56 Throop Avenue

Six-Story, Eight-Unit Residential Building Planned At 56 Throop Avenue, Broadway Triangle

10:00 am on December 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Solomon Schwimmer has filed applications for a six-story, eight-unit residential building at 56 Throop Avenue, in Broadway Triangle, located a block south of the Lorimer Street stop on the J and M trains. The structure will measure 12,931 square feet in total, which works out to units averaging a family-sized 1,616 square feet apiece. Brooklyn-based Asher Hershkowitz is the architect of record. An existing single-story warehouse must first be demolished.

359 93rd Street

The City Plans a Pre-Kindergarten at 359 93rd Street in Bay Ridge

7:30 am on December 8, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

One of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s first triumphs in office was instituting universal pre-kindergarten across all five boroughs, and by this September, 65,500 kids were enrolled in the city’s pre-K program. Now the city’s School Construction Authority is planning for a three-story pre-kindergarten building at 359 93rd Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues in Bay Ridge.

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1012 Gates Avenue, rendering by Dennis George Architect

Revealed: Bed-Stuy Residential Expansion at 1012 Gates Avenue

7:00 am on December 8, 2015 By Rebecca Baird-Remba

A non-profit that develops affordable homes is expanding its Bed-Stuy office building into a seven-story rental building. Neighborhood Housing Services of Bedford-Stuyvesant sent along plans to add five stories of affordable apartments to the two-story structure at 1012 Gates Avenue, close to Broadway and the border with Bushwick.

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40-38 191st Street

Twin Two-Family Residential Buildings Coming To 40-38 191st Street, Auburndale

6:30 am on December 8, 2015 By Reid Wilson

Peter Pavlou, head of Whitestone-based Pavlou Realty Inc., has filed applications for twin two-family homes at 40-36 – 40-38 191st Street, in Auburndale, located two blocks away from the neighborhood’s Long Island Rail Road station. Each structure will rise two stories and measure 2,359 square feet, and each full-floor unit should average 1,180 square feet. Belal Salim’s Whitestone-based Platonic Solids Architecture is the architect of record. An existing two-story house was filed for demolition back in November.