Construction nears completion on 3 St. Mark’s Place, an eight-story commercial building in Manhattan's East Village. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by Real Estate Equities Corporation, the structure will yield 53,000 square feet of office space, 7,700 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a cellar level, and three wraparound terraces on the fifth, eighth, and roof levels. The property is alternately addressed as 23-25 Third Avenue and is located at the corner of Third Avenue and St. Mark’s Place. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/12/2024 7:31 AM
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institutes has announced plans to relocate its New York City campus from Soho, Manhattan to 20 Jay Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn in the summer of 2025. The school will be addressed as 35 Pearl Street within the retail portion of the 11-story office building owned by Two Trees Management, and will feature modern classrooms and dedicated spaces for hands-on learning. ... Read full Story
The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Northern II, a pair of residential buildings at 38-27 32nd Street and 38-38 32nd Street in Astoria, Queens. Designed by NY Building Associates Inc. and developed by Developing NY State, the structures yield 193 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 59 units for residents at 80 to 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $63,155 to $218,010. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a five-story school building at 2224 East 23rd Street in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. Located between Avenue V and Avenue W, the lot for P.S. 206-K is closest to the Neck Road subway station, serviced by the Q train. Charleston Albert of NYC School Construction Authority is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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The Northeast and Midwest are the only two regions represented in the top 20 of the Realtor.com Hottest Housing Markets list for the 11th month in a row. ... Read full Story
A new StreetEasy report is out to show how much hopeful buyers must earn to buy a slice of the Big Apple. Spoiler alert: It's a lot. ... Read full Story
The Spanish-style, 6,559-square-foot home, in a gated Kissimmee compound near Disney World, was built in 2006 and was recently renovated. ... Read full Story
Façade work is taking shape on Sutphin Senior Residence, a 15-story all-affordable housing building at 97-04 Sutphin Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, Designed by Bernheimer Architecture and developed by affordable housing developer Breaking Ground under the BG Sutphin Owner LLC, the structure will yield 173 apartments reserved for low-income seniors, including 52 supportive units for older formerly homeless adults with serious mental illness or substance use disorder. The remaining 121 units will be designated for adults aged 62 years or older, earning 50 percent or less than the area median income. The building will also contain a 15,000-square-foot health center operated by the Community Healthcare Network on the ground and cellar levels. The property is located at the intersection of Sutphin Boulevard and 97th Avenue. ... Read full Story
By New York YIMBY | Max Gillespie | 9/11/2024 7:30 AM
Sales have launched for The Perrie, a 20-story residential building at 234 East 46th Street in the Turtle Bay section of Midtown East, Manhattan. The structure will yield 95 condominium units in one-bedroom layouts, as well as five penthouses with private rooftop terraces. The property is located between Second and Third Avenues. ... Read full Story
Sales recently launched for 181 MacDougal Street, a seven-story residential building in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and developed by The Straus Group under the Clinton Eight Realty LLC, the new construction development comprises of 16 units located a block from Washington Square Park and is also addressed as 38 West 8th Street. Corcoran Sunshine is handling sales. ... Read full Story
Permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 2951 Briggs Avenue in Fordham, The Bronx. Located between East 201st Street and Bedford Park Boulevard, the lot is near the Bedford Park Boulevard subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Bikramjit Singh of Superior Energy Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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Despite a dip in the ultra-luxury home market, the playgrounds of the rich and richer — New York, Miami and Palm Beach — are cashing in like never before. ... Read full Story
Jordan, the basketball legend known for setting records on the court, is close to achieving another — having the most famous mansion that just won’t sell. ... Read full Story
In Water Mill, the Hiltons -- yes, those Hiltons -- have a new steward at hand for the Fordune Drive property they've owned since 1999. ... Read full Story
Excavation and foundation work are progressing at 94-15 Sutphin Boulevard, the site of a 24-story residential building in Jamaica, Queens. Designed by JFA Architects & Engineers and developed by Joel Weiss of Heartfelt Townhouse Build under the 95th Avenues Equities LLC, the 254-foot-tall structure will span 720,248 square feet and yield 524 rental units with an average scope of 1,357 square feet, as well as 9,241 square feet of commercial space, a cellar level, and 338 enclosed parking spaces. The property is situated between 94th and 95th Avenues and Sutphin Boulevard, directly west of the recently finished 147-35 95th Avenue residential tower. ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 12, 2024 is:
fraternize \FRAT-er-nyze\ verb
To fraternize with someone is to be friendly with them or to spend time with them in a friendly way. Fraternize is often, though not always, used in situations where such friendly behavior is considered wrong or improper, as in “fraternizing with the enemy.”
// The boss warned that fraternizing with the junior employees could be a risky career move for a manager.
“Ten years after the successful opening of the Tyler Colleges, my grandfather, who was 17 at the time, began to study and take advantage of the rich social and economic legacy of barbering. He opened the first barbershop to be owned and operated by an African American in Gordon Heights, Long Island. From its humble beginnings to the next 68 years thereafter, his business became a place in the Black community that men gathered to connect, fraternize and—of course—get groomed; a place where Black men found hopes, dreams and pride.” — Stacey Morris, Variety, 23 Feb. 2022
Did you know?
O brother where art thou? In many an English word descended from the Latin noun frater, meaning “brother,” that’s where. Both fraternize and fraternal (meaning “of, relating to, or involving brothers”), for example, come to us by way of Medieval Latin from frater. Other fraterprogeny in English include friar and fraternity. Even brother itself shares a relationship with frater (albeit it a more distant one). These days, although fraternize can still apply to a brotherly association or simple friendliness, it is often used in phrases, such as “fraternizing with the enemy,” implying friendliness toward someone who would be better avoided.