The coastal 8-acre estate in Cape Elizabeth, which Davis called "Witch Way," is where she and actor Gary Merrill raised their children. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Michael Young | 9/15/2025 8:01 AM
Construction is wrapping up on the first phase of Williamsburg Wharf, a 3.75-acre mixed-use development on the South Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn. Developed by Naftali Group and Access Industries and designed by Brandon Haw Architecture, COOKFOX Architects, Rockwell Group, and Hill West Architects, the two-phase masterplan will yield five 22-story residential towers and nearly 1 million square feet of residential, commercial, and retail space. The entire project will yield a total of 850 condominium and rental units and will include a public esplanade stretching 525 feet along the East River. The mixed-use development is bounded by South 10th Street to the north, Division Avenue to the south, Kent Avenue to the east, and Wallabout Channel to the west. ... Read full Story
Amid the large-scale projects rising along the Williamsburg, Brooklyn waterfront are a host of smaller residential developments continuously springing up across the vibrant neighborhood. YIMBY captured the progress on six such buildings, all under ten stories, beginning with sites close to the East River and moving inland. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/15/2025 7:00 AM
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is set to review a new proposal for renovations at 460 West Broadway, a five-story, ten-unit residential building in Soho, Manhattan. The project, prepared by DYO Design Office, outlines plans for a roof addition and interior renovations within one of the property's units. The building was constructed in 1900 and is located between West Houston and Prince Streets. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a four-story mixed-use building at 4350 Van Cortlandt Park East in Woodlawn, The Bronx. Located between Oneida and Kepler Avenues, the lot is near the Nereid Avenue subway station, served by the 2 and 5 trains. Eliezer Grunberger of EZ Builders Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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International financial trading platform Moomooo will pack a lot of prestige at the building’s West 33rd Street corner when it opens there next spring. ... Read full Story
Fresco co-owner Rosanna Scotto, also known for her gig on “Good Day New York,” said 485 Madison Avenue owners Jack Resnick & Sons “really worked with us” on the deal. ... Read full Story
Manhattan’s biggest little retail corner will have a lot of “Friends” this year. The glass-wrapped, rounded corner of 701 Seventh Ave., aka 20 Times Square, has been vacant since the building opened at the corner of West 47th Street eight years ago, despite its prime location next to the Edition Times Square Hotel. Area visitors... ... Read full Story
The YIGBY Act would help remove some of those roadblocks while providing grants and technical support to create homes for low-income renters, veterans, and families at risk of homelessness. ... Read full Story
Construction has topped out on 289 Hudson Street, a six-story residential building in Hudson Square, Manhattan. Designed by SRA Architecture + Engineering and developed by Ponte Equities, the 73-foot-tall structure will span 14,829 square feet and yield 15 rental units with an average scope of 688 square feet. There will also be 1,710 square feet of commercial space and a cellar level. The property is located at the corner of Hudson and Spring Streets, directly across from the recently completed Disney headquarters at Four Hudson Square. ... Read full Story
Construction has topped out on Centric, a 12-story residential building at 58-01 Queens Boulevard in Woodside, Queens. Designed by Tang Studio Architect and developed by New Empire Corporation, the structure will yield 131 condominium units in one- to three-bedroom layouts, as well as a collection of townhomes. The property is bounded by 44th Avenue to the north, Queens Boulevard to the south, and 58th Street to the west. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/14/2025 7:00 AM
Governor Kathy Hochul announced that seven New York City properties have been recommended for listing on the State and National Registers of Historic Places, highlighting sites across Brooklyn, The Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island. The NYC nominations include affordable and public housing developments, neighborhood health and religious institutions, and a Depression-era clinic with later community-organized uses, many designed by notable architects and firms. ... Read full Story
New permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 27-05 27th Street in Astoria, Queens. Located at the intersection of Newtown Avenue and 27th Street, the lot is three blocks west of the 30th Avenue subway station, served by the N and W trains. Joe D'Amico of Citia Nova, LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications. ... Read full Story
Foreclosures are once again creeping higher across the country, with thousands of homeowners facing the legal process of losing their homes. ... Read full Story
Construction is complete on the new landscaped public plaza at One High Line, a two-tower residential development at 500 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. The park sits to the east of the twisting 36- and 26-story structures and was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Field Operations in a private-public partnership between the City of New York and Friends of the High Line. The towers, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group for Witkoff Group and Access Industries, are also complete and span around 900,000 square feet with 236 condominium units in one- to five-bedroom layouts. The property also includes a Faena Hotel. The development is alternately addressed as 76 Eleventh Avenue and straddles the High Line on a trapezoidal plot bounded by West 18th Street to the north, West 17th Street to the south, Tenth Avenue to the east, and West Street to the west. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/13/2025 7:30 AM
A rendering has been revealed for 1578 Lexington Avenue, a 13-story medical office and community facility building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Designed by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects and developed by Slate Property Group and Evenhar Development Corporation, the project is slated to house Mount Sinai Health System programs across 150,000 square feet of space. The remaining portions of the building will feature the new East Harlem Center operated by Children’s Aid, covering nearly 19,000 square feet across the lower levels, as well as a new home for Life Changers Church on the ground and lower levels. The property is located at the corner of East 101st Street. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Nehemiah Gateway Site 26A, an eight-story residential building at 890 Erskine Street in East New York, Brooklyn. Designed by Bernheimer Architecture PLLC, the structure yields 184 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 64 units for residents at 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $72,900.
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Permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use building at 40-10 Crescent Street in Long Island City, Queens. Located between 40th and 41st Avenues, the lot is near the 39th Avenue subway station, served by the N and W trains. Jack Fang of FH 2Bro Builder Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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"In other cultures they might look askance at such a gnarly, leggy thing wedged into a loaf. But we know that a whole fried soft shell crab is one of the gifts of southeast Louisiana's robust seafood heritage." — Ian McNulty, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate Online, 1 May 2025
Did you know?
As with the similar word side-eye, writers over the years have used askance literally when someone is looking with a side-glance and figuratively when such a glance is conveying disapproval or distrust. Back in the days of Middle English you could use askaunce and a-skans and a-skaunces to mean “in such a way that,” “as if to say,” and “artificially, deceptively.” It’s likely that askance developed from these forms, with some help from asqwynt meaning “obliquely, askew.” Askance was first used in the 16th century with the meaning "sideways" or "with a sideways glance.”