Permits have been filed for a 13-story residential building at 201 East 198th Street in Bedford Park, The Bronx. Located between Valentine Avenue and Grand Concourse, the lot is near the Bedford Park Boulevard subway station, served by the B and D trains. Yanky Indigo of Indigo Developers is listed as the owner behind the applications.
A new rendering has been revealed for 168 Sip Avenue, a proposed 35-story two-tower residential building in Journal Square, Jersey City. The project would be built in two phases and is planned to yield 648 market-rate units, 72 affordable housing units, and 7,600 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. The development would also include a 200-vehicle parking garage. The 0.81-acre property is located at the corner of Sip and Tonnelle Avenues, within the Journal Square 2060 Rehabilitation Area.
Construction is underway at the Three Arts Club, an eight-story residential building at 340 West 85th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects for the West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing (WSFSSH), the project will transform the structure’s 125 single-room occupancy units into 61 permanently affordable homes for low-income senior citizens. The property is located between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 1538 Silver Street in Westchester Square, The Bronx. Located between Williamsbridge Road and East Tremont Avenue, the lot is near the Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue subway station, served by the 6 train. Aleksander Vilajeti of AV Group Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
The Central Park Conservancy and NYC Parks are seeking Landmarks Preservation Commission approval for a new consolidated rules signage system across entrances to Central Park in Manhattan. The proposal, which will be presented at a public hearing on May 19, calls for the installation of permanent, standardized signs at all 54 park entrances, replacing a mix of existing and obsolete signage with a unified design intended to improve accessibility, visibility, and multilingual communication throughout the scenic landmark.
