239 Hawthorne Street

Two Five-Story, Nine-Unit Residential Buildings Planned at 239 Hawthorne Street, Prospect Lefferts Gardens

10:00 am on January 20, 2017 By Reid Wilson

Brooklyn-based JCS Realty Group has filed applications for two five-story, nine-unit residential buildings at 239 Hawthorne Street, in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The buildings will each measure 8,161 square feet. Across both, the residential units should average 766 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. Diego Aguilera’s Rego Park-based firm is the architect of record. Both buildings will rise on a 38-foot-wide, 6,346-square-foot lot, currently occupied by a two-and-a-half-story house. Demolition permits were filed in December.

The old Federal Hall in New York. Credit: Mount Vernon

The First Presidential Inauguration Took Place in New York

8:00 am on January 20, 2017 By Evan Bindelglass

Today, New Yorker Donald J. Trump will be sworn-in as president of the United States in Washington, D.C. Every swearing-in since 1801, except some cases that followed the death of the president, has taken place there. However, the first inauguration, that of President George Washington, took place right here in New York.

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108 Chambers Street

New Rendering of 10-Story Mixed-Use Project Planned at 108 Chambers Street, TriBeCa

7:30 am on January 20, 2017 By Reid Wilson

A new rendering has been revealed of a 10-story mixed-use building planned at 108 Chambers Street, located on the corner of Church Street in TriBeCa. The project, currently in the early planning stages, would feature retail space across the first two above-grade floors, followed by residential units above, Tribeca Citizen reported. Greystone Development is the developer and Woods Bagot is the architect.

1374 42nd Street

Seven-Story, Five-Unit Mixed-Use Project Filed at 1374 42nd Street, Borough Park

6:30 am on January 20, 2017 By Reid Wilson

A Brooklyn-based property owner has filed applications for a seven-story, five-unit mixed-use building at 1374 42nd Street, in Borough Park. The project will measure 14,387 square feet and rise 70 feet in height to its roof. Office space, measuring 1,990 square feet, will span the ground and cellar levels, followed by a 2,103-square-foot daycare facility on the second floor and five residential units across the third through seventh floors. The apartments should average 1,427 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. Brooklyn-based Bricolage Designs is the architect of record. The 2,504-square-foot lot is occupied by a two-story townhouse. Demolition permits have not been filed.