The affordable housing lottery has launched for 4212 Park Avenue, an eight-story residential building in Tremont, The Bronx. Designed by Nikolai Katz Architect, the structure yields 64 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 13 units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $75,189 to $168,320.
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Permits have been filed for a 14-story residential building at 143-24 94th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. Located between 143rd Street and Sean Bell Way, the lot is near the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, served by the E, J, and Z trains. Joel Weiss of Heartfelt Townhouse Build is listed as the owner behind the applications.
YIMBY recently checked in on four mid- and high-rise construction projects taking place across Midtown East, Manhattan that are set to deliver new housing units and upgraded commercial space to the neighborhood. The properties are all located between First and Fifth Avenues and East 54th and 59th Streets, with nearby access to the 4, 5, 6, E, F, N, R, and W trains.
Two prototype sidewalk sheds have been installed outside the New York City Department of Buildings headquarters at 280 Broadway in Civic Center, Manhattan. Designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) and developed with structural partner LERA Consulting Structural Engineers, the Baseline Shed and Speed Shed mark the first time either PAU design has appeared on a New York City sidewalk. The installations were unveiled on October 19, when Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the DOB announced that the number of sidewalk sheds across the five boroughs has declined by approximately 1,200 since January, a reduction of more than 15 percent.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 492 Thomas S Boyland Street, a six-story residential building in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Designed by Jay Architect & Engineering DPC and developed by Thomboy Facilities LLC, the structure yields 87 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 18 units for residents at 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $67,955 to $146,560.
