Demolition is complete at 50-64 Third Avenue, the site of a forthcoming residential building in Manhattan's East Village. Developed by Kinsmen Property Group, a joint venture between State Building Group and Madison Group, the new structure will have a maximum of buildable scope of 160,000 square feet. An architect and further details about the interior programming have yet to be disclosed. The 16,500-square-foot property is located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 11th Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/7/2025 7:00 AM
Governor Kathy Hochul announced nearly $28 million in awards to fund multiple energy efficiency and electrification projects in New York City. The selected initiatives, part of the statewide Empire Building Challenge program, represent a range of affordable and mixed-use developments across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. Collectively, the projects will demonstrate low-carbon building solutions while improving indoor air quality and reducing operating costs for property owners. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to expand a two-story structure into a four-story mixed-use building at 841 58th Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Located between 8th and 9th Avenues, the lot is near the 8th Avenue subway station, served by the N train. Qin Chen is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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The "clothing optional" Exotic Dreams Resort Hotel was listed in July for a pants-dropping $10.5 million, a price that also includes a list of its loyal clientele. ... Read full Story
Construction is rising on Etihad Park, the home stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club (NYCFC) at 126-87 Willets Point Boulevard in Willets Point, Queens. Designed by HOK, the 24,851-seat venue will stand as the centerpiece of a 23-acre redevelopment plan along with a new 650-seat public school, a hotel, and more than 150,000 square feet of public open space. The facility will also be the first fully electric stadium in New York City and in MLS history. The project site is bounded by 127th Street to the northeast, 35th Avenue to the northwest, Willets Point Boulevard to the southeast, and Seaver Way and Citi Field to the southwest. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/6/2025 7:31 AM
Work is finished on a $6.3 million revitalization project at Whelan Park in the Village of Malverne, Nassau County. Spearheaded by New York State Homes and Community Renewal’s Office of Resilient Homes and Communities, the project introduces new recreational amenities and critical stormwater infrastructure improvements to the space, increasing resiliency along the Mill River watershed. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Grant, an 11-story mixed-use building at 78 West 170th Street in Highbridge, The Bronx. Designed by Rogers Architects PLLC and developed by Anthony Milohnic under the 76-78 West 170th Street LLC, the structure yields 39 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 12 units for residents at 40 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $72,000 to $167,570. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 125 Ditmas Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn. Located between East 2nd Street and McDonald Street, the lot is one block from the Ditmas Avenue subway station, served by the F train. Samuel Klein is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
According to a new RentCafe study, the population of millionaire renters in the US more than tripled -- and they're putting their cash elsewhere ... Read full Story
Façade installation is progressing on Nevins Landing, a two-tower residential development at 310–340 Nevins Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Designed by Fogarty Finger and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital, the project consists of the 22-story Nevins Landing North at 310 Nevins Street and the 17-story Nevins Landing South at 340 Nevins Street. The two buildings will span a combined 600,000 square feet and yield 654 rental units, with 25 percent reserved for affordable housing. The 2.3-acre project site is alternately addressed as 417 Carroll Street and located on a large rectangular parcel along the Gowanus Canal between Union and Carroll Streets. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/5/2025 7:31 AM
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is set to review a proposal for renovation work on 426 Clermont Avenue, a three-story, four-unit brick townhouse in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Assembled by Tinmouth Chang Architects, materials outline a proposed rear yard addition and rooftop modifications for the historic property, which is located between Greene Avenue and Fulton Street. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 250 West 49th Street, a 28-story residential building in Midtown, Manhattan. Designed by S. Weider Architect and developed by Chess Builders, the structure yields 138 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 42 units for residents at 70 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $68,023 to $227,500. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to convert a two-story structure into a four-story residential building at 1380 Putnam Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Located between Wilson Avenue and Knickerbocker Avenue, the lot is near the Halsey Street subway station, served by the L train. Asad Mehmood under the 1380 Putnam Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Developer Todd Michael Glaser is making waves on North Bay Road, where a stunning home seeks to be in the hands of a new -- and wealthy -- owner. ... 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.