Permits have been filed for a five-story residential building at 152 Meserole Avenue in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Located at the intersection of McGuinness Boulevard and Meserole Avenue, the lot is within walking distance of the Nassau Avenue subway station, serviced by the G train. Balkrishen Tuli of Consort Construction and Development under the 152 Meserole Avenue LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed to expand a three-story structure into a four-story mixed-use building at 87 South 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Located between Berry Street and Bedford Avenue, the lot is a short walk to the Marcy Avenue subway station, serviced by the J, M, and Z trains. Moses Jacobowitz under the 146 Wyckoff Developer is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The DUMBO Improvement District and the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership have unveiled a new public sculpture honoring late musician Christopher Wallace, more commonly known as The Notorious B.I.G. From artist Sherwin Banfield, the new sculpture is titled Sky’s the Limit in the County of Kings and sits on the northeast corner of Prospect and Washington Streets near the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO.
Permits have been filed for an 11-story commercial building at 2554 East 16th Street in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Located between Avenue Z and Avenue Y, the lot is a short walk to the Sheepshead Bay subway station, serviced by the B and Q trains.
Number 16 on YIMBY’s countdown of the tallest projects underway in New York is 98 DeKalb Avenue, a 49-story residential skyscraper in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Designed by SLCE Architects and developed by Rockrose Development, the 610-foot-tall tower will yield 418,092 square feet with 609 residential units and 3,775 square feet of commercial space. PAL Environmental Services is the general contractor for the project, which is alternatively addressed as 180 Ashland Place and is located at the corner of DeKalb Avenue and Ashland Place.
