New York YIMBY

8:00 am on June 4, 2026 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Pfizer HQ’s Residential Conversion, Expansion Progresses at 219-229 East 42nd Street in Midtown East, Manhattan

Work is moving along on the office-to-residential conversion and expansion of the former Pfizer headquarters at 229 East 42nd Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by Gensler and developed by Metro Loft Development and David Werner Real Estate Investments, the project involves the gut renovation and full re-cladding of the 33-story tower, along with the construction of a 19-story vertical expansion of the adjacent building at 219 East 42nd Street. The conversion will yield 1,600 rental apartments, with 25 percent reserved for affordable housing, as well as ground-floor retail space and 100,000 square feet of amenities. The abutting properties are located at the northwestern corner of East 42nd Street and Second Avenue.

Housing Lottery Launches for 1143 Hoe Avenue in Crotona Park East, The Bronx

7:30 am on June 4, 2026 By Vanessa Londono

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 1143 Hoe Avenue, a seven-story residential building in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Designed by Nikolai Katz Architect and developed by Yonah Grunhut of Grun Group LLC, the structure yields 47 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are ten units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,703 to $168,320.

Permits Filed for 571 Watkins Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn

7:00 am on June 4, 2026 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 571 Watkins Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Located at the corner of Watkins Street and Lott Avenue, the site is closest to the New Lots Avenue subway station, served by the L train. Isaac Ehrenfeld is listed as the owner behind the applications.

New York City Moves Forward On 34th Street Busway In Midtown, Manhattan

6:30 am on June 4, 2026 By Max Gillespie

New York City is set to move forward with a long-delayed busway on 34th Street between Ninth Avenue and Third Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan. The plan is intended to improve travel times for more than 28,000 daily bus riders while enhancing street safety, freight movement, and emergency vehicle access. The initiative builds on the city’s previous bus-priority projects, including the 14th Street busway.

The Grandline. Designed by MHS Architecture.

510-Unit Mixed-Use Complex ‘The Grandline’ Approved for Palisades Park, New Jersey

8:00 am on June 3, 2026 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

The Palisades Park Planning Board has granted approval for The Grandline, a sprawling mixed-use complex with two residential towers in Bergen County, New Jersey. Designed by MHS Architecture and developed by March Associates, the 19- and 17-story structures will yield a combined 510 apartments, including 102 units dedicated to affordable housing. The project will also feature a hotel, a wellness center, and a two-story, 175,000-square-foot shopping plaza straddling a landscaped public esplanade. LEEMS Corp. is listed as the owner, and Melillo Bauer Carman is the landscape architect for the 6.2-acre property, which is bounded by West Ruby Avenue to the north, Route 46 to the south, and Grand Avenue to the east.

Two Queens Rezoning Proposals Get Public Hearings as ULURP Review Advances

7:30 am on June 3, 2026 By Max Gillespie

Two Queens rezoning proposals are moving into the public hearing phase before the New York City Planning Commission, marking the next step in the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). The applications, known as the 100-12 Queens Boulevard Rezoning in Forest Hills and the 50-02 Queens Boulevard Rezoning in Woodside, would facilitate the development of new mixed-use residential projects that together would add more than 640 housing units to the borough, including over 160 income-restricted apartments.

Four New Residential Buildings Coming to Crotona, The Bronx

7:00 am on June 3, 2026 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

YIMBY recently visited Crotona, The Bronx to check on four low-rise residential buildings that are either under construction or have been recently completed. All are located around the northern end of Crotona Park, within a short walk of the elevated 174th Street subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. The projects will introduce more than 250 housing units to the historically working-class neighborhood, which is seeing a steady increase in affordable residential construction in recent years.

Permits Filed for 599 Willoughby Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

6:30 am on June 3, 2026 By Vanessa Londono

Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 599 Willoughby Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Located between Throop Avenue and Thompkins Avenue, the lot is near the Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues subway station, served by the G train. Yitzchok Schwartz of YS Developers LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.

Rendering courtesy of Inglese Architecture + Engineering.

Renderings Reveal Phase One Of Hoboken Housing Authority Redevelopment in Hoboken, New Jersey

8:00 am on June 2, 2026 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

Renderings were recently revealed for the first phase in Hoboken Housing Authority’s sweeping plan to redevelop or modernize every public housing unit in Hoboken, New Jersey. The project aims to either rebuild or significantly rehabilitate six separate housing complexes originally constructed between 1940 and 1979, carrying out a one-for-one replacement of all 1,354 units.

New Brunswick, New Jersey. Image courtesy of https://www.liveat50neilson.com/photogallery

New Residential, Commercial Developments Coming to New Brunswick, New Jersey

7:30 am on June 2, 2026 By Michael Young and Matt Pruznick

YIMBY visited the sites of four new developments joining the wave of residential and commercial construction in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The projects are located in the downtown area and by Buccleuch Park along the Raritan River, and will introduce nearly 300 housing units and new administrative space for Middlesex County.

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