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88 Walworth Street, photo by Christopher Bride for PropertyShark

Permits Filed: 88 Walworth Street, Factory to Synagogue Conversion in Bed-Stuy

Deep in the Hasidic territory at the northern edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant, old industrial buildings bump up against new apartments with staggered balconies alongside kosher grocery stores and bakeries. The neighborhood is dotted with new synagogues and yeshivas, built to keep up with the fast-growing population of ultra-Orthodox Jews. And every once in a while, an organization takes over an old factory to convert it, instead of tearing it down.

Yeshiva Ahavas Israel, headquartered in a curved, 1920s brick factory at Franklin and Flushing Avenues, found one such industrial building nearby at 88 Walworth Street. Earlier this week, they filed plans to convert the low-slung structure between Park and Myrtle Avenues into a house of worship.

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146 Pierrepont Street

19-Story, 68-Unit Building Planned At 146 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights

In 2014, Jonathan Rose Companies acquired the thru-block commercial property at 181 Montague/140 Pierrepont Street, in Brooklyn Heights; the developer also owns the five-story building at 146 Pierrepont Street. Now, new building applications have been filed with the DOB calling for a 19-story, 68-unit mixed-use building. Units will average a condo-sized 1,860 square feet in the 132,715 square-foot building. Retail space will also measure 6,230 square feet on the ground floor.


850 Putnam Avenue

Eight-Family Building Coming To 850 Putnam Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant

Property owner Jia W Yu, operating under an anonymous LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 850 Putnam Avenue, in eastern Bedford-Stuyvesant. The building will measure 8,330 square feet, which means units will average 1,040 square feet each. Anthony Lee’s AJR Architecture is the architect of record, and an existing two-story home must first be demolished.


65 Woodbine Street

Four-Story, Eight-Unit Rental Building Planned At 65 Woodbine Street, Bushwick

Property owner Jack David has filed applications for a four-story, eight-unit residential building at 65 Woodbine Street, in central Bushwick, a few blocks from the Gates Avenue stop on the J/Z trains. Units will probably be rentals, measuring just 680 square feet in the 5,450 square-foot building. Suresh Manchanda’s L&C Associates is the applicant of record, and a two-story, single-family townhouse must first be demolished.


196 Freeman Street

Four-Story, 10-Unit Residential Building Filed At 196 Freeman Street, Greenpoint

Yidel Hirsch has filed applications for a four-story, 10-unit residential building at 194-196 Freeman Street, in northern Greenpoint, three blocks north of the Greenpoint Avenue station on the G train. The building will measure 8,985 square feet, which means units will average nearly 900 square feet. An existing three-story mixed-use building must first be demolished, and Julien Flander is the applicant of record.


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