Blue Heron Farm is poised to hand over to a new generation of owners -- and it will come with serious architectural and presidential history. ... Read full Story
The new-construction luxury abode — at 228 Bears Club Drive in Jupiter, Fla. — is a roomy 10,000 square feet and sits on an acre of land. ... Read full Story
Construction is wrapping up on the Linden Grove Senior Residences, a 13-story modular residential building at 223 Linden Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Designed and developed in a collaboration between Blue Sea Development Company and Gilbane Development Company, the structure yields 153 affordable units in studio- to one-bedroom layouts for qualifying low-income and formerly homeless senior citizens. The property is situated near the corner of Linden Street and Wilson Avenue. ... Read full Story
YIMBY recently photographed two sites in Manhattan's Greenwich Village that will soon give rise to new residential buildings. The properties are both located at the northern end of the neighborhood to the west of Union Square. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/29/2025 7:01 AM
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has unveiled a broad set of housing investments as part of his Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget, aimed at creating residential units and keeping more New Yorkers in homes across the five boroughs. The $24.7 billion housing commitment, included in the city’s 10-Year Capital Strategy, features a $1 billion allocation under the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” initiative. Additional investments include $350 million for NYCHA renovations through the PACT and Trust programs. The initiatives are led by the Mayor’s Office in collaboration with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and NYCHA. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 293 East 207th Street in Norwood, The Bronx. Located between Bainbridge Avenue and Perry Avenue, the lot is near the Norwood subway station, served by the D train. Egris Haxhari of H20 LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Michael Weinstein, who’s operated the Grill and two outdoor cafes for three decades, told The Post he has no intention of shutting down the Grill and its satellites as “long as we’re in litigation.” ... Read full Story
Marcella Raneri — a former Dallas Mavericks dancer known for her time on the Netflix show — and fiancé Daniel Nutkis snagged a 9,442-square-foot home, we hear. ... Read full Story
In Ditmas Park, the residence at 1320 Ditmas Ave. is a star in its own right -- but it belonged to a silent film legend who chose California instead. ... Read full Story
Construction topped out on April 22 on the Tang Wing for American Democracy, a four-story expansion of the New York Historical Society at 170 Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, the 70,000-square-foot addition will yield new gallery spaces, classrooms, an outdoor courtyard, and a rooftop garden. The wing will house an expanded program for the Academy for American Democracy and also serve as the new home for the American LGBTQ+ Museum. It will also contain a compact storage facility for the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library collection. Turner Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is located on the southwest corner of the property along West 76th Street. ... Read full Story
YIMBY photographed five low-rise residential construction projects currently underway in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which is continuing its boom of new housing developments. The projects include ground-up new construction, a vertical expansion, and the conversion of a former theater. Two of the developments are located within walking distance of the Bedford Avenue commercial corridor, while the final three are all taking shape along South 6th Street, just south of the Williamsburg Bridge. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/28/2025 7:01 AM
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Department of Buildings (DOB) Commissioner Jimmy Oddo have released the 2024 New York City Construction Safety Report, which shows a 30 percent decline in worker injuries and a... ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a five-story mixed-use building at 133 Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Meserole Street and Montrose Avenue, the lot is near the Broadway subway station, served by the G train, and the Lorimer Street station, served by the J and M trains. Guy Mor of Ramtom LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
There’s a major new player, and a new plan, for 300 E. 42nd St., an 18-story, 235,000 square-foot office and retail building which investor David Werner was reported to be buying at a deep discount. Although not yet posted in public records, the purchase closed last Wednesday for $52 million, as expected — less than... ... 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.