823 to $154,080.
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Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 32 Schaefer Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue, the interior lot is within walking distance of Chauncey Street subway station, served by the J and Z trains. Maurice Nassiri is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
A new Redfin analysis shows where in New York people are clamoring to live -- and it's in an increasingly popular pocket of the Empire State. ... Read full Story
A new Redfin report shows the housing market is beginning to cool following the post-2020 heyday of high competition for securing housing. ... Read full Story
The 1.69-acre property at 21 Hook Pond Lane may seem humble -- but it delivers history and a prime East End view corridor that will never change. ... Read full Story
Demolition is about to get underway on six abutting structures along Gramercy Park to make way for a new 20-story residential building addressed as 38 Gramercy Park East in Gramercy, Manhattan. Designed by Roman & Williams and developed by Legion Investment Group and Gindi Capital, the building will yield 57 condominium units. The project will also become the largest building of its kind constructed in a century in the area surrounding the nearly 2-acre private park. SLCE Architects as the architect of record for the property, which is bound by Gramercy Park East, East 21st Street, and Third Avenue. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/18/2025 7:30 AM
Gotham Organization, in partnership with Monadnock Development, the Christian Cultural Center (CCC), and Reverend A.R. Bernard, has secured approximately $314 million in construction financing to launch Phase 1B of the Innovative Urban Village (IUV) in East New York, Brooklyn. The financing package was arranged with support from the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). Designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), the 10.5-acre site is being transformed into a mixed-use affordable housing development. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Eagle Loft Collection Phase 2, a 19-story residential building at 43-14 Queens Street in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Rockrose Development, the structure yields 301 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 91 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $94,286 to $181,740. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 2293 Bathgate Avenue in Belmont, The Bronx. Located between East 183rd Street and East 184th Street, the lot is near the 182-183 Streets subway station, served by the B and D trains. Jacob Jacobowitz of Dean Street Realty LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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A new WalletHub study is out to show that renters looking for a deal, and peace of mind, may want to target the northern end of the American Midwest. ... 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.