A quintet of former hospital buildings in Upper Manhattan are on their way to becoming part of a residential development. On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved alterations and infill for former parts of St. Luke’s Hospital, now known as Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, in Morningside Heights.
A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for an eight-story, 68-unit mixed-use building at 54-25 101st Street, a.k.a. 54-15 101st Street, in Corona. The latest building permits indicate the project will measure 56,700 square feet and rise 80 feet in height, not including the bulkhead. There will be a 5,031-square-foot pre-kindergarten on the ground floor, followed by 68 affordable residential units, all designated for seniors, on the floors above. The apartments should average 688 square feet apiece.
Brooklyn-based Jonico Construction & Development has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 2272 82nd Street, in northern Gravesend. The project will measure 4,986 square feet and its full-floor residential units should average 1,247 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. There will also be three off-street parking spaces. Paul Lombardi’s Brooklyn-based Design Studio Associates is the architect of record.
Brookland Capital might be the most prolific builder in Bedford-Stuyvesant right now, with 10 buildings either under construction or planned across the central Brooklyn neighborhood. Now YIMBY has a look at a project in the works at 652 Madison Street, between Stuyvesant Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard.
An anonymous Brooklyn-based LLC has filed applications for a three-story, three-unit residential building at 2064 57th Street, in Mapleton. The project will measure 6,082 square feet and its full-floor residential units should average 1,520 square feet apiece, indicative of condominiums. The ground floor will also feature space located in the cellar, and the structure will be topped by a roof terrace. Hudson Valley-based Kenneth Thomas is the applicant of record. The 40-foot-wide, 4,000-square-foot plot is occupied by a two-story house. Demolition permits were filed earlier this month. The Bay Parkway stop on the F train is five blocks away.
