Brooklyn

1845 Sterling Place, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 1845 Sterling Place, the Final Piece of Prospect Plaza Affordable Housing

When YIMBY stopped by the Prospect Plaza affordable housing development in Ocean Hill earlier this summer, the first two buildings were inching toward completion on Prospect Place between Howard and Saratoga Avenues. Across the street, foundation work on Phase 2 had just begun. Now new building applications have been filed for the third and final piece of the project at 1845 Sterling Place, a large, vacant corner lot next to Eastern Parkway.

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297 and 299 Van Buren Street, image via Google Maps

Permits Filed: 299 Van Buren Street, Bed-Stuy

Most of Bed-Stuy’s vinyl-clad 19th century wood frames aren’t long for this world, and soon, two more will meet the wrecking ball. Today, new building applications were filed for a small residential development at 299 Van Buren Street in Bed-Stuy, between Lafayette and Stuyvesant Avenues.

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1700 Broadway

Construction Underway At 1700 Broadway, Site Of Six-Story, 79-Unit Mixed-Use Building, Ocean Hill

Foundation work is currently underway at 1700 Broadway, in Ocean Hill, where a six-story, 79-unit mixed-use building is planned, a block from the J/Z train’s stop at Chauncey Street. According to Brownstoner, the building — being developed by SUS and Alembic Community Development — will be 100% affordable, and will feature 4,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Peter Woll is the architect of record, and completion is expected in 2016.

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