Permits have been filed for a two-story residential building at 1239 Forest Hill Road in New Springville, Staten Island. Located near the intersection of Rockland Avenue and Forest Hill Road, the L-shaped lot is within walking distance of Latourette Park. Nazim Bashirov of ESL10 Properties LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 9956 Third Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Located between 100th Street and 101th Street, the lot is near the Bay Ridge-95th Street subway station, serviced by the R train. Igor Nestor under The Narrows LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Brooklyn-based WNS Development has filed applications for a three-story, 11-unit residential building at 8794 17th Avenue, in Bath Beach. It will measure 13,600 square feet and its residential units should average 923 square feet apiece, which means the apartments will likely be condominiums. All four units on the third floor — two of which are duplexes — will feature space on an upper penthouse level, although only the duplexes will have indoor space. There will also be nine off-street parking spaces. Harry R. Simino’s Brooklyn-based Simino Architects is the architect of record. The 75-foot-wide, 8,125-square-foot property is currently occupied by a two-and-a-half-story house. Demolition permits were filed in June. The 18th Avenue stop on the D train is six blocks away.
Scott Leon, head of JMC Gerritsen Realty LLC, has filed applications for a three-story, 18-unit residential development at the lots spanning 2126-2148 Gerritsen Avenue, in the northeaster corner of Sheepshead Bay. The units will be broken up between three buildings and will combine to net nearly 15,000 square feet; Harry Simino (of Simino Architect) is designing. A two-story, single-family abode and two single-story commercial structures must first be demolished.
When new construction comes to Manhattan Beach, at the eastern end of Coney Island, it usually comes in the form of single-family homes. Popular with Russians and Sephardic Jews, especially, the older properties are often torn…