Extell has filed permits for its proposed 86-story residential supertall at 80 West 67th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. At 1,198 feet tall, the skyscraper would easily surpass the 775-foot 50 West 60th Street as the tallest building in the neighborhood. The concrete-based structure is planned to span 1,214,792 square feet and yield 430 units with an average scope of 2,766 square feet. The building would also include 25,246 square feet of commercial space, two cellar levels, and a 187-vehicle parking garage. The project was formerly known as 77 West 66th Street and is located on the east side of Columbus Avenue between West 66th and 67th Streets. ... Read full Story
Construction is on hold at 185 East 109th Street, the site of a 19-story residential building in East Harlem, Manhattan. Designed by S. Wieder Architects, the structure will yield 101 rental units, health and wellness amenities, and ground-floor retail space. Third Avenue NY Realty LLC is listed as the owner of the property, which is alternately addressed as 1986 Third Avenue and located at the corner of Third Avenue and East 109th Street. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/25/2026 6:31 AM
Plans have been announced for the redesign Linden Boulevard between Fountain Avenue and Conduit Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Announced by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn, the project will bring new bus lanes and safety upgrades along one of the borough’s most dangerous corridors. NYC DOT said the project is intended to speed up service and improve reliability for 60,000 daily riders while reconnecting neighborhoods that have long been divided by the wide roadway. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1075 West Farms Road, a four-story residential building in Longwood, The Bronx. Designed by Node Engineering & Consulting and developed by Global Realty Developments, the structure yields 19 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are four units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,840 to $116,640. ... Read full Story
The report, titled "Priced Out: RELOCATION AMIDST CALIFORNIA’S AFFORDABILITY CRISIS," was released on March 31 by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab. ... Read full Story
Nestled behind a tucked-away block that most New Yorkers don’t know exists, a 19th-century carriage house in Brooklyn Heights has just landed on the market for $5.795 million. ... Read full Story
The DOE has locked taxpayers into decades-long leases on properties that, in several cases, were at the time worth a fraction of what the DOE has paid out. ... Read full Story
Renderings have been revealed for 625 Madison Avenue, a proposed 52-story skyscraper in Midtown East, Manhattan. Developed by Related Companies in partnership with Andrew Mathias and designed by Foster + Partners and Gensler, the structure is planned to yield 840,000 square feet of office space between the Plaza District office core and Billionaires’ Row residential corridor. The property is located between East 58th and 59th Streets. ... Read full Story
Renderings have been revealed for 250 Flatbush Avenue, an eight-story mixed-use building at 250 Flatbush Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Designed by ZArchitecture PLLC and developed by Tolib Mansurov under the 250 Flatbush LLC, the 85-foot-tall structure will span 35,436 square feet and yield 20 condominium units with an average scope of 1,358 square feet. The project will also include 8,257 square feet of commercial space, a cellar level, and a 20-foot-long rear yard. The property is composed of several abutting interior parcels from 250 and 258 Flatbush Avenues between St. Mark's Place and Prospect Place. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 50 Commercial Street, a nine-story mixed-use building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by T.F. Cusanelli and Filletti Architects and developed by Nicholas Manetta, founder of Rimani Realty, LLC, the structure yields 27 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are ten units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $74,778 to $227,500. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 394 Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Gates Avenue, the lot is near the Nostrand Avenue subway station, served by the A and C trains. TA is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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Ohio is targeting Los Angeles with a multi-million dollar ad blitz designed to turn frustration into an exit plan, urging Angelenos to leave behind soaring costs, stalled housing, and street-level instability for a cheaper, “easier” life in the Midwest. ... Read full Story
Mamdani’s claim that East Harlem lacks cheaper food than the citywide average -- the whole basis for dipping into tax revenue at everyone else’s expense -- is 100% baloney. ... Read full Story
A new, taller design has been revealed for 112 Liberty Street, a 30-story residential tower in Manhattan's Financial District. Designed by Nexus Architecture and developed by Hiwin Group, the structure will rise on a through-lot property bounded by Liberty Street and the World Trade Center complex to the north, and Cedar Street to the south. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 4/23/2026 7:31 AM
Construction is complete on Linden Grove, a new 100-percent affordable senior housing development at 223 Linden Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Gilbane Development, Blue Sea Development Company, and JASA held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the building, which yields 153 studio and one-bedroom apartments for qualifying seniors, including 46 units set aside for formerly homeless older adults. The project was developed through the City’s Seniors First initiative. The property is located between Knickerbocker and Wilson Avenues. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 6, 2026 is:
flamboyant \flam-BOY-ant\ adjective
Someone or something described as flamboyant has a very noticeable quality that attracts a lot of attention. Such a person or thing is often strikingly elaborate or colorful in their behavior or display.
// Reality television attracts millions of viewers for its depictions of flamboyant, larger-than-life personalities living equally flamboyant lifestyles.
“[Helen] McCrory’s flamboyant and perfectly drawn portrayal of Polly was the show’s real treasure, a steel-willed matriarch unusually attuned to the mysticism of the Shelby family’s Romani roots who also served as a ruthlessly pragmatic consigliere. ... McCrory’s Polly was so electric that the show remained totally riveting any time she was onscreen.” — Jack Hamilton, Slate, 20 Mar. 2026
Did you know?
Associate the word flamboyant with bananas flambé and the word’s fiery etymology will be seared in your mind. Flamboyant, which was borrowed into English from French in the 19th century, can be traced back to the Old French word flambe, meaning “flame.” In its earliest uses flamboyant referred to an ornate style of Gothic architecture popular in France and Spain, which featured waving curves suggestive of flames. Eventually, the word developed a more general second sense for anything eye-catching or showy. And of course, flambe is also the origin of the English adjective flambé, which describes food flamboyantly dressed or served with flaming liquor.