East New York

The Loophole in de Blasio’s New Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Policy

10:00 pm on September 11, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

On the last day of July, the de Blasio administration quietly introduced a key piece of its plan to build 80,000 affordable units of housing: mandatory inclusionary zoning. The plan will require market-rate developers to set aside at least 25% of their units in each new building as affordable housing. As the city rezones several neighborhoods across the five boroughs, they’ll impose the policy along with the updated zoning—beginning with East New York.

Permits Filed: 727 Sutter Avenue, East New York

7:00 am on September 9, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The city hopes to kick off its big East New York rezoning within the next few weeks, and it plans to subsidize the construction of 1,200 new affordable apartments in the transit-rich area near Broadway Junction. Meanwhile, market-rate development is slowly growing in the southern half of the neighborhood, where new construction comes in the form of small three- and four-story buildings—the only thing that pencils out right now.

Infrastructure Work Behind Schedule On Final Phase Of Gateway Estates Development, East New York

6:00 am on September 1, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Gateway Estates, a multi-phased development consisting of affordable residential units and commercial space in southern East New York, is now preparing for its final phase of construction. The city is behind schedule in building the proper infrastructure, and work won’t be finished until late 2017, per the New York Daily News, but 1,295 apartments and 225 homes are planned on the vacant land. Financing is expected to close by the end of this year. Nehemiah, the Department of Design and Construction, Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and Monadnock Construction are developing.

Three-Story, 10-Unit Building Filed At 424 Glenmore Avenue, East New York

4:00 pm on June 22, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Chaim Simkowitz’s Guardian Realty Management has filed applications for a three-story, 10-unit residential building spanning the lots of 424-436 Glenmore Avenue in East New York, two blocks away from the Liberty Avenue C train stop. Units will average 750 square feet each, and Solomon Rosenzweig applied for the permit. Demolition began earlier this year to remove the existing two-story townhouse at No. 424.

Six-Family Apartment Building Planned At 717 Sutter Avenue, East New York

1:00 pm on June 11, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Meir Mizrachi has filed applications for a three-story, six-unit residential building at the vacant lot at 717 Sutter Avenue, in central East New York, a few blocks south and west of the Van Siclen stop on the C train. The building will measure 4,350 square feet, which means units will average 725 square feet each. Charles Mallea’s M Architecture is designing.

Four-Story Storage Warehouse Building Filed At 63 Alabama Avenue, East New York

11:00 am on June 9, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Benny Imani, operating under an LLC, has filed applications for a four-story, 20,000 square-foot warehouse building at 63 Alabama Avenue, three blocks east from Broadway Junction in East New York. According to Schedule A, the building will be used for storage, and Gerald Caliendo is designing. The plot of land is currently vacant.

Permits Filed: Hotel at 100 New Jersey Avenue, Cypress Hills

7:00 am on June 3, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

The proposed East New York rezoning is already drawing new development to the area near Broadway Junction, like a new hotel planned at 100 New Jersey Avenue in the shadow of the elevated J train tracks in Cypress Hills, East New York’s northern section.

High-Profile East New York Development Site At 3301 Atlantic Avenue In Contract

2:00 pm on June 1, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Affordable housing developer Phipps Houses is in contract to acquire the 300,000 square-foot, block-long property at 3301 Atlantic Avenue, in eastern Cypress Hill, for $38 million. The existing low-rise factory building is burnt-out following a fire in 2012.

32 Residential Units Designed by Karl Fischer Planned At 1746 Linden Boulevard, East New York

6:00 am on May 18, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Henry Ausch has filed applications for four multi-family buildings, each rising four stories, at 1746 Linden Boulevard and 713-715 Snediker Avenue in East New York, a block away from the New Lots Avenue subway stop on the L line. The same developer filed for 67 residential units on the same block in March. The all-residential development will total 32 units and 22,520 square feet, and Karl Fischer is designing. An existing warehouse must first be removed.

Affordable Housing Development “Livonia Commons” to Complete in 2016, East New York

12:00 pm on May 5, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Brokelyn spotted the incoming 223 affordable units becoming available at the affordable mixed-use development dubbed Livonia Commons, with buildings at 491 Sheffield, 494 Sheffield, 494 Georgia, and 481 Williams Avenues, in East New York. L+M Dev. Partners and Dunn Dev. Corp. are the developers, and retail space will measure 16,000 square feet. Completion is expected in the beginning of 2016.

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