The city’s first Outposted Therapeutic Housing Unit has opened at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, marking a step in the plan to close Rikers Island. Located at 462 First Avenue in Kips Bay, Manhattan, the 104-bed facility is designed to serve incarcerated individuals with complex medical needs. Clinically vulnerable detainees will be transferred from Rikers into the new facility.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking proposals to redevelop an underutilized agency-owned site at 1119 Pacific Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The residential development is enabled by the 2025 Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use District rezoning and will be advanced in coordination with state and transit agencies. When complete, the new building will yield 300 units.
NYC Parks and the Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park have opened applications for the 2026 Art in the Parks grant, which will fund two site-specific public art installations at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Now in its seventh year, the program will award $10,000 to each of two New York City-based artists to create sculptures tailored to designated locations throughout the park. Proposals are due by April 5, 2026, with selected works scheduled for installation in October 2026.
Construction has broken ground on River Avenue Apartments II, an affordable housing project at 1185 River Avenue in West Concourse, The Bronx. Developed by Community Access and Blue Sky Bronx, the $225 million project will deliver 292 apartments for households earning up to 80 percent of area median income (AMI). The project follows the completion of the nearby 245-unit River Avenue Apartments I in March 2024. The property is located between East 167th and McClellan Streets.
Construction is complete on The Piermont, a four-story residential complex at 137 Patterson Street in Hillsdale, New Jersey. Designd by Studio Hillier Architects and developed by BNE Real Estate Group, Claremont Development, and March Development, the project yields 256 apartments and townhomes.
