Articles by Stephen Smith


70-09 45th Street, overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 70-09 45th Avenue, Elmhurst

As Queens’s booming Chinese community has overgrown Flushing, residents and developers have pushed out on all sides – east towards Bayside, north towards College Point, south along Main Street towards Jamaica, and west towards Elmhurst. Today, permits were…

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79 Quay Street, rendering via Cayuga Capital

Revealed: 79 Quay Street

When New York City developers buy warehouses and other industrial buildings that are zoned for residential use, the first thing they’ll generally do – unless they’re landmarked or need some sort of city permission –…

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282 South 5th Street

Construction Update: 282 South 5th Street

With large amounts of land rezoned for high- and medium-density residential development on the waterfront and around the BQE, Northside Williamsburg is where most of the action is. But the neighborhood’s Southside also has a beautiful…

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