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2920 West 23rd Street

Three-Story, 61,100-Square-Foot NYCHA Community Center Filed at 2920 West 23rd Street, Coney Island

6:30 am on December 13, 2016 By Reid Wilson

The New York City Housing Authority has filed applications for a three-story, 61,143-square-foot community center on the grounds of the two-tower, 510-unit Gerald J. Carey Gardens public housing complex in Coney Island. The new building will be built at 2920 West 23rd Street, immediately north of the western tower. The 62-foot-tall facility will contain multi-purpose rooms, club rooms, play rooms, a basketball court, and a community garden. Nelligan White Architects is the architect of record. The site is currently a parking lot.

15 Lafayette Avenue

12-Story, 123-Unit Mixed-Use Project Rises to Seventh Floor at 15 Lafayette Avenue, Downtown Brooklyn

8:00 am on December 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Construction is now underway on the seventh floor of the 12-story, 123-unit mixed-use building under development at 15 Lafayette Avenue, located on the corner of Ashland Place in Downtown Brooklyn. Progress can be seen thanks to photos posted to the YIMBY Forums by Tectonic. The latest building permits state the project will measure 120,093 square feet and rise 138 feet to its main roof, not including the bulkhead.

Diagram of the eastern side of 43 Franklin Avenue. image via DCP

Community Board Rejects Proposed Two-Building, 296-Unit Bedford-Stuyvesant Residential Project

6:30 am on December 12, 2016 By Reid Wilson

Community Board 3 has voted against Riverside Developer USA’s plans for two residential buildings, proposed to contain a total of 296 apartments, at 376 Flushing Avenue and 43 Franklin Avenue, in the northwestern corner of Bedford-Stuyvesant. The building on Flushing would rise eight stories and measure 176,671 square feet, while the one on Franklin would rise six stories and measure 126,839 square feet. Thirty percent, or 88 apartments, are set to rent at below-market rates through the housing lottery to families making 80 percent of the area median income, or AMI.

24 Wilson Avenue

Five-Story, 16-Unit Mixed-Use Building Filed at 24 Wilson Avenue, Bushwick

12:00 pm on December 9, 2016 By Reid Wilson

An anonymous Brooklyn-based incorporation has filed applications for a five-story, 16-unit mixed-use building at 24 Wilson Avenue, in eastern Bushwick. The project will measure 16,738 square feet and include 1,372 square feet of medical offices on the ground floor. The second through fifth floors will contain residential units, which should average 686 square feet apiece, indicative of rentals. There will also be 10 off-street parking spaces. Dezhang Fang’s Flushing-based architectural firm is the architect of record. The 50-foot-wide, 5,000-square-foot assemblage is occupied by two single-story commercial buildings. Demolition permits were filed in September.

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