The Dime Building at 275 South Fifth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is now home to the largest ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in New York State. Building owners Charney Companies and Tavros Capital recently announced the deal with electric vehicle company Revel, which will also relocate its corporate headquarters to the development.
The Barbara Kleiman Men’s Shelter will soon debut at 19 Debevoise Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where construction is now underway. The first phase of development includes the conversion of a former nurses’ residence on the defunct Greenpoint Hospital campus into the 200-bed shelter, which is expected to open by October 2025.
Excavation is set to begin at 1323 Surf Avenue, the site of a forthcoming development by DA Luigi Realty in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Details on the structure are scant, as no architect, floor count, height, or programming nature have been disclosed, though it’s likely the property will give rise to a mix of residential and commercial space. Alba Services is the general contractor for the project, which is located at the corner of Surf Avenue and West 15th Street.
Permits have been filed for a six-story community facility building at 510 Gates Avenue in Bedf0rd-Stuyvesnt, Brooklyn. Located between Marcy Avenue and Tompkins Avenue, the lot is near the Kingston-Throop Avenues subway station, serviced by the A and C trains. John McDonald of 4519 WPR Housing Development Fund is listed as the owner behind the applications. The Doe Fund finalized financing for the new construction earlier this year, adjacent to the organization’s first transitional housing residential building at 520 Gates Avenue.
The affordable housing lottery has launched for 85-87 Herkimer Street, a pair of four-story residential buildings in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Designed by Zproekt Architects and developed by Elie Fourti, the structures yield six residences each. Available on NYC Housing Connect are four units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $102,823 to $187,330.
