BFC Partners, city agencies, and local community groups recently celebrated the grand opening of Major R. Owens Health & Wellness Community Center in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The community center is named in honor of the late Congressman Major Owens and will offer sports and educational classes, camps, and programming for children and community members.
Permits have been filed for an eight-story mixed-use building at 560 Bay Street in Stapleton Heights, Staten Island. Located between Prospect Street and Union Place, the site is one block from the Stapleton station for the Staten Island subway. Jinsong Yang of McKinley Homes is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Yesterday Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and academic partners Pratt Institute and New York City College of Technology (City Tech) announced the Research Yard, an advanced research and applied learning facility based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The idea began with “Pratt Research Yard”, a shared research facility between Pratt faculty, Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the community, and evolved into a public/private partnership with both Pratt Institute and City Tech, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The open-plan space will house new lab and office space to help develop solutions for real-world problems locally and globally.
Permits have been filed for a 14-story mixed-use building at 407 West 206th Street in Inwood, Manhattan. Located on West 206th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues, the interior lot is one block from the 207th Street subway station, serviced by the 1 train. Taconic Partners is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a 32-story mixed-use residential tower at 61-10 Junction Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens. Located near the intersection of Junction Boulevard and Long Island Expressway, the interior lot is within walking distance of the 63rd Drive-Rego Park subway station, serviced by the E, M, and R trains. Barry Langer of Vornado Realty Trust is listed as the owner behind the applications.
