The first phase of the Battery Coastal Resilience project is now complete at The Battery in Lower Manhattan. The $200 million phase, which was led by NYC EDC, NYC Parks, and the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice, rebuilt and elevated a portion of the wharf promenade to help protect the park from projected sea-level rise through 2100.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Botanic Heights, a seven-story residential building at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Hamish Whitefield and developed by YS Developers LLC, the structure yields 290 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 91 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $106,766 to $238,160.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 274 East 32nd Street in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between Clarendon Road and Cortelyou Road, the interior lot is near the Beverly Road subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. 274 E32 LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Construction is about to go vertical at 1482 First Avenue, the site of a 30-story residential tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by Hill West Architects and developed by Alchemy-ABR, the 395-foot-tall structure will span roughly 161,000 square feet and yield 89 rental units. Eighteen of the apartments will be rent-stabilized for residents earning 80 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). The project will also include nearly 1,500 square feet of commercial space. Paris Forino is the interior designer for property, which is comprised of two conjoined interior lots by the intersection of First Avenue and East 77th Street.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 275 20th Street, a five-story residential building in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Nikolai Katz Architect and developed by Yitzi Salamon, the structure yields 51 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 13 units for residents at 40 to 100 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $38,778 to $135,700.
