280 St. Marks Avenue

Partial Reveal For Five-Story, 32-Unit Condo Project At 280 St. Marks Avenue, Prospect Heights

In the final days of 2014, DNA Development filed applications for a five-story, 32-unit residential building at 280 St. Marks Avenue, in Prospect Heights, and now Curbed has a rendering of the project. The building will measure 51,301 square feet, and the units will be condominiums, averaging 1,603 square feet. The units will range from one- to five-bedrooms and all will feature outdoor space. DXA Studio is designing, and sales are expected to launch in the next few weeks.


Green-Wood Cemetery Landmark Designation Has Mixed Support

The Landmarks Preservation Commission is trying to clear its backlog of 95 properties that have been sitting on its calendar since before 2010. On Tuesday, it held a public hearing for those items that are in the borough of Brooklyn, that land of Kings. Among them was the 478-acre Green-Wood Cemetery. It has been on the calendar for over a decade and support for designating the entire site as a landmark was limited, though support for designating specific parts of it was greater.

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Support Wide For Landmarking Of Pepsi-Cola Sign In Long Island City

A New York City icon is back on track to become a permanent fixture. On Thursday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission began the process of clearing its 95-item backlog and the day’s session included the items from Queens, the city’s largest borough by area. Among those items was the Pepsi-Cola sign. Almost nobody testified against designating it a landmark.

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