The “Burnin’ Up” singer has put his three-bedroom, four-bath condo at the Olympia in Dumbo on the market -- a slight bump up from the $6.5 million he paid. ... Read full Story
On Monday, leaders celebrated the opening of the Hudson Place public plaza in Hoboken, the first completed phase in the mixed-use Hoboken Connect master plan. Developed by LCOR, the complex will also include a 27-story residential building dubbed Charlie, as well as a new office tower and renovations to the historic Lackawanna Ferry Terminal that will convert its second story into an events venue. The development site is located east of Hudson Street and south of Observer Highway. ... Read full Story
Work is finishing up on Willow House, an eight-story residential building at 1404 Willow Avenue in Hoboken, New Jersey’s North End. Designed by MVMK Architects and developed by Advance Realty Investors, the structure will yield 52 studio to three-bedroom units and approximately 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space leased to Starbucks and CorePower Yoga. The property is located at the corner of Willow Avenue and 14th Street. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 87-67 170th Street, an eight-story residential building in Jamaica, Queens. Designed by Angelo Ng & Anthony Ng Architect and developed by Mirza Rahman under the Kingston Property LLC, the structure yields 18 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are eight units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,703 to $168,320. ... Read full Story
Known as the Canoga Estate, the nearly century-old Woodland Hills property sits behind mature deodar cedars, oaks and pines in the Forest Hills neighborhood. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for an 18-story mixed-use building at 1035 Atlantic Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Classon Avenue and Franklin Avenue, the lot is one block from the Franklin Avenue subway station, served by the C and S trains. Moses Karpen of Waterfront Property Management is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
The billionaire and his wife are rapidly trying to rid themselves of hundreds of millions of dollars of properties in their portfolio. ... Read full Story
Although the plan currently doesn’t include a bike lane, multiple sources said the pro-bike lobbying group Transportation Alternatives is “pushing like crazy for a bike lane” -- which most Fifth Avenue merchants oppose. ... Read full Story
Curbless bathrooms, advanced filtration systems, mobility assistance and red-light therapy are the new “it” amenities among uber-rich homeowners and buyers. ... Read full Story
For most newlyweds, and couples overall, sharing a bedroom is considered a given. For Kelsey and Chad Thompson, it was the one tradition they happily skipped. ... Read full Story
The Bruce Springsteen Center For American Music (BSCAM) has opened at Monmouth University campus in Long Branch, New Jersey. Designed by COOKFOX, the two-story, 32,000-square-foot institution was built to preserve the legacy of Bruce Springsteen and celebrate the diverse history of American music. The $50 million project features a 240-seat theater, interactive experiences, gallery spaces with historic artifacts, research archives, a rehearsal studio, and a reading room. The property is addressed as 382 Cedar Avenue and located at the corner of Cedar and Norwood Avenues. ... Read full Story
YIMBY visited two mid-rise residential buildings nearing completion in the Alphabet City section of Manhattan's East Village. The properties are located on interior lots east of Avenue B, a short walk from Tompkins Square Park, and will yield a combined 16 units. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 6/16/2026 7:00 AM
NYC Parks has completed a $2.4 million reconstruction of Chief Dennis L. Devlin Park in Unionport, The Bronx. Funded through the Community Parks Initiative, the project rebuilt the park at Ellis Avenue, Olmstead Avenue, and the Cross Bronx Expressway Service Road. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a 12-story residential building at 220 East 179th Street in Tremont, The Bronx. Located between Grand Concourse and Anthony Avenue, the lot is near the Tremont Avenue subway station, served by the B and D trains. Yitzi Salamon is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
“Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium ...” — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Did you know?
You’ve probably come across long, tedious sections of books, plays, or musical works before, but perhaps you didn’t know there was a word for them. The French borrowing longueur has been doing the job for us since the late 18th century. As in English, French longueurs are tedious passages, with longueur itself literally meaning “length.” An early example of longueur used in an English text is from 18th-century writer Horace Walpole, who wrote in a letter, “Boswell’s book is gossiping; ... but there are woeful longueurs, both about his hero and himself.”