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325 Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. All images courtesy of NYC Housing Connect

Housing Lottery Units Still Available at 325 Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for 325 Gates Avenue, a six-story mixed-use building in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by ND Architecture & Design and developed by Renaissance Realty Group, the structure yields 48 residences and ground-floor retail space for five storefronts. Available on NYC Housing Connect are seven units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $72,138 to $167,570.

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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Emily Roebling Plaza Takes Shape in DUMBO, Brooklyn

Work is taking shape on the $8 million Emily Roebling Plaza underneath the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The final component of the 1.3-mile-long Brooklyn Bridge Park complex designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., the plaza honors Emily Roebling, who supervised the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge and became the first person to cross it in a horse-drawn carriage after its opening on May 24, 1883. The 2-acre park, located right off of Water Street near the DUMBO Brooklyn Bridge Park ferry terminal, broke ground amid a snowstorm on December 9, 2020. Attending and speaking at the ceremony were Kriss Roebling, Emily’s great-great grandson, along with his wife Meg Roebling and their two children Chase and August Roebling.

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Construction Imminent on 33 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Construction is expected to begin soon on a seven-story mixed-use residential and commercial development at 33 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The 21,000-square-foot-lot has street frontage along Calyer Street, Quay Street, and Franklin Street and is also addressed as 82 Calyer Street. Yidel Hirsch is listed as the owner under the Franklin 33 LLC, and StudiosC is the filing architect as well as responsible for all exterior and interior design.

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YIMBY Scopes the Views from the Topped-Out Olympia at 30 Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn

YIMBY attended a topping-out celebration yesterday afternoon at Olympia, a 26-story mixed-use residential edifice at 30 Front Street in DUMBOBrooklyn. Developed by Fortis Property Group and designed by Hill West Architects with Workstead handling interiors, the 401-foot-tall tower is the tallest structure in the neighborhood and will yield 76 condominium units with sales and marketing led by Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes of the Eklund Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman and Karen Heyman at Sotheby’s. Olympia is situated on a relatively narrow triangular plot bound by Front Street to the north, Washington Street to the east, and York Street to the south. Urban Atelier Group is managing construction, Manhattan Concrete is creating the reinforced concrete superstructure, and King Contacting Group is in charge of the CMU work, exterior insulation finish systems, and roofing.

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