Permits Filed For Four-Story, Seven-Unit Building At 834 Quincy Street, Bed-Stuy

1:00 pm on November 19, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

Permits have been filed to construct a four-story, seven-unit residential building at 834 Quincy Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The spot is right next door to the Epiphany Church, down the street from the Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School, and around the corner from the NYPD’s 81st Precinct. The development would be 45 feet tall and have its seven apartments spread across 4,953 square feet. That would mean an average unit size of about 708 square feet.

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453 Hinsdale Street. Via Google Maps.

City Plans 59-Unit, Seven-Story Mixed-Use Building At 453 Hinsdale Street

11:00 am on November 19, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

It’s about to get very busy for a corner in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. In addition to the seven-story building planned at 500 Livonia Avenue, HPD plans another seven-story building spanning 81,435 square feet at 453 Hinsdale Street. The former will have 90 units while the latter will have 62 units, though the Schedule A seems to indicate 59 units. Those apartments will spread across 69,634 square feet. If the number is indeed 62, that means units will average a spacious 1,123 square feet apiece. A 1,094 square-foot community facility and 10,707 square-foot retail space will be on the ground level, plus storage for 31 bicycles. Like 500 Livonia Avenue, Christine Hunter of Manhattan-based Magnusson Architecture and Planning is the applicant or record.

500 Livonia Avenue. Via Google Maps.

City Plans 90-Unit, Seven-Story Mixed-Use Building At 500 Livonia Avenue, East New York

10:00 am on November 19, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is planning to construct a new mixed-use building on an empty lot in East New York. The seven-story, 88,081 square-foot building will be erected at 500 Livonia Avenue, between Snediker and Hinsdale Streets. It will house 90 residential units across 79,284 square feet, for an average unit size of about 881 square feet. In addition to two residential units, the first floor will have 8,797 square feet of retail space, storage for 45 bicycles, and recreation space. Christine Hunter of Manhattan-based Magnusson Architecture and Planning is the applicant or record. The closest trains will be the L at Livonia Av and the 3 at Pennsylvania Av.

Construction To Begin On The Fitzroy At 514 West 24th Street, Chelsea

8:00 am on November 19, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

For over a year, YIMBY has been reporting on plans for condominiums near the High Line at 514 West 24th Street in Chelsea. Now, construction of the building, dubbed the Fitzroy, is set to commence. Permits have been approved, a source told YIMBY, which means work can start as soon as possible. The 10-story building will house 14 two- to five-bedroom units, plus ground floor retail. JDS Development Group and Largo Investments are the developers and Roman & Williams has designed the building. Sales have already launched, as has a website.

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The Mink Building, 1361 Amsterdam Avenue. LPC photo.

Former Yuengling Brewery In Harlem Gets Landmarks Hearing

7:30 am on November 19, 2015 By Evan Bindelglass

Prohibition nearly killed it, but time could destroy it. That’s the situation for the last remaining brewing complex in Manhattan. The former D.G. Yuengling Brewery Co. complex in Harlem is under consideration for landmark designation and a public hearing was held last Thursday. This complex is part of the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s 95-item backlog.

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