543 Marcy Avenue, overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 543 Marcy Avenue

The area around the Marcy Houses, on the border of Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy, has for decades been a bit of a no-man’s-land. But with the rezoning of the Broadway Triangle for development – mainly targeted…

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540 West 26th Street

Revealed: 540 West 26th Street

Permits for a new building at 540 West 26th Street went up earlier this year, and YIMBY now has the reveal for the Morris Adjmi-designed structure, which is being developed by the Savanna Fund. DOB…

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1288 East 19th Street, rendering via Hidrock

Revealed: 1288 East 19th Street

In much of the city, masonry fell out of favor generations ago, with buyers and renters instead preferring the clean lines and large windows of glassy modernism. But among Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews – whether they be ultra-Orthodox…

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